Discuss The Four Types Of Abuse

This report will define the four types of abuse. The professional will discuss the causes, impacts, symptoms and strategies which are used by professionals using a multi-agencies approach through legal requirements, made through legislations to promote good practice, to support and empower children and their families.

There are four main types of abuse including, emotional abuse where children are consistently in an emotionally unstable environment, which can lead to physical abuse, sexual abuse or neglect and failure to thrive (Howe,2005). Physical abuse is where individuals are physically harmed by their parents or carers; this can be direct or verbal abuse or a combination such as, being punched, burned or being labelled as worthless. Furthermore, sexual abuse is where parents, carers or children carry out sexual activities that are unusual for their age and can be a combination of emotional, physical abuse and neglect and failure to thrive where children needs are not fully met and their safety is a concern due to a lack of supervision (Lindon,2012).
Furthermore, Bowlby’s Attachment can be linked, where it is important for a child to form bonds with parents, carers, professionals and other children to have good self-esteem, social confidence and guidance whereas, in some cases, children who have been abused are less likely to form bonds, due to rejection and lack of support, leading to poor physical and mental health (Cullen, Dr. K,