Mandated Support in Education Protecting Children by Assisting Families
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| Title: | Mandated Support in Education Protecting Children by Assisting Families |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Chelsea Prax |
| Source: | American Educator. 2024-2025 48(4):26-31. |
| Availability: | American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-879-4420; e-mail: ae@aft.org; Web site: http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 6 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Poverty, At Risk Persons, Family Needs, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Teacher Role, Family Programs, Student Needs, Caseworker Approach, Child Neglect, School Social Workers |
| ISSN: | 0148-432X |
| Abstract: | Mandatory reporting is the first step in a troubling and common cascade: Poverty, reframed as "neglect," precipitates far too many reports, with roughly one-third of children enduring a CPS investigation. Investigated families are monitored and coerced to change their parenting (usually without support for alleviating their poverty), with the threat of child removal if they do not comply. Often, their children are taken even when they strive to comply. CPS removes thousands of children from their families, so that "on any given day, foster care rates for US children, at 563 per 100,000, exceed imprisonment rates for US adults, at 539 per 100,000." This article addresses the needs of mandated support instead of mandatory reporting, a term coined by JMACforFamilies to prioritize keeping families intact and reducing harm. Mandated support in education includes both programming changes and policy commitments. Individual educators acting as mandated supporters practice strategies to start, strengthen, and sustain healthy, trusting connections with families. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1455545 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Mandatory reporting is the first step in a troubling and common cascade: Poverty, reframed as "neglect," precipitates far too many reports, with roughly one-third of children enduring a CPS investigation. Investigated families are monitored and coerced to change their parenting (usually without support for alleviating their poverty), with the threat of child removal if they do not comply. Often, their children are taken even when they strive to comply. CPS removes thousands of children from their families, so that "on any given day, foster care rates for US children, at 563 per 100,000, exceed imprisonment rates for US adults, at 539 per 100,000." This article addresses the needs of mandated support instead of mandatory reporting, a term coined by JMACforFamilies to prioritize keeping families intact and reducing harm. Mandated support in education includes both programming changes and policy commitments. Individual educators acting as mandated supporters practice strategies to start, strengthen, and sustain healthy, trusting connections with families. |
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| ISSN: | 0148-432X |
