History of Minority Populations in the Child Welfare System The child welfare system was created as the need to address the basic needs and provisions of poor children was more and more evident throughout the 19th century. Through the passing decades‚ the need to provide supportive services for these children’s families was also a concern. Among the agencies responsible for providing these services are state and county child protective services as well as adoption agencies and foster homes
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The Effects of Drug Abuse Drug abuse has a range of deleterious effects on the user‚ the people surrounding him and even society at large. It is one of the most serious problems affecting almost every society today‚ and even though a wide variety of solutions have been proposed and attempted‚ drug abuse is still a prevalent part of modern life. Effects on the Family Drug abuse has a number of negative effects on a family. Finances often suffer as a result of drug addiction in the family. The
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Psychological Effects in Woman Sexually Abused As a Child One single devastating act of sexual abuse can severely disrupt the mental health in a woman’s life. Additionally the impact can be severe enough to cause psychological damage that develops into mental illness. Most people are uneducated about psychological damage that sexual abuse‚ as a child can have on a woman. With gaps in my own understanding‚ I welcome wisdom to shed some light in a dark area. There are no predetermined feelings
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Problem – Elder Abuse in our country is growing in America. All people have the right to live their lives without abuse‚ neglects‚ and being exploitations. It should not matter how old we are everyone has value. The 2004 Survey of State Adult Protective Services‚ found the following: that a 19.7 percent increase from 2000 – 2004 in the combined total of reports of elder and vulnerable adult abuse and there was a 15.6 percent increase from 2000 – 2004 in substantiated cases; and the abuse occurred more
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problem of elder abuse and neglect. Abuse and neglect of the elderly manifests itself in many forms‚ with physical abuse being the most visible one. Abuse can fall into several areas; such as physical‚ sexual‚ emotional/psychological‚ and emotional. Neglect on the other hand is also abuse‚ but usually not as visible as the prior. Elder abuse is a form of violence that is absolutely deplorable in today’s society. Effective interventions and awareness can break the patterns of abuse and neglect on
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always going to be pleasant or easy for you‚ especially if one of your ‘Ladies or Gents’ show signs or tells you of a form of abuse that they have been subjected to. Abuse comes in many forms and is not always obvious to you or anyone else that visits as it isn’t always about cuts or bruises‚ as you will see when you read through this booklet. Physical Abuse Physical abuse can be carried out at any time and by anyone and is not through the fault of the person that is being abused. No one has
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Elder Abuse and Neglect Teresa Martini Rasmussen College Author Note This research paper is being submitted on December 8‚ 2011‚ for Mara Pehkonen’s M230 Medical Law and Ethics Course. Elder abuse is the most common type of abuse that gets looked over. People normally do not suspect or even think an elderly person may be getting abused‚ but this is a serious topic in nursing homes and hospitals. Every health care professional needs to learn the warning signs and symptoms of elder abuse to prevent
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adulthood. (Gunn et al.‚ 2011). By looking at supporting literature‚ it is evident that sexual abuse in childhood is correlated to sexual addiction later in life‚ particularly in anxious attachment individuals. Sexual abuse‚ such as any type of abuse‚ can be objectively defined‚ but is subject to a variety of interpretations and definitions. For example‚ the American Psychological Association defines sexual abuse as “unwanted sexual activity‚ with perpetrators using force‚ making threats or taking advantage
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Safeguarding and Protection of individuals from abuse and harm. 1.1 In your answer from the workbook you completed‚ you described the following terms instead of defining them. Please review this section by defining each of the terms outlined below: * Physical abuse * Psychological abuse * Sexual abuse * Finance abuse * Self neglect * Institutional abuse 1.2 Identify the signs and symptoms associated with physical abuse SHC 024: Duty of care in a health and social
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Child Molestation By: Nellee N. Gholson Many want to know what goes on in the mind of a child molester? What could possibly possess someone to harm an innocent child? Will they ever be able to get help? Some child molesters state that they do it because of a sexual addiction or because they were molested as a child but not all people who were molested as children become child molesters or rapists. Statistics show that most child molesters are capable of
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