I found this topic quite hard going to read as some of the case studies I read were heart-breaking but it has highlighted to me the importance that, as a practitioner working with and around children and young people, I need to be able to understand the different signs that could be potential indicators of a child being abused and the vast extremes of different abuse that can occur.
Physical Abuse is when a child is physically hurt or injured (hitting, kicking, burning, scalding, being beaten with objects, being throw and/or shaken, poisoning, drowning and suffocating are all forms of physical abuse and will cause pain, cuts, bruises, broken bones, internal bleeding/damage and sometimes even death). It also includes encouraging children to …show more content…
• Sexual knowledge or behaviour that is inappropriate to the child’s age
• Medical problems like chronic itching or pain in the genital area
• Depression, committing self-mutilation, attempted suicide, running away, overdoses or anorexia, saying repeatedly that they are bad, dirty or wicked
• Personality changes
• Regressing to behaviour patterns of a younger child
• A sudden loss of appetite or begin compulsive eating
• Being isolated or withdrawn
• Inability to concentrate
• Lack of trust or fearful of someone they know well
• Starting to wet or soil again
• Becoming worried about removing clothing in front of anyone
• Drawing picture of a sexually explicit nature
• Trying to be ‘ultra-good’ or always perfect, possibly overreacting to criticism
In this day and age it should not happen but Neglect, which can result in the failure to thrive, is when parents or carers looking after the child do not even provide them with their basic physical and /or psychological needs, such as the proper food, somewhere warm, sufficient shelter, proper clothing, care or protection
Signs and symptoms of neglect can include but are not limited to:
• Constant hunger
• Poor personal
• Constant tiredness
• Poor state of
• Frequently unwell due to unhygienic living
Physical Abuse is when a child is physically hurt or injured (hitting, kicking, burning, scalding, being beaten with objects, being throw and/or shaken, poisoning, drowning and suffocating are all forms of physical abuse and will cause pain, cuts, bruises, broken bones, internal bleeding/damage and sometimes even death). It also includes encouraging children to …show more content…
• Sexual knowledge or behaviour that is inappropriate to the child’s age
• Medical problems like chronic itching or pain in the genital area
• Depression, committing self-mutilation, attempted suicide, running away, overdoses or anorexia, saying repeatedly that they are bad, dirty or wicked
• Personality changes
• Regressing to behaviour patterns of a younger child
• A sudden loss of appetite or begin compulsive eating
• Being isolated or withdrawn
• Inability to concentrate
• Lack of trust or fearful of someone they know well
• Starting to wet or soil again
• Becoming worried about removing clothing in front of anyone
• Drawing picture of a sexually explicit nature
• Trying to be ‘ultra-good’ or always perfect, possibly overreacting to criticism
In this day and age it should not happen but Neglect, which can result in the failure to thrive, is when parents or carers looking after the child do not even provide them with their basic physical and /or psychological needs, such as the proper food, somewhere warm, sufficient shelter, proper clothing, care or protection
Signs and symptoms of neglect can include but are not limited to:
• Constant hunger
• Poor personal
• Constant tiredness
• Poor state of
• Frequently unwell due to unhygienic living