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

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

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

Text of S. 1191.

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1973

Gil, David, professor of social policy, Brandeis University, Wal-

tham, Mass____

~K., Jolly, Parents Anonymous, Redondo Beach, Calif

Bacon, Gertrude, of Parents Anonymous, New York City.

Prepared statement

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___

Biaggi, Hon. Mario, a U.S. Representative from the State of New York_-_.

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

Allen, John E., M.D., American Academy of Pediatrics, accompanied by

George K. Degnon, Director, Department of Government Liaison, Amer-

ican Academy of Pediatrics__

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1973

Randolph, Hon. Jennings, a U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia_

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, Denver, Colo----

Chandler, Joy J., M.S.W., principal intake worker, Child Protection Team,

Colorado General Hospital____.

Steele, Brandt, M.D., professor of psychiatry, principal psychiatrist, Na-

tional Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and

Neglect

Martin, Harold P., M.D., associate director, J.F.K. Child Development

Center, National Center for Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse

and Neglect---

Supplemental material_

Alexander, Helen, M.S.W., in charge of lay therapist program, National

Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect__

Hopkins, Joan, R.N., in charge of Crisis, Nursery, and Families Anony-

mous National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse

and Neglect__.

Fraser, Brian, staff attorney, National Center for the Prevention and

Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect---

Helfer, Rav E., M.D.. Predictive Studies in Child Abuse, consultant pedia-

trician, National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child

Abuse and Neglect-----

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De Francis, Vincent, J.D., Children's Division, the American Humane

Association

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