Physical abuse

childhood maltreatment, behavior toward a child that is outside of the norms of conduct and entails substantial risk of causing physical or emotional harm (“Child Abuse Statistics”). Maltreatment is categorized in four types: Physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse (psychiatric abuse), and neglect (“Overview of Childhood Maltreatment”). The myriad effects of these abuses are: victims of childhood maltreatment have less ability to express themselves and their feelings in their controlled…

Assignment one – Child protection Under the child care act 1991 a child is defined as a person under the age of 18 years, excluding a person who is or been married. The aim of Children First National Guidance 2011 is to promote safety and well being of children and also deals with recognition, reporting and management of child safety concerns. Parents and caregivers should have the primary responsibility for care and protection of children. Same parents are not able to provide proper care of…

CHCCHILD404B - Assignment 1 (LA015748) Support the rights and safety of children and young people. As a result of the sexual abuse, Paula could be feeling a lot of shame, embarrassment, hopelessness, powerlessness and lack of control. Paula could also have feelings of hostility and anger towards the abuser and those who failed to protect her/allow the abuse. Some other consequences of the abuse might include feelings of or believing oneself to be alone/isolated, worthless, invisible,…

Like a Storm Swirling, Domestic Abuse Is a Victim’s Life Domestic abuse is a storm of its own. It ruins relationships, it can kill, and it creates a new sense of a “role model” to the victim 's child/children. There are laws set for domestic abuse protection and prevention. They are not always enforced for different reasons. It is not only appointed towards women, but also towards men. Educate yourself of signs and prevention. People abuse their partners for a myriad reasons, “Studies suggest…

frightening threats or neglecting the child’s need to be loved (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2013). Signs of emotional abuse can include being depressed, inattentive, or detached (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2014). Because emotional abuse is difficult to prove, it is crucial for a case to provide a collective documentation by witnesses of the abuse (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2014). We all know infants are expected to grow, thrive, and…

against the bear. This is what verbal abuse feels like. The abuser attacks the victim, trapping them in a mental corner and paralyzing the victim’s brain until they are defeated, until the attacker feels like they’ve won, and the one abused gives up. Verbal abuse is damaging at any age, crippling functions of the brain and sinking the mental status into the deepest, darkest holes it can find until the state of mind is so low that there is no escape. Verbal abuse in children and teens is…

the children can be less likely to end up in one when they get older. Many children that have parents that are in an abuse relationship are teaching them this is normal and are more likely to end up in one as well (Public and Private Families page 358). Also, it will not just help end abuse relationships, but also child abuse and even sexually abuse. When family’s have child abuse and sexually abused many children will go on not telling anyone because they don’t understand what is happening to…

but a man is born from a woman (Genesis 2:23). In today’s world, there is a lot of violence that surrounds us and by this, I do not mean terrorist attack but your spouse. Women’s domestic violence happens through verbally, mentally, physical, sexually and economic abuse by a spouse. Dehumanization The act of dehumanization is clear in the world today in domestic violence tours women. “Violence against women are a global public health problem occurring in a multitude of contexts and…

of diverse cognitions and behaviors used to manage the internal and external demands of a stressful or threatening situation. In a case where physical abuse has been the exposed trauma causer, support groups have been shown to be very helpful. Support groups would be a group of adults who are in the field of dealing with children who have experienced physical trauma. This elite group of adults helps the child navigate and cope with feelings and how the trauma has impacted the way they pursue day…

are a plethora of reasons that victims of domestic violence stay in an abusive relationship (Why do Abuse Victims Stay? 2008). Among them are; economic, emotional, situational and fear based reasoning’s (Wallace & Roberson 2015). There have been a multitude of studies and investigative hypotheses conjured to answer this broad and frustrating question (Wallace & Roberson 2015). Victims of domestic abuse have been asked to explain what their victimizations consisted of and many ideas have derived…