Parental Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Temple University Harrisburg Introduction Parental substance abuse and the welfare of children have become a growing epidemic in society today. Thousands of families are facing struggles with addiction which can lead to the interruption of cognitive development and mental growth of their young children. It has been found that “more than 8.3 million children younger than 18 years (11.9%) lived with at least one parent who was dependent on or abused
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Gomez 28 November 2012 ESL 34X Prevent Child Abuse Are we doing enough to prevent child abuse? Is the government and social services doing the right things to prevent child abuse? Children are suffering from a national epidemic of child abuse and neglected. “According to a report in May 2010 from United States Department of Health & Human Services‚ Administration for Children & Families‚ approximately 772‚000 children were found to be victim of child maltreatment in 2008; 71.1% suffered neglect;
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physical injuries‚ sexual abuse‚ neglect‚ emotional abuse or verbal abuse. Child abuse can have major long term effects on all aspects of a child’s health‚ development and well being. The main forms of maltreatment are: Neglect sign; A child come to school usually with dirty skin‚ hair and clothes or without jacket in winter. Children in the school may feel hungry and tiredness or being left alone unsupervised. Even then they are sick not taken to GP for medical treatment. A child frequently absent from
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Breaking the Silence on Child Sexual Abuse: How Mainstream Media can influence the masses and help prevent child sexual abuse • Introduction • Statistics • What does child sexual abuse (CSA) mean • How common is child sexual abuse • The consequences of child sexual abuse • Breaking the Silence on child sexual abuse • How mainstream media can help in the prevention of child sexual abuse • 7 Steps in the Healing Process • Conclusion Introduction Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a hot topic
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differences between spanking and child abuse‚ and very few people understand them. Many positive effects of corporal punishment continue to show themselves today. And that’s why spanking still needs to remain a viable discipline option for parents to use to while raising their children. The definitions of spanking and child abuse vary widely‚ but most people do not understand the differences. The Oxford English Dictionary describes spanking as “To slap or smack (a person‚ esp. a child) with an open hand” (Chigbo
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term effects of child abuse and what the symptoms are. The big issue about child abuse is that kids all over the world are being abused each and every day and what the effects are from child abuse and if they are permanent. What are the long lasting effects in kid`s that are abused. The long lasting effects of child abuse are PTSD‚ eating disorder‚ bad behavior problems. A big part of child abuse is Ptsd. Ptsd exceeds the victim’s ability to cope and is therefore
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reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving more than 6 million children. The amount doubles due to the fact that a report can include multiple children. The U.S has one of the worst records among industrialized nations‚ thus losing an average between 4 and 7 children everyday to abuse and neglect. The sociological theories that can be used to research the issue of child abuse in the U.S are symbolic interactionism‚ and the conflict theory. Physical abuse of a child is when a
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professional child-care provider but possibly a good trusted friend‚ family member‚ or a next-door neighbor who provides full- or part-time care for a single family. However‚ a family daycare home may be eligible to become a licensed daycare home in some states if the operator decides that this would be beneficial 2. What are the types of abuse and what do they include? Physical abuse is the most obvious form of child abuse worldwide. While reasonable discipline is excused from child abuse laws‚ causing
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Persuasive Speech Outline Topic: Child Abuse General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: I would like to audience to understand the life of a child who is abused and engage them into helping and preventing this from happening. They Need You I. Introduction: 1. Toys‚ Ice cream‚ ABC songs‚ candy‚ giggles and smiles are memories everyone should have from their childhood‚ but they are not. Tears and silence are memoires of many children who are sexually abused. Today I will be talking about
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Sexual Child Abuse There are many types of child abuse. I am going to tell you about sexual child abuse. Sexual abuse is defined as the engage of a child in sexual activities the child does not understand‚ to which the child can’t give informed consent‚ which are developmentally inappropriate and/or which violate the laws of society. In 1986‚ 20% of child abuse cases were sexual abuse. Every child is vulnerable to sexual abuse. Research shows that as many as one out of every four children
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