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The Role of Professional Child Care Providers in Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect is the latest release in the Child Abuse and Neglect User Manual Series and is now available for download from the Child Welfare Information Gateway website.

The manual explores the responsibilities that are essential to child care providers: • Recognizing physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological maltreatment, and neglect • Reporting child abuse and neglect • Minimizing the risk of maltreatment in child care programs • Preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect • Caring for maltreated children and children at risk for maltreatment • Supporting parents

The manual is part of the third edition of the User Manual Series, developed to reflect increased knowledge and the evolving state of practice. The User Manual Series, from the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect within the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides a foundation for understanding child maltreatment and the roles and responsibilities of child welfare practitioners in prevention, identification, investigation, assessment, and treatment.

Read the manual at www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/childcare The entire User Manual Series is available at www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanual.cfm

For more information, contact Child Welfare Information Gateway at info@childwelfare.gov or 1.800.394.3366.

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