Child abuse

Evaluation of Family Behavior Therapy in Concurrent Child Neglect and Drug Abuse is a study where they selected 72 mothers who had been reported for child neglect and drug abuse by the Department of Family Services (Donohue, Azrin, Bradshaw, Van Hasselt, Cross, Urgelles, & ... Allen, (2014). Family Behavior Therapy (FBT) uses a family support system and therapy assignments as its foundation. The belief behind this therapy is that the parent’s drug abuse is the reinforcer behind everything. With…

Why is child abuse illegal, but hitting a child while spanking him/her is legal? Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver causes injury or emotional harm to a child. Spanking a child hard enough could cause serious negative repercussions. Also even if the child stops throwing a temper tantrum because he/she got spanked, does not mean the child understands why he/she shouldn’t be acting out in the first place. Susan Bitensky tries to make the point that spanking should be illegal in the New York…

Titilayo Oyewumi Teacher Won Back License After Sex-Abuse Claims A teacher, James Swafford who fought a state order had his teaching License reinstated and all chargers of sex abuse allegations at a Tennessee high school was dropped. He went to teach and coach 3 more districts before being fired for striking a student. His teaching license was revoked because of similar sex allegations. He had a successful plea as well admitting he made several mistakes. Swafford did not mention after he…

kind of abuse. All states have laws protecting mandatory reporters from civil or criminal liability for reporting child abuse (AMA Journal of Ethics®). Many states also have provision in their reporting laws that include potential for sanctions ranging from adverse licensure actions to misdemeanor criminal penalties when a mandatory reporter knowingly fails to report (AMA Journal of Ethics®). Most importantly as healthcare professionals it is important to protect anyone from any kind of abuse.…

The study Linking childhood sexual abuse and abusive parenting: the mediating role of maternal anger by David DiLillo, George C. Tremblay, and Lizette Peterson is about the effect childhood sexual abuse has on how mothers treat their own children. This study focused on parenting behaviors such as developmental expectations for children, spanking, general punishment, and maternal nurturance. The researchers went to various Women, infants, and children clinics (WIC) and asked the women there if…

services to 67 counties, all with the same mission, vision, and values. In order to help people in need they offer array of services such as: adult/child protective services, food assistance, family assistance, and foster care (Alabama DHR n.d.). Alabama Department of Human Resources are vital to their community with ensuring the protection of children from abuse and neglect, offering…

with a client who is suffering from domestic abuse promoting autonomy could be difficult. It is a difficult task for a counselor to remain neutral and not impose their own value systems, which could break the client’s autonomy. By being understanding and sympathetic toward the client, which supports autonomy, could promote a furtherance of dealing with the…

Child Neglect: The repercussion of child neglect can hinder children which it may impact their learning skills, and social maturity and self-esteem throughout their lifetime. What Is Child Neglect? The definition of a neglected child is that its a form of maltreatment when there basic needs have been failed to be provided by their guardians. When babies are in the mothers womb and in the process of developing they are able to recognize her voice. The voice that is suppose to nurture, love…

discipline is what can cause a child to have an aggressive behavior, have social issues and break the rules more often. Coercive is a type of discipline. This type of discipline uses physical and verbal as a punishment style. The verbal it is when the parent or person of authorizes yells, makes the child feel ashamed, or makes offensive comments to the child. When a parent is physical in this type of discipline it means using physical behaviors to discipline the child such as spanking,…

What is your sexual orientation? 0. Did you grow up with both of your parents in your life? 0. As a child, did you wet the bed? 0. Do you have many close friends? 0. As a child, did you ever get really angry and lash out at people with physical violence? 0. Have you ever set fire to something ? 0. Have you ever visited a specific place that trigger emotions that you experienced from your…