Wednesday May, 30 2012 Nature: Abuse (Child, Elder, Sexual &
Bully) Training – Recognizing & Reporting Address: Station #1 –
Oak Orchard On Wednesday evening, May 30th, the Indian River
Volunteer Fire Company hosted is monthly drill event and
conducted a professional development training exercise on Abuse
Training - Recognition & Reporting Information. This training
module was specially prepared for volunteer fire company
representatives and EMS responders to assist with identification
and potential reporting suspected various abuse and neglect
alloegations. The presentation covered three overall topics: •
Topic 1: Recognizing Abuse and Neglect—Definitions and
Indicators; and • Topic 2: Responding to Suspected Abuse or
Neglect • Topic 3: Reporting Obligations What are Operational
Definitions? Legal definitions do not provide enough detail to
allow mandated reporters to determine whether or not a report of
maltreatment is required. Therefore, researchers and social
workers have developed a set of operational d