Neglect

A child is dependent on their caretakers to guide them to fully achieve their potential in a healthy development. child abuse and neglect leads to crisis of development. The parents or guardians are responsible of their child since infancy up to adulthood. Although, Erick Erickson indicates from infancy to the age of 6 is the major component and turning point for the child to develop effectively. In this era of childhood will determine the child’s current behavior and future behavior into…

For those affected by child abuse, mental, physical, behavioral, and economic problems are likely to occur in the future without proper help, and such effects often begin during abuse. It is difficult to identify children who are being abused as they normally do not mention it, a result of either not recognizing abuse or being manipulated to believe that they are not being abused. These children may appear timid and fearful of certain adults or events, and can have “behavioral extremes” such as…

Ways to Treat Neglect A Controlled 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…

Child abuse and neglect affects children at every age, gender, race and income level (Prevent Child Abuse Awareness Month). In the state of Tennessee, “any wound, injury, disability, or physical or mental condition which is of a nature as to reasonably indicate that it has been caused by brutality, abuse, or neglect; also includes sexual abuse” constitutes as abuse (Tennessee Child Abuse Laws). In their 2012 article, Gelles and Perlman state, “Victims of child maltreatment are at high risk…

perpetration. Children up to the age of 11 with documented histories of physical and sexual abuse and/or neglect were coordinated with children without such past experiences and further assessed at the average age of 29.…

foster care at any given time (United States Department of Education [U.S. DOE]). The issue of child abuse and neglect is a continuous concern affecting our society. For the federal fiscal year (FFY) of 2014 it is estimated approximately 702,000 children nationally (52 states including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) were victims of child abuse and neglect (U.S Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2016). The USDHHS (2016) estimates victimization was…

In 1973, Senator Walter Mondale made it clear there was no one assigned full time to the prevention, identification and treatment of child abuse and neglect. After Mondale’s comments, the federal government took a leadership role in the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). CAPTA impacts the lives of victims of child abuse and neglect. This act is the only federally funded program that is designated for helping children who are mistreated. It also supports the prevention, the…

broadly defined as an act or failure by a parent or a caretaker whom results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation (HHS, 2014). The several types of abuse consist of neglect, physical, emotional, psychological, and sexual. Victims who have faced abuse and neglect often struggle with building trusting relationships due to the damage and feeling of worthlessness, which causes children to struggle with regulating their emotions. Risk factors include domestic…

child welfare system by applying the case. The first part of the project was a case note of the first visit to the home. Case notes are taken at each visit and are vital in the child welfare system. If a child is found to be subject to abuse or neglect, the case notes will be presented to the court. Also case notes are official records, so if they are not documented there is no proof of the visit. A case note includes where the parents work, the level…

It includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. In the realm of child maltreatment, neglect is a serious issue. Neglect can be found in all communities and across all socioeconomic levels. However, often poverty is found in cases of neglect. According to Janczewski, “longitudinal studies have found poverty, unemployment, public assistance, and other measures of economic risk among cases reported for neglect” (2014, pg. 51) In the last two decades, progress has been…