Recognising Signs Of Abuse CYP33 4
Nick Parry
Morton’s Lodge
CYP33
4.1
Abuse and neglect are forms of maltreatment of a child. Someone may abuse or neglect a child by inflicting harm or by failing to prevent harm. Children may be abused in a family or in an institutional or community setting, by people they know or by a stranger, for example, through the internet. They may be abused by one or more adults, or another child or children. Child abuse can have major long-term effects on all aspects of a child's health, development and well being.
Physical Abuse
Physical abuse is deliberately causing physical harm to a child. This might be punching, kicking, biting, burning, scalding, shaking, throwing or beating with objects such as belts, whips, or sticks. It also includes poisoning, giving a child alcohol or illegal drugs, drowning or suffocation. Physical harm may also be caused when a parent or carer fabricates the symptoms of illness in a child. In pregnancy an unborn child can be harmed by domestic violence. Signs of physical abuse
Any injuries not consistent with the explanation given for them
Injuries which occur to the body in places which are not normally exposed to falls or rough games
Injuries which have not received medical attention
Reluctance to change for, or participate in, games or swimming
Bruises, bites, burns and fractures, for example, which do not have an accidental explanation
The child gives inconsistent accounts for the cause of injuries
Physical abuse can lead directly to neurological damage, physical injuries, disability and in extreme cases death. Physical abuse has been linked to aggressive behaviour in children, emotional and behavioural problems and learning difficulties.
Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse is where repeated verbal threats, criticism, ridicule, shouting, lack of love and affection causes a severe adverse effect on a child's emotional development. It includes conveying to children that they are worthless, unloved, inadequate or valued only insofar as
Morton’s Lodge
CYP33
4.1
Abuse and neglect are forms of maltreatment of a child. Someone may abuse or neglect a child by inflicting harm or by failing to prevent harm. Children may be abused in a family or in an institutional or community setting, by people they know or by a stranger, for example, through the internet. They may be abused by one or more adults, or another child or children. Child abuse can have major long-term effects on all aspects of a child's health, development and well being.
Physical Abuse
Physical abuse is deliberately causing physical harm to a child. This might be punching, kicking, biting, burning, scalding, shaking, throwing or beating with objects such as belts, whips, or sticks. It also includes poisoning, giving a child alcohol or illegal drugs, drowning or suffocation. Physical harm may also be caused when a parent or carer fabricates the symptoms of illness in a child. In pregnancy an unborn child can be harmed by domestic violence. Signs of physical abuse
Any injuries not consistent with the explanation given for them
Injuries which occur to the body in places which are not normally exposed to falls or rough games
Injuries which have not received medical attention
Reluctance to change for, or participate in, games or swimming
Bruises, bites, burns and fractures, for example, which do not have an accidental explanation
The child gives inconsistent accounts for the cause of injuries
Physical abuse can lead directly to neurological damage, physical injuries, disability and in extreme cases death. Physical abuse has been linked to aggressive behaviour in children, emotional and behavioural problems and learning difficulties.
Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse is where repeated verbal threats, criticism, ridicule, shouting, lack of love and affection causes a severe adverse effect on a child's emotional development. It includes conveying to children that they are worthless, unloved, inadequate or valued only insofar as