CHILD ATHETE ABUSE SYNDROME, “A NEW DISEASE”

Coaches are in charge of conditioning, boot camp, practice and games. Coaches should be familiar with Child Abuse Laws, the Rules of Law concerning Child and Youth who participate in Sports.

School Coaches are mandated by law with Child and Youth Protective Custody and Supervision transferred to them for Extra-Curricular Grade, Middle and High School Activities and Sports. Non-School Coaches have the same Duty to Children and Youth.

Coaches have a Fiduciary Coach-Athlete Responsigility and Trust for Youth Athletes in College and the Olympics.

Ignorance of the Law and Overlooking the Law are no excuse and certainly no defense in Court.

The Bottom Line, Win-At-All-Costs Dysfunctional Sports Community including School Boards, School Officials, Fans, Media, Parents, Sports Medicine Doctors, High School and University Athletic Associations and Federations etc. have not included Child Protection, Supervision and Abuse Law into Educational Certification courses.

“Parens Patriae” Doctrine Grants Power and Authority of the State to protect minor Children, age less than 18, and other persons who are legally unable to protect themselves.

The Etymology of “Parens Patriae” is from Latin meaning Government is “Parent of the Nation”

“Parens Patriae” doctrine is the legal framework for theSpecial Standard of Child Care
◙ In U.S., the State is the “Supreme Guardian” of all Children

If Parents, Guardians and Substitute Caretakers i.e. Coaches
◙ Unable, Unwilling or Fail to Protect their Children
◙ Government will Protect Child Safety and ensure proper Child Care

State has the power / authority to take action to Protect the Child from harm. [46.]
◙ Tripartite Relationship
◙ PARENT + CHILD + STATE
“Parens Patriae” Balances the Rights and Responsibilities among Parents-Child-State as guided by Federal Laws

Same Tripartite Relationship exists for the Coach
Coach-Caretaker + Child-Athlete + State
◙ Permissible for the Coach-Caretaker to use His/Her Methods of Coaching Sports, Recreation and Exercise (SRE)
◙ Providing the Coach complies with the Special Standards of Care issued by State for a Child

Tripartite Coach-Caretaker + Child-Athlete + State Relationship is In Effect during Practices, Camps, Over-Nights, Travel Teams, Closed Practices. (These are Be Vigilant Venues)
◙ For Children the Supreme Power of the State is In Effect On Every inch of Ground, Every Second of Time

CHILD ATHLETE ABUSE SYNDROME IS A SHORT TITLE For

A CLUSTERING of CHILD (<18) or YOUTH (15-24) ATHLETE PHYSICAL and/or PSYCHOLOGICAL MALTREATMENT, ENDANGERMENT, SERIOUS INJURIES, PATHOLOGIES and/or DEATHS and/or SEXUAL ABUSE SECONDARY TO:

►PHYSICAL ENDANGERMENT, MALTREATMENT and/or ABUSE
► PSYCHOLOGICAL ENDANGERMENT, MALTREATMENT and/or ABUSE
► SEXUAL ABUSE
► FAILED CHILD CUSTODIAL PROTECTION
► NEGLIGENT COACHING CARE-GIVING SUPERVISION
► THAT WAS INFLICTED, CAUSED, CREATED, OR ALLOWED TO BE INFLICTIED, CAUSED, CREATED, DIRECTLY OF INDIRECTLY BY THE COACH.

CHILD ATHLETE ABUSE SYNDROME IS “MEDICALIZED”

• Medicalized: To identify or categorize a condition or behavior as being a disorder requiring medical treatment or intervention [Online-Dictionary]

• CAAS IS LEGITIMATE DIANOSIS WITH ICD-9 CODES because all child abuse is Medicalized. (ICD-9) “International Classification of Disease, 9th edition, Clinical Modification is a standardized classification of disease, injuries, and causes of death, by etiology and anatomic localization and codified into a 6-digit number, which allows clinicians, statisticians, politicians, health planners, health insurance and others to speak a common language, both US and internationally”. ICD-9s are used to bill medical insurance by Doctors.

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CHILD ATHETE ABUSE SYNDROME, “A NEW DISEASE”

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Recent research revealed the following:

[Weekly World News, Jan 20, 1981, Health News]

“Forcing kids into sports is called “type of Child Abuse.” Some parents abuse their children by beating them, others by pushing them to succeed in sports to the point of serious injury.”

Dr. Edwin R. Guise of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit calls it “Socially Approved Athletic Child Abuse.”

Dr. Guise has reported that “swimmers shoulder” is a condition so severe it requires surgery and is on the increase among teenagers who are team swimmers.

Another Bone Specialist Dr. Richard M. Ball of Plainfield, N.J. condemned the grueling training programs for adolescents as a “Battered-Child-Athlete-Syndrome”. Dr. Ball said teenage swimmers were developing serious should tendonitis that might require surgery.

Dr. Edwin R. Guise and Dr. Richard M. Ball are credited for the terms
“Socially Approved Athletic Child Abuse”
“Battered-Child-Athlete-Syndrome”