Re: admitting abuse

[BRubin525@xxxxxxx]

In our community CPS takes the position that a parent must acknowledge both
the  abuse of their children and take responsibility for the abuse
before the parent can have unsupervised visits with their children.  Yet, many
stuck cases get hung up when a parent adamantly denies either the abuse or
that it had any negative effects.  Despite a great amount of work, if a parent
continues to deny these events, there is little chance for any reunification.
Yet, in many cases, parent's can agree that in the future there will be no
corporal punishment.  Also, in some cases, despite the parent's denial, enough
work has been done that it appears the children will be reasonably safe.Is
there any research that supports the idea that a parent "must" admit the abuse
before the child is reasonably safe?  Or is this simply an ideological
position that is based on clinical practice?  I am mostly thinking about
physical
abuse,  Bart Rubin, Ph.D.