James A. Monteleone & Angelo P. Giardino 
Child Maltreatment, Volume 1 Module 
Physical Signs of Abuse

Child Maltreatment Training Module seeks to provide professionals and those they train with the most comprehensive curriculum available for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of child maltreatment. Written by 33 leading experts in various areas of child maltreatment, this training module includes 3 workbooks that will benefit anyone who trains or teaches others how to identify, interpret, and report occurrences of child abuse, including law enforcement, medical professionals, social workers, attorneys, and teachers.


The 3 modules cover the following areas:


Physical Signs of Abuse uses color photographs and radiographs to help students learn how to distinguish abusive from nonabusive injuries.



Sexual, Emotional, & Psychological Abuse enables course participants to identify sexual abuse, delineates which children are at high risk for abuse and neglect, and addresses various psychological disorders.



Investigation, Care, & Prevention teaches the steps to take when abuse or neglect is discovered, details the agencies and procedures involved, and teaches participants strategies for preventing abuse.

Table of Content

Volume 1: Physical Signs of Abuse

1. What Is and Is Not Abuse

2. Radiologic Findings

3. Oral Injuries

4. Thoracoabdominal Injuries

5. Ophthalmic Manifestations

6. Head Injuries

7. Burns

8. Poisoning

About the author

Angelo Giardino, MD is a pediatrics specialist in Salt Lake City, UT and has been practicing for 27 years. He graduated from University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine in 1987 and specializes in pediatrics. Angelo Giardino was the medical director of Texas Children’s Health Plan, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, and an attending physician for the Texas Children’s Hospital’s forensic pediatrics service at the Children’s Assessment Center in Houston, Texas. Angelo Giardino completed his residency and fellowship training in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Immediately after his fellowship training, Angelo Giardino became the assistant, and then the associate, medical director at Health Partners of Philadelphia, where he had primary responsibility for utilization management, intensive case management, and health care data analysis. He also shared responsibility for the plan’s quality improvement program. Additionally, he began the Child Abuse and Neglect Team for Children with Special Health Care Needs, which was funded by a three-year grant from a local philanthropy. In 1998, he was appointed associate chair of clinical operations in the Department of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and in June of 1999 he was asked to chair the CHOP Quality Committee. These accomplishments are only a few of his career.