Hemispatial neglect

Every day, children from all over the world are being neglected and abused. According to dosomgthing.org, “11 Facts About Child Abuse,” on the daily basis, more than four children die due to child abuse. Seventy percents of these children are under the age of three. Children are meant to be nurtured and protected by their family. Unfortunately, children are being treated horribly. Children are fragile human being that needs to be taken care of and loved. Hurting young children in any way will…

Joseph Spinazzola’s article talks about the ways that children who have been psychologically abused experience similar and differing long terms effects then children who have been physically or sexually abused. The article talks about a study that the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Core Data Set did that analyzed 5,616 youths that at one time or another in their life had experienced psychological maltreatment, physical abuse or sexual abuse. People often wonder what happens to children…

There is an average of 379,122 children living in the United States without any permanent families that are in foster care homes with families that abuse and neglect them (Thoma, 2005). There was a study conducted in Conjunction with a civil suit that found out that twenty one percent of children that get abused and neglected are in the care of foster homes. Also twenty five percent of children are abuse or inappropriate punishment. There are some cases where kids were in care of foster homes…

Maltreated children are at risk for significant psychological and physical health symptoms. These include anxiety, depression, suicide, impulsivity, hyperactivity, interpersonal problems, hyper arousal, and dissociation (Lawson, 2009). Unfortunately, many families with children who face challenges such as child maltreatment have been investigated by the local Department of Social Services for incidents which may be minor or severe. Families in Maryland who experience child maltreatment such as…

world in the past and today. Child abuse has many forms such as sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect to name a few. In my presentation I will be focusing on one form of child abuse which is neglect. Neglect occurs to children of all races, classes, religions, family structures, and communities. Child neglect is the most common type of child maltreatment. Child neglect is defined as the failure of a parent or other person with responsibility for the child to provide needed…

Another famous preschool abuse case is Fort Bragg Preschool, in Fort Bragg, California. Similar accusations were made in this case as with the McMartin case, but on top of all of the McMartin accusations, teachers and staff members were also accused of more. There were accusations of having children being buried in coffins or boxes and lowered onto the ground with a tube or hose for them to breath. Being tortured with water, similar to waterboarding or being sprayed with power hoses was another…

the issue has been increasing as time progresses (Lachman, 1996, para. 1). Even though laws regarding child neglect state that many things are considered to be child neglect, many of those things are still currently happening all around the world, and in large numbers. Many places in the world, like the United States and Africa, for example, both have agencies that deal with child neglect, but the United States has far more efficient programs because they have overall more resources (Lachman,…

There are approximately eighty thousand reported cases of child sexual abuse every year; leaving alone the cases that go unreported. Child sexual abuse is a crime that can lead the child to have physical, social and psychological dysfunctions for the trauma it causes. (Recognizing Child Abuse: Sexual Abuse) Therefore essential actions must be taken in order to minimize and solve the problem; for instance, understanding the types of sexual abuse, recognition of the signs, acknowledgement of how a…

Social Workers have many different cases at a time. There can be times where they miss abuse. Gabriel Fernandez a young boy constantly abused and crying out for help. A judge said, "red flags were everywhere — the injuries, the absences from school, the calls Gabriel’s teacher made to child protective services — and that social workers should have seen them. "There was a case in California where an 8-year-old boy had marks all over him going to school and nothing was done after he had asked for…

the inmates; for this paper will be talking about all forms of abuse that happen in prison which includes neglect and the way that the guards themselves treat the inmates. The number of ways that the prison system can abuse an inmate is nearly endless since people need to look at it from every angle to see everything that is really happening. Some forms of abuse are small like simple neglect of the inmate by not giving them proper care, yet there are cases of strong abuse like guards beating or…