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Written by parents and family members who have experienced the disappearance of a child, this guide contains their combined advice concerning what you can expect when your child is missing, what you can do, and where you can go for help. The first chapter focuses on the search for a missing child and explains how a parent can best participate in the search. Chapter 2 discusses parents' relationship with law enforcement and offers tips that will facilitate effective cooperation. The third chapter examines issues related to the media, including media packages, press conferences, and interviews; and chapter 4 offers suggestions for producing fliers about a missing child and for managing the photo and flier distribution process. The next chapter addresses the many uses of volunteers, both trained and untrained, to help in the search and to provide for the needs of the family. Chapter 6 discusses the use of rewards and the management of monetary donations, followed by a chapter that emphasizes the need for parents to take care of their own needs, the needs of their children, and members of the extended family.
Message from Attorney General John Ashcroft -- Message from Assistant Attorney General Deborah J. Daniels -- Foreword / J. Robert Flores -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Checklist : what you should do when your child is first missing -- The AMBER Alert plan -- Chap. 1. The search. Your role in the search: the first 48 hours -- The role of law enforcement in the search -- The role of volunteers in the search -- After the first 48 hours : the long-term search -- The role of private detectives and psychics in the long-term search -- Key points -- Checklist : gathering evidence in the first 48 hours -- Chap. 2. Law enforcement. Your partnership with law enforcement -- Key points -- Checklist: working with law enforcement -- Chap. 3. The media. Media involvement : the first 48 hours -- Media involvement : after the first 48 hours -- Key points -- Checklist : conducting interviews with the media -- Chap. 4. Photo and flier distribution. Photo and flier distribution : the first 48 hours -- Photo and flier distribution : after the first 48 hours -- Key points -- Checklist : distributing flyers -- Chap. 5. Volunteers. Making the best use of volunteers -- Using untrained volunteers in the search effort -- Using trained volunteers in the search effort -- Key points -- Checklist : working with volunteer searchers -- Chap. 6. Rewards and donations. Monetary rewards -- Monetary donations -- Key Points -- Checklist : selecting a tipline for leads -- Chap. 7. Personal and family considerations. Regaining your emotional and physical strength -- Mentally preparing for the long term -- Helping your children to regain their physical and emotional strength -- Helping extended family members to regain their physical and emotional strength -- Key points -- Checklist : figuring out how to pay your bills -- Recommended readings -- Additional resources -- About the parent authors -- Index.
"This document was prepared by Fox Valley Technical College under cooperative agreement number 98-MC-CX-K010"--Title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-74) and index.