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UMMS Child Protection Team

The Child Protection Team (CPT) is an interdisciplinary team that helps UMMC staff assess and address possible child abuse and neglect. The team includes pediatricians, social workers, a psychologist, and a Baltimore City Department of Social Services (DSS) representative. In addition, police and Child Advocacy Center representatives provide consultation, as needed.

CPT Goals

  • Provide support and consultation, ensuring optimal care for children who:
    • are “at risk” of abuse or neglect (i.e., maltreatment)
    • have been maltreated
    • may have been maltreated
  • Provide education and training on child abuse, neglect and intimate partner (or domestic) violence
  • Build collaborative relationships within the UMMC and with the community for addressing and preventing maltreatment
  • Engage in continuous quality improvement
  • Develop policies for UMMC pertaining to child maltreatment

The following examples may reflect child abuse or neglect:

Physical Abuse

Sexual Abuse

Neglect

Emotional/Psychological Abuse

Ways that the CPT can assist UMMS staff:

Team Members

Howard Dubowitz, MD, MS
(Pediatrician & CPT Chair)
Email: hdubowitz@peds.umaryland.edu
Extension: 410-706-6144

Charles Shubin, MD
(Pediatrician at Mercy)
Email: cshubin@umaryland.edu
Office: 410-500-5568

Wendy Lane, MD, MPH
(Pediatrician)
Email: wlane@epi.umaryland.edu
Extension: 410-706-7865

Leslie Fitzpatrick, LCSW-C
(CPT Coordinator)
Email: lfitzpatrick@peds.umaryland.edu
Extension: 410-706-5176

Forrest Closson, MD
(Pediatrician)
Email: fclosson@peds.umaryland.edu
Extension: 410-328-6335(ED)

Randy Chang, PsyD
(Psychologist)
Email: rkchang@peds.umaryland.edu
Extension: 410-706-4869

Brandi Stocksdale, LCSW-C
(Baltimore City CPS)
Email: bstocksd@dhr.state.md.us
Extension: 443-423-7286

Kristen Favarulo, LCSW-C
(UMMS Social Worker)
Email: kfavarulo@umm.edu
Extension: 410-328-0841

Carrie Freshour, LGSW
(PATH Clinic Social Worker)
Email: cfreshour@umm.edu
Office: 443-682-6620

For more information or to reach the CPT, please call (410)706-5176 or email: CPT@peds.umaryland.edu.


This page was last updated on: September 7, 2011.

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