behavioral signs of child abuse while assessing a child. Although it is mandated by the law‚ that nurses should report to Child Protective Services any suspicious findings about child abuse within an appropriate time limit. Nurses who works in the Emergency Department sees infants‚ and children admitted to the hospitals for treatment of injuries‚ ingestions‚ acute or chronic conditions‚ etc. They are in the front line for assessing the children who are the victims of child abuse. In the schools‚ the
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children die every day as a result of child abuse. That means that every six hours‚ a child dies because of some form of maltreatment. Child abuse is a serious problem facing families in the United States. To prevent child abuse‚ United States citizens need to be well informed of all aspects of child abuse. To solve the very serious issue of child abuse‚ the definition needs to be clear so that United States citizens can help. The four main types of child abuse are psychological‚ neglect‚ physical
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Lauren Szymanski Socialwork 200 November 28‚ 2010 Child Abuse Child abuse is horrible and it affects everyone in one way or another. Before 1963‚ there were no laws to protect the kids from abuse but thanks to social workers and other judicial people‚ there were laws passed (Pfohl). This paper is going to explain why it is so important for social workers to protect kids by talking about this history of abuse and why social workers need to be around. It will also discuss what social workers
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Child abuse is defined as the mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian (dictionary.com). The different types of child abuse are emotional‚ neglect‚ physical‚ and sexual; abuse each having unique signs for the specific type of abuse. Child abuse can have many effects throughout an individual’s development including the possibility of the repeating abuse to their own children when they have a family. According to the textbook “Human Development‚” emotional abuse or maltreatment is the rejection
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literature Child Abuse Ever wonder why the society has so much crime inhabiting it‚ simply living off the pain from others? If yelling and hitting a child is used as a punishment‚ then how do you know when you’ve gone too far? Every time a child is hit‚ it makes the child even more eligible to become tomorrow’s criminal. With every scream‚ every put down‚ every hit and every inappropriate touch‚ the child is more likely to have a less successful life as an adult. This is child abuse and it’s staring
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2010 The Effects of Child Sexual Abuse What is child sexual abuse? The term child sexual abuse is somewhat ambiguous‚ covering a broad spectrum of acts and meanings‚ but according to Finkelhor “general‚ legal and research definitions require two elements: (1) sexual activity involving a child and (2) an ‘abusive condition’ such as coercion or a large age gap between the participants‚ indicating lack of consensuality” (Finkelhor‚1994‚ p. 32). Although child sexual abuse is tricky to define‚ there
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Related Literature and Related Studies Child abuse in children has been suggested to not only impair the normal development of the brain but also to have lasting effects in cognition‚ behavior‚ affect and social interaction (Perry et al.‚ 1996). According to (Brand et al.‚ 2008) child abuse is any action or lack of action that in any way may endanger or impair a child’s emotional‚ physical or psychological health and development. Types of abuse Child abuse includes any type of maltreatment or
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respect that we all deserve‚ including children. Child abuse is a worldwide issue that has been going on for many years. Here in the United States over 3 million reports of child abuse are made every year. Child abuse occurs at every social level and within every religion‚ ethnicity‚ and culture. Throughout history there have been many people that try to solve this common problem‚ but unfortunately I think society will forever struggle with child abuse. In the past two rights were at the base of
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have been taking place‚ such as child abuse. Although it is not often spoken of in the United States‚ child abuse continues to be one of the growing social problems of the country‚ keeping in mind the number of children who end up in protective services each year is increasing. Usually sexual abuse and physical abuse of adults is given more attention‚ compared to child abuse. It is proven that neglecting along with emotional mistreatment is also facets of child abuse. As we are getting more educated
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Social Problems Child Abuse Child abuse is the physical‚ sexual‚ emotional mistreatment‚ or neglect of children. In the United States‚ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ or also known as CDC defines child abuse as any act or series of acts by a parent or other caregiver that could result in harm to a child. Most child abuse occurs in a child’s home‚ but it could also be found within organizations‚ schools‚ or communities that the child interacts with. There are four major
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