“Child abuse thrives in isolation,” Elizabeth Bartholet, CAP Faculty Director and Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law, warns in her recently published Op-Ed At-Risk Children Need More Than Virtual Visits During the Coronavirus Pandemic (Boston Globe, April 21, 2020). Although the US Department of Health and Human Services released a statement allowing social workers to increase the use of video conferences to check on children at risk of maltreatment, Bartholet urges governors everywhere to find safe ways to continue in-person visits.
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