“Drug abuse and addiction are major burdens to society; economic costs alone are estimated to exceed a half a trillion dollars annually in the United States‚ including health‚ crime-related costs‚ and losses in productivity. However staggering as these numbers are‚ they provide a limited perspective of the devastating consequences of this disease‚” (Volkow‚ 2007 P. 2). The cost of drug addiction and drug abuse can be staggering in today’s society. 14 percent of people brought to emergency
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Bradley February 9‚ 2016 Child Abuse vs. The Brain When children are abused it changes their lives. The three main types of Child abuse are physical‚ emotional‚ and sexual. As children grow the experiences from their environments around them are critical to future development. Early in life the brain has plasticity. This allows many windows of opportunity for the brain to thrive. Child abuse has the greatest impact on brain development in children. If hindered due to abuse or neglect‚ the brain can be
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informing parents about how the setting is run and it’s policies through access to written information
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| Learning By Doing | Doing | Jennifer CardwellDr. Richard Freeman1/20/13PAD525 | Your state’s statute that defines what is considered to be a public record that must be made available to the public upon request. Barnhart‚ M. (July‚ 2008). Sunshine review:bringing state & local government to light. Retrieved from http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Alabama_Public_Records_Law The pre-World War I opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court holding‚ on re-argument‚ that a federal income tax was
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Act 1998’. This act ensures that confidential information of a child and/or their parents/carers are properly recorded and stored in a filing system‚ be it manual or computerised‚ and in a place that no unauthorized persons may gain access to it. In cases where I learn of abuse‚ neglect or problems at home from a child I know that my school has guidelines in place so that I know when this information has to be logged in writing‚ which type of ‘concern form’ to put it in‚ who it goes to next and where
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PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE Any act‚ including confinement‚ isolation‚ verbal assault‚ humiliation‚ intimidation‚ or any other treatment which may diminish the sense of identity‚ dignity‚ and self-worth. This is sometimes called emotional abuse. Some researchers refer to it by formal terms such as "chronic verbal aggression". Psychological abuse can make the person feel "less of a person". It diminishes the person’s sense of identity‚ dignity‚ and self-worth. Abused people often find that psychological
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Substance abuse is a growing problem that not only affects the person who is abusing alcohol or drugs but affects the lives of those who are close to the abuser. Substance abuse is the abuse of any substance. A drug is a substance that modifies one or more of the body’s functions when it is consumed. Everything from over-the-counter pain medication‚ to opiates‚ prescription drugs such as Oxycontin‚ alcohol‚ cocaine‚ heroin and even coffee can be abused in one way or another. The two main substances
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Villanueva 1 Recognizing and Responding to Child Abuse Nursing 32 – Pediatric Clinical Instructor Gwen Green-Brown Nursing Research Article Villanueva 2 Erika Villanueva February 17‚ 2008 Nursing 32 – Pediatrics Clinical Nursing Research Article Gwen Green-Brown Recognizing and Responding to Child Abuse Childhood abuse occurs nationwide among a variety of races and ethnicities. It affects several children
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The documentary “Broken Child” explored the lives of people‚ both children to adults‚ that have been impacted by drug and alcohol abuse‚ it also showed children who’ve been affected by violence and neglect. Both types of children have one thing in common‚ a high likelihood to repeat the mistakes of their parents. Whether they’ve grown up living with one or both parents‚ are adopted‚ or live in foster care they are at risk. Factors that impact a child’s life are whether their mother abused drugs or
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Abuse: How it Effects Cognitive Development and Prevention Methods Drake Hough Liberty University COUN 502-C16 Dr. Lee A. Harlan November 6‚ 2010 Abstract Research indicates that traumatic childhood experiences‚ such as abuse‚ increase the risk for different cognitive development disorders that effect learning‚ memory‚ and consciousness. Statistics show that no one age‚ gender‚ or ethnic group is excluded. Cognitive development that is affected includes
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