47abc
April 8, 2021
WORCESTER COUNTY, MD. – In 2020, an average of 74 cases of child abuse were reported monthly in Worcester County.
Child psychologist Kathy Seifert tells 47ABC that many may have gone unnoticed. “There are a high number of cases for child abuse and neglect and those may have not been picked up while we had been isolated from all our social contact,” Said Seifert.
However now that students are coming back to school – these cases are coming to light. “As children are getting back to seeing there physicians and professionals in school and so forth we seeing those numbers rise again for all types of abuse and neglect as well,” said Wendy Myers, Director of The Cricket Center.