A healthcare team that offers care to children who have been or are at risk for physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect.
Offers care to children who have been or are at risk for physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect. Services include:
- consults
- diagnosis and treatments
- healthcare team assessment of the child who has been abused and his or her family
- medical evaluation, intervention, and collection of forensic evidence (if needed)
- phone consults with other healthcare providers (regarding abuse or suspected abuse
- referrals to other healthcare providers or agencies (as needed)
- education to healthcare providers about child abuse
- community child abuse prevention activities (e.g., resource development and distribution)