Sep 29, 2017 By: yunews
Daniel Pollack, professor at , published three articles recently.
鈥淐ross-gender supervision of children in residential group homes鈥 appeared in the . He and his co-author Julia Sands discussed the balance between steering clear of discrimination while hiring and/or assigning work shifts, and ensuring that children in group homes remain safe and comfortable.
Two other pieces appeared in Policy & Practice, the journal of The American Public Human Services Association. 鈥淔or mandated reporters, concern is not the same as suspicion鈥 examined the judgments calls required to distinguish between 鈥渟uspicions of鈥 and 鈥渃oncerns about鈥 child abuse so that a fair balance can be struck between protecting children and permitting mandatory reporters to use their discretion and best judgment given the inherent challenges.
In 鈥淟egal benefits of mobile digital documentation for human services agencies,鈥 Pollack noted that 鈥渢he convergence of cloud technology and social media have spurred innovations in computer documentation today that have the potential to renew and reshape human services tomorrow.鈥
