Child Abuse

Antoinette Laskey, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP, is a child abuse pediatrician at the University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she is a Professor of Pediatrics and the medical director for the Center for Safe and Healthy Families. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, where she also completed a pediatric residency. She completed her Master's of Public Health and a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master's of Business Administration at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. She has served in many elected roles within the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1998, including Chair of the Section on Residents, Chair of the Section on Young Physicians, and Chair of the Section on Child Abuse and Neglect. She is currently on the Executive Committee of the Council on Child Abuse and Neglect. Andrew Sirotnak, MD, FAAP, is a child abuse pediatrician, Director of the Child Protection Team, and Department Head for Child Abuse and Neglect at Children's Hospital Colorado. He is a Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. A graduate of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, he completed pediatric residency in Wilmington, Delaware and Chief Residency in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Colorado, where he is also now the Program Director of the Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship within the Department of Pediatrics Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect. He has served on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, including two terms as chair; in 2016, the Award for Outstanding Service in Education Excellence was presented to the committee at the AAP Annual Leadership Forum.

Introduction: The Evolving Workforce
Part 1. Physical Abuse
1. Sentinel Injuries
2. Cutaneous Manifestations of Child Abuse
3. Burns
4. Skeletal Manifestations of Child Abuse
5. Visceral Manifestations of Child Abuse
6. Maxillofacial, Neck, and Dental Manifestations of Child Abuse
7. Abusive Head Trauma
8. Ocular Manifestations of Child Abuse
Part 2. Sexual Abuse
9. Taking Forensically Sound Histories in Cases of Alleged Sexual Abuse
10. Medical Aspects of Prepubertal Sexual Abuse
11. Medical Aspects of Adolescent Sexual Assault and Abuse
12. Sexually Transmitted Infections in Child Sexual Abuse
13. The Role of Forensic Materials in Sexual Abuse and Assault
Part 3. Neglect
14. Environmental Neglect and Social Determinants of Health
15. Supervisory Neglect
16. Drug-Endangered Children
17. Failure to Thrive
18. Medical Neglect and Obesity
Part 4. Other Forms of Maltreatment
19. Psychological Maltreatment
20. Medical Child Abuse
21. Interpersonal Violence
22. Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation via Electronic Media
Part 5. Pathology of Child Maltreatment
23. Pathology of Fatal Abuse
24. SIDS, SUID, and the Child Fatality Review Team Approach to Unexpected Childhood Death
Part 6. Professional Issues in Child Maltreatment
25. Photodocumentation
26. Reporting Abuse, Managing Uncertainty, and Other Legal Issues
27. Caring for Those Who Care for the Potentially Abused Child
Part 7. Outcomes
28. Caring for the Child in Out-of-Home Care
29. Medical and Psychological Sequelae of Child Abuse and Neglect
30. Neurobiological Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment
31. Trauma-Informed Care and Treatment
Part 8. Prevention
32. Identification of Child Maltreatment
33. Evidence-Based Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Programs
34. Creating Change Through Advocacy