An Examination of a Case Study with a Military Family and its Involvement with Child Protective Services

Abstract

This theoretical article examines a case study of a military family and the family's involvement with Child Protective Services. The study initially gives a general overview of child maltreatment including the definition of child maltreatment. The article then highlights the risk factors of child maltreatment in military families. Resiliency theory identifies the strengths that mitigate the risk factors. The article concludes by discussing the social work implications of child abuse investigations involving the military and public child welfare agencies.

Keywords:

• Child protective service
• deployment
• child maltreatment
• family advocacy program