Maltreatment During Early Childhood

Maltreatment during early childhood has been a phenomenon that has affected many children and has resulted in adverse effects during adolescence and adulthood. Children who have been abused and neglected are faced with multiple challenges including socially, developmentally, emotionally, mentally and physically. Such children would have difficulty making and maintaining relationships with peers in social settings as well facing educational barriers which would prohibit the children from learning efficiently and completing on a timely manner if not monitored and treated accordingly.
For children who have experienced maltreatment, it is not surprising for the caregivers or parents to begin abuse during the pregnancy by failing to provide the