Most scholars and practitioners have elaborated adverse impacts of child abuse, especially child neglect. It is very hard to think about someone being neglected, especially when it comes to an innocent child. Teachers, neighbors, nurses, and daycare providers are a few of the people who suspect and report the neglect of a child. Sadly this form of abuse is often from their own parents and it is happening in their own home. Every kid deserves de right to be free from danger and violence. Child neglect is a serious problem and it affects the child.
The term child abuse got used in a very broad array of situation that it has become hard to pin down its actual definition. However, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children …show more content…
However, this paper will concentrate on the steps that the community can take to minimize the occurrence of child neglect. As Barth states in her Commentary on the Report of the APSAC Task Force on Evidence-Based Service Planning Guidelines for Child Welfare, the responsibility of ensuring that the child has love care and attention shared in the community. This realization brings about the role of the child welfare service as an oversite body of ensuring that the children are safe. This paper will, therefore, focus on the contributions and the steps taken by the community in stopping the cases of child abuse and in particular, child neglect.
Effects of child neglect
In a review of the past studies done on the negative impacts of child neglect, the findings get divided into two broad categories which ae the short and long-term effects of the neglect. These two main types get wrapped in the impact of the neglect on the relationships and attachment as well as the effects on brain development.
Effects on Relationships and …show more content…
However, beyond the family level system of support, the child needs to have a safe environment regarding the community environment that surround him. The community level support system is essential in providing an all-round system of care for the child. Although studies have shown that the community level support programs cannot replace the primary caregiver, they are the second best alternative by offering a secondary support in the form of educational services, counseling, specialized care, housing and substance addiction
The term child abuse got used in a very broad array of situation that it has become hard to pin down its actual definition. However, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children …show more content…
However, this paper will concentrate on the steps that the community can take to minimize the occurrence of child neglect. As Barth states in her Commentary on the Report of the APSAC Task Force on Evidence-Based Service Planning Guidelines for Child Welfare, the responsibility of ensuring that the child has love care and attention shared in the community. This realization brings about the role of the child welfare service as an oversite body of ensuring that the children are safe. This paper will, therefore, focus on the contributions and the steps taken by the community in stopping the cases of child abuse and in particular, child neglect.
Effects of child neglect
In a review of the past studies done on the negative impacts of child neglect, the findings get divided into two broad categories which ae the short and long-term effects of the neglect. These two main types get wrapped in the impact of the neglect on the relationships and attachment as well as the effects on brain development.
Effects on Relationships and …show more content…
However, beyond the family level system of support, the child needs to have a safe environment regarding the community environment that surround him. The community level support system is essential in providing an all-round system of care for the child. Although studies have shown that the community level support programs cannot replace the primary caregiver, they are the second best alternative by offering a secondary support in the form of educational services, counseling, specialized care, housing and substance addiction