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January 6, 2021
SALISBURY, Md. – Often times teachers are the first to report at-home abuse.
But as remote learning has taken over and face-to-face interactions have become limited, some experts say many cases may be going undetected.
Child abuse reports are down in the state of Maryland, but again that doesn’t mean the abuse itself isn’t happening.
Psychologist, Dr. Kathy Seifert, argues there could be much more going on behind closed doors.
“Often child abuse and neglect is something that happens at home or in the neighborhood and so the numbers are down because so many times it’s going to be a teacher or counselor at school to report the problem,” said Dr. Seifert.