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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 081 507 PS 006 803 TITLE Child Abuse Prevention Act, 1973. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-third-Congress, First Session on 5.1191. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.. PUB DATE 73 NOTE 548p.; Several journal reprints of the original document are copyrighted and therefore not available; they are not included in the pagination EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$ ).,74 DESCRIPTORS *Child Abuse; Child Care; *Child Welfare; Emotionally Disturbed; Family Counseling; Family Problems; *Federal Legislation; *Intervention; Parent Child Relationship; Professional Services; *Social Problems; Welfare Services IDENTIFIERS Child Abuse Prevention Act, 1973 ABSTRACT A record of the Senate hearings on The Child Abuse Prevention Act of 1973 is presented. .A copy of Senator Mondale's bill to establish a national center on child abuse is included. The objectives of the hearings were to investigate the magnitude of the child abuse problem in the United States and to clarify a definition of the problem. Different types of child abuse cases, causes of mistreatment of children, and possible solutions (preventive and remedial) were studied..Witnesses before a Senate subcommittee included college professors, doctors, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, legislators, nurses, judges,' attorneys, and members of parent organizations who have dealt with adults and children involved in cases of child abuse and neglect..A complete transcript of the hearings and related materials are followed by three appendixes which deal with medical and legal literature, child abuse programs, and press reports. (DP) FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY t, c::: CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ACT, 1973 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, - tr. EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF II-4 EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT. HAS BEEN REPRO 00 DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN C) ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE I CZ) SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY 1.1; HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY -THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1191 TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL CENTER ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND TREATMENT OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES MARCH 26, 27, 31; AND APRIL 24, 1973 4110 Cis) Cip Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public. Welfare 'U.S. GOVERNMENT. PRINTING OFFICE D5-R3: ^. WASHINGTON :1973 COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, ht., New jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont ALAN CRANSTON, California HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa WILLIAM TX HATHAWAY, Maine STEWART E. Mcaxan, Chief Clerk ROBERT E. NAGLE, General Counsel Rot H. MILLENSON, Minority Chief Clerk EUGENE MITTELMAN, Minority Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota, Chairman HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, New Jersey ROBERT TAFT, JR, Ohio JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia J. GLENN BEALL, Jn., Maryland EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin ALAN CRANSTON, California WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine A. SIDNEY JOHNSON III, Professional Staff Member JOHN K. SCALES, Minority Counsel r- NOTE: The following reprints are not available ------for reproduction at this time. Please refer to individual journals for the following articles: "Violenca Against Children," David G. Gil. Journal of Marriage and tine Family, p637-48 Nov 71. "UnUJiarition and Child Development," H. Peter Chase and Harold P. Martin. New England Journal of Medicine, p933-39 Apr. 23, 1970. "Violence in Our Society," Brandt F. Steele: The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha, v33 n2, p42-48, Apr. 1970. Publications on Child Protection, American Humane Assoc., 1971. eit.-s:e5toryo One Family," Miriam Muravchik. World, p28-32, Oct. 10, 1972. "MaTIfEitment of Children: The Physically Abused Child," Committee on Infant and Pre-School Child. Pediatrics, v37, n2, Feb. `1966. "Paediatic Implications of the Battered Baby Syndrome," C. Henry Kempe. Archives of Disease in Childhood, v46 n245, Feb. 1971. "The ProblemoteBatterr6Wa Belgrad. Maryland 1 Law Forum, v2, p37-49, 1972. "Recent Developments: Domestic Relations--Appointment of Council for the Abused Child--Statutory Schemes and the New York Approach, New York State Assembly Select Committee on Child Abuse, Report (1972)," Eugene N. Kaplan. Cornell Law Review, v58 nl, p177-90, Nov. 1972. "The Status of Child Protection: A National Dilemma." American Humane Association, 1971. Reaction Montgomery County, Claire D. Nissenbaum (Rockville, Md.), Jun. 1972. CONTENTS Page Text of S. 1191 3 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1973 Gil,David,professorofsocialpolicy,Brandeis University,Wal- tham, Mass 13 K., Jolly, Parents Anonymous, Redondo Beach, Calif 49 Bacon, Gertrude, of Parents Anonymous, New York City 59 Prepared statement 61 TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1973 Kurzman, Stephen, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Saul R. Rosoff, Acting Director, Office of Child Development; Michio Suzuki, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Program Management, Community Services; and Dr. James Good- man, Director of the Division of Special Mental Health Programs, Na- tional Institute of Mental Health 87 Biaggi, Hon. Mario, a U.S. Representative from the State of New York 125 Heiser, Annette, M.D.; Robert H. Parrott, M.D. ;Ty Cullen, M.S.W., A.C.S.W.; Nan Huhn, LLB. ; Carole Kauffman, R.N., M.P.H.; Stephen Ludwig, M.D.; Helen Mitchell, M.D. ;and Belinda 'Straight, M.D., a panel 131 Allen, John E., M.D., American Academy of Pediatrics, accompanied by George K. Degnon, Director, Department of Government Liaison, Amer- ican Academy of Pediatrics 157 SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1973 Randolph, Hon. Jennings, a U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia_ 166 Kempe, Henry C., M.D., professor and chairman, department of pediatrics, University of Colorado Medical Center, director, National Center for Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Deliver, Colo 167 Chandler, Joy J., M.S.W., principal intake worker, Child Protection Team, Colorado General Hospital 225 Steele, Brandt, M.D., professor of psychiatry, principal psychiatrist, Na- tional Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect 227 Martin, Harold P., M.D., associate director, J.F.K. Child Development Center, National Center for Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect 234 Supplemental material 238 Alexander, Helen, M.S.W., in charge of lay therapist program, National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect 241 Hopkins. Joan. R.N., in charge of Crisis, Nursery, and Fami1ie8 Anony- mons National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect 244 Fraser. Brian, staff attorney, National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect 249 Heifer. Rav E.. M.D.. Predictive Studies in Child Abuse. consultant pedia- trician, National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglr c 254 De Francis. Vincent, T.D., Children's Division, the Amerkcan Humane Association 293 ill TUESDAY, Aram 24, 1973 Schwob, Marianne, M.D., director, child and youth program; chairman,Page Roosevelt Hospital Child Abuse Committee 336 Mullen, Ester, Ph. D., chief psychologist to child and youth program, repre- sentative from Roosevelt Hospital Administration 356 Truppin, Ada, Dr., clinical director, child and youth program 361 Jones, Nancy, R.N., public health nurse, child and youth program 373 Visser,Louise,committee coordinator,inpatientpediatriciansocial worker 373 Lerner, Hon. Alfred D., Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York ; former chairman of Assembly Select Committee on Child Abuse, accom- panied by Douglas Besharov, New York State Assembly Select Commit- tee on Child Abuse 377 Blum, Barbara B., assistant administrator/commissioner, special services for children program, Human Resources Administration, City of New York 385 STATEMENTS Alexander, Helen, M.S.W., in charge of lay therapist program, National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect__ 241 Allen, John E., M.D., American Academy of Pediatrics, al:companied by George K. Degnon, Director, Department of Government TAaison, Ameri- can Academy of Pediatrics 157 Bacon, Gertrude, of Parents Anonymous, New. York City 59 Prepared statement 61 Biaggi, Hon. Mario, a U.S. Representative from" the State of New York 125 Blum, Barbara B., assistant administrator/commissioner, special services forchildren program, Human Resources Administration,cityof New York 385 Chandler, Joy J., M.S.W., principal intake worker, Child Protection Team, Colorado General Hospital 225 Supplemental material 226 Cranston, Hon. Alan, a U.S. Senator from the State of California, pre- pared statement 48 De Francis, Vincent, J.D., Children's Divisior, the American Humane Association 293 Prepared statement 301 Dominick, Hon. Peter J., a