Abuse review
Explain corrupting and give example.
Encouraging them to do things that are illegal or harmful to themselves; Rewarding them for bullying and harassing behavior; Teaching racism and ethnic biases; Encouraging violence in sporting activities; Inappropriate reinforcement of sexual activity.
What are the signs of adult abuse?
Extreme, unusual behavior; Constant apologies; Destructive behavior; Decreased ability to cope with familiar situations; High anxiety, especially involving a certain person; Lack of attachment.
Explain neglect.
Failure to care for properly.
Indicators of abuse
Fear of a specific person Flinch when touched Presence of injuries over long periods
Several outcomes for children who witness violence.
Fear the parent/caregiver's reactions, and are placed in a constant state of anticipating the adult's moods; Watch over siblings in order to protect them or abuse siblings/peers; Suffer from sleeplessness. Watch assaults on family members; Are forced to lie about the events going on in their home; May be injured while trying to protect siblings and/or the battered caregiver. Develop anxiety; Have fewer friends; May go on to abuse own children and/or pets.
Explain violations of bodily privacy.
Forcing the child to undress; Spying on a child in the bathroom or bedroom.
Short term effects of emotional abuse
Frequent crying
Provide safe and private place to talk
If the client begins to disclose abuse it is very important that you provide the client with privacy; Public locations, such as hallways or classrooms where others are present are not good locations for these discussions; Confidentiality is necessary to protect the client and to avoid alerting the abuser; Listen to the client until they are done talking.
Explain intimate partner violance
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of people; The term "intimate partner violence" describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse.
Common areas for children to suffer soft tissue damage
It is common for children to have accidental soft tissue injuries on their forehead, knees, shins and elbows
Let the client know that they are not alone
It is helpful for clients to know that they are not the only ones that have experienced abuse; You need to let the client know that many clients have dealt with similar problems as theirs without minimizing what they have gone through; It is also helpful to let clients know that other clients have talked to you about this issue before (only if it is true).
Let client know what will happen next
It is preferred that it be written using the client's words and not your own interpretation of the client's words; You will be quoting the client; This report is to be forwarded upon its completion to your supervisor; Your supervisor will then advise you to make a verbal report and forward your incident report to Social Development.
Acronym for the pro-pedophile site discussed in class
NAMBLA
Describe children who fall into group 1.
Natural and healthy sexual play; Normal childhood sexual play is an information gathering process; Children explore — visually and through touch; Children involved in such explorations are of similar age and size, are generally of mixed gender; are friends rather than siblings, and participate on a voluntary basis; The typical feeling level of these children, in regard to sexually-related behaviors, is light-hearted and spontaneous.
Describe acute phase
Occurs immediately after the assault and usually lasts a few days to several weeks; In this phase, you can have many reactions but they typically fall into three different categories: Expressed: When you are openly emotional. In this phase, you can have many reactions but they typically fall into three different categories: Controlled: When you appear to be without emotion, and act as if "nothing happened" and "everything is fine"; Shocked disbelief: When you react with a strong sense of disorientation.
Never promise confidentiality
Often our first response to hearing that a client is being harmed is to reassure the client that they will be safe from that harm; Unfortunately we do not have the ability to remove abusers or clients from abusive situations or to ensure the client's safety. It is very important however for the client to have a trusted supporter; It is important for the client to know that there is one person that they can trust and who will tell them the truth; If you make promises and they are broken the client may not be able to understand that you are not responsible for the promise being broken; Your promise to the client can be "I'll do everything I can to help you."
Different types of abuse as related to adults
One day in class, Mr. Hayes and Miss. Flemming come upstairs to make an announcement. Mr. Hayes announces the wrong date of a scheduled event. Miss. Flemming turns on Mr. Hayes, calling him names such as "stupid" and "idiot", threatening to fire him, and finally says "I guess I'll have to fix this again". Miss. Flemming is showing which type of emotional abuse?
How long did Clayton stay in the closet for?
3-6 months
How long does incestuous relationships last?
7 years.
Percentage of fathers, foster fathers, or step fathers sexually abuse their victims.
80%
Always take the client seriosly
Possibly the most important thing that you can do for a client is to let them know that you believe their statements about being abused; Abuse thrives in secrecy; Once the abuse is made public, it is more difficult for it to continue. The client needs to know that there is an adult in their life that believes them; It is important to understand that the client may have fears about disclosing abuse; Their abuser might have told them that no one would believe them.
Explain a purposeful disclosure
Purposefully: The intentional revealing of abuse by the victim
Explain emotional abuse.
Emotional abuse is the cornerstone of all the abuses because emotional abuse is always present during physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse, and it is the only abuse that can stand on its own; It does not have to accompany any of the other abuses but all the other abuses involve emotional abuse.
Explain emotional neglect and give example.
Emotional neglect is not providing emotional support and love, which is: Affection; Attending to the child's emotional needs; Psychological care, as needed.
Explain cyber bullying
"Cyber bullying" is defined as a young person tormenting, threatening, harassing, or embarrassing another young person using the Internet or other technologies, like cell phones
Explain extrafamilial sexual abuse
Abuse carried out by someone outside of the family
Explain intrafamilial sexual abuse
Abuse carried out by someone within the family
Explain accidental disclosure
Accidentally: Disclosure upon behavioural or physical symptoms that lead to suspicion of abuse.
Report immediately
All suspected instances of abuse require mandatory reporting; Immediately after speaking to a client about their disclosure you are required to write an incident report; This incident report must contain all specifics of what the client reported to you. It is preferred that it be written using the client's words and not your own interpretation of the client's words; You will be quoting the client; This report is to be forwarded upon its completion to your supervisor; Your supervisor will then advise you to make a verbal report and forward your incident report to Social Development.
Main characters name from child of rage
Beth
Explain aggression and give example.
Blaming; ordering about; Threatening; Accusing; Criticizing.
Explain terrorizing and give example.
Causing a child or youth to be terrified by the constant use of threats and/or intimidating behavior; This includes witnessing, which is when a child or youth observes violence, hears violence, or knows that violence is taking place in the home; With infants and children, excessive teasing.
Serve and return and give example.
Child does/needs something, and caregiver acknowledges and responds.
Consent related to child sexual abuse.
Children do not have the capability of giving consent.
Explain why we should never judge the offender
Clients often experience confusing feelings towards the person who has been abusive towards them; The client may like or love this person but will not like what the person is doing to them Being abused does not eliminate the affection that the client has for the offender; If you start to put down the offender, the client may take up for the offender and begin to defend them
Dont judge the offender or the offence
Clients often experience confusing feelings towards the person who has been abusive towards them; The client may like or love this person but will not like what the person is doing to them; Being abused does not eliminate the affection that the client has for the abuser; If you start to put down the offender, the client may take up for the offender and begin to defend them. Once the client starts to defend this person they will often "recant" (take back) their original disclosure and not tell if the abuse happens again; If you react strongly and negatively to what they tell you they might not tell you anything further for fear of hurting you.
Questions should be open and prompts minimal
Counselling techniques are very useful when dealing with disclosures of abuse; Statements such as: a. If something is bothering you I will listen, because I want to help; b. Tell me what you remember about....; c. What happened next...go on... Help encourage clients to talk and assist us to develop a deeper understanding; Mirroring, Paraphrasing and Reflections are also useful techniques; Avoid all closed ended questions that lead to yes or no answers.
Physical abuse
Defined as any use of force or constraint that may be dangerous or detrimental.
Explain recanting a disclosure of abuse
Denying that it happened after having told someone about being abused
Symptoms of child neglect
Dirty skin, offensive body odour Tattered, undersized or oversized clothing
Symptoms of child neglect.
Dirty skin, offensive body odour; Unwashed, uncombed hair; Tattered, undersized or oversized clothing; Unclean clothing. Clothing inappropriate for the weather. Lack of supervision; Frequently absent from school; Begs or steals food or money. Lacks needed medical care; States that there is no one at home; Signs of Malnutrition.
Why has the internet become such a popular means for recruitment.
Easy access to children; Less risk of offender being identified; Allows offender to have another identity; Children are more trusting.
Explain elder abuse
Elder abuse (also called "elder mistreatment," "senior abuse," "abuse in later life," "abuse of older adults," "abuse of older women," and "abuse of older men") is "a single, or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person
Explain ingestion and give example.
Results from carelessness, neglect, ignorance or forced ingestion; Has been given inappropriate food, drink or drugs.
Explain outward adjustment phase
Resume what appears to be your "normal" life, but inside you are still suffering from considerable turmoil; This phase has five primary coping techniques: Minimization; Dramatization; Suppression; Explanation; Flight
Explain false denials
Saying it did not happen when it did
What constitutes sexual assault.
Sexual assault is any form of unwanted sexual activity that is forced upon a person without that person's consent; Sexual assault can range from unwanted sexual touching to forced intercourse
Explain resolution phase
The assault is no longer the central focus of your life; While you may recognize that you will never forget the assault, the pain and negative outcomes lessen over time; Often you will begin to accept the rape as part of your life and choose to move on.
Describe children who fall into group 4.
The sexual behaviors of Group IV children go far beyond developmentally appropriate childhood explorations or sexual play; Like the children in Group III, their thoughts and actions are often pervaded with sexuality; Typical behaviors of these children may include (but are not limited to) oral copulation, vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse and/or forcibly penetrating vagina or anus of another child with fingers, sticks and/or other objects.
Explain why there is a lack of reporting from children who have suffered sexual abuse.
They are too young to put what has happened into words; They were threatened by the person abusing to keep the abuse a secret; They fear that they will be taken away from their family; They are afraid that no one will believe them.
How many forms of abuse?
Three
Number of domains associated with child maltreatment
Three
Explain fondling
Touching or kissing a child's genitals; Making a child fondle adult's genitals
Different forms of child abuse
While growing up Jennifer never truly felt like a part of her family. She was constantly left behind, and was told that she received her name because her parents wished that she was born a boy. Jennifer suffers from what type of emotional abuse?
Explain rejecting and give example.
You are unwanted; Putting down their worth or their needs; Constant criticism, belittling, labelling; Name-calling; Making someone family scapegoat; Telling them they are ugly.
