Child Protective Services Case Study

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1. What is Child Protective Services and what services do they provide? Child Protective Services is a government agency that who’s job is to protect the children from an abusive and neglected homes. Child protective services takes custody of the children for their safety. 2. What similarities did Patricia share with the other women in her counseling group at the in inpatient drug treatment facility? Patricia shares that she is the mother of 6 children and has custody of only one child, which is her new born. She used to abuse drugs her choice was crack. 3. What is PTSD and how is it related to abuse & neglect, environment and child development? Give specific examples from the movie. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which

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