A husband, wife and their seven year old daughter are seeing a social worker at the request of their family physician. During the initial session, the social worker begs in to suspect that the father is physically abusing this daughter. The daughter is shy and withdrawn, and the social worker notices that her arms and legs have numerous bruises at varying stages of healing. The mother openly admits that her husband has difficulty controlling his temper. Taking the above information into account the social worker should:
A. Establish a therapeutic alliance with the family.
B. Report the suspected abuse appropriately
C. Wait till the social worker can determine that abuse has occurred then report it
D. Report the abuse only if she witnesses it.
B. Report the us expected abuse appropriately.
If a case of child abuse is suepsected, it must be reported.
There does not have to be confirmation of abuse.
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