24 Mar Informational Presentation on Abuse
Assume you are a case manager for your local children’s services department. Your supervisor has
asked you to put together an informational Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for you to present at
a local community college. In a 5-7 slide presentation include the following:
1. What are the functions of your department?
2. How does your state define child abuse?
3. What are the warning signs for abuse?
4. What are the child abuse and neglect stats in your state? Be sure to include victim statistics
including age, race, ethnicity, gender, and family statistics.
5. Discuss mandatory reporters
NOTE: This Assignment will require outside research. You may consult the Library, the internet, the
textbook, other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using
proper citations and references in APA style.
PowerPoint Formatting
• The PowerPoint should contain a title slide and a list of references in APA format.
• All internal citation of outside sources plus the listing of all references should also adhere to
APA format.
• Your 5-7 slide requirement excludes your introduction and reference slides.
• Use one basic slide design and layout.
• Limit slides to between 6 and 8 lines of content.
• You may use pictures, charts and graphs to supplement your material as long as they do not
take up the entire slide.
• Use bullets for your main points.
• Use speaker notes to fully explain what is being discussed in the bullet points as though you
are presenting to an audience.
Informational Presentation on Abuse
This assignment assesses your understanding of the following Course Outcome:
CJ420-2: Evaluate juvenile statistics.
Assignment Details Directions
Your 5- to 7-slide requirement excludes your title, introduction, and reference slides.
Use one basic slide design and layout.
Text large enough to be read by your audience (font size 20- to 34-point).
Limit slides to between 6 and 8 lines of content.
You may use pictures, charts, and graphs to supplement your material as long as they do not take up the entire slide.
Use bullets for your main points.
Use speaker notes to fully explain what is being discussed in the bullet points as though you are presenting to an audience, being sure to follow
the Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
Viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained.
Presentation should be well-ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.
Appropriate citation style should be followed.
You should also make sure to:
Use examples to support your discussion.
Cite all sources on a separate reference slide at the end of your PowerPoint and reference and cite within the body of the presentation using
APA format and citation style. For more information on APA guidelines, visit Academic Tools.
DIRECTIONS FOR SUBMITTING YOUR ASSIGNMENT
Compose your assignment and save it in the following format: Course#_LastnameFirstname Unit # Assignment (example: CJ420_SmithJohn Unit 3
Assignment). Submit your assignment to the appropriate Dropbox by the end of the unit.
