Child abuse and neglect

Physical signs (Examples)

-Bruises and welts in various stages of healing -Missing hair or visible scalp -Handprints or fingerprints -Broken or fractured bones -Burns

Emotional abuse

-Conveying messages that a child is worthless, unwanted, or unloved -terrorizing a child -Witnessing domestic violence -Demeaning, ridiculing, or belittling a child -Not allowing the child to Have friends -Name calling -Not letting a child eat, drink, or use the bathroom

Behavioral Signs (Examples)

-Have nightmares -Flinch when a hand object comes close -Sound depressed -Hurt themselves on purpose -Bully others

The following actions can help stop child abuse and neglect

-Helping a stressed-out parent by baby-sitting, making a meal for their family, or lending an understanding ear -Learning the signs and symptoms of child abuse so you can recognize them when you see the "red flags" -Reporting known or suspected child abuse to the police or local child protective services agency

Examples of Neglect

-Leaving a child -Leaving a child in a place that is NOT safe -Lack of attention -Not providing food, clothing, or shelter for a child. -Not providing appropriate schooling -Not providing protection from hazards

Shaking a baby or young child can cause:

-Permanent brain damage -Paralysis -Blindness -Seizures -Developmental delays -Broken bones -Death

Physical Abuse (Examples)

-Scalding a child with hot water -Slapping, hitting, shaking, or shoving a child. -beating with a belt, shoe, or other object -Pulling a child's hair -Burning a child with a lighter,matches, cigarettes, iron, or other hot object -Breaking a child's bones -Restraint or imprisonment -Painful punishments, such as kneeling or standing for long periods of times

You can cope with a crying baby or child by:

-Taking deep, slow breaths -Taking a break -Asking for help -Counting to 10

Physical Abuse Indicators (Physical Indicators)

-Unexplained bruises or welts -Unexplained burns -Unexplained Broken bones -Unexplained lacerations or abrasions -Domestic Violence

There are different forms of abuse observed among children across all demographics

-physical abuse harm and or impairs a child's physical health -Emotional abuse harms and or impairs a child's mental health -Sexual abuse homes and or impairs both a child's mental and physical health

Sexual Abuse

-using a child in Pornography -having intercourse or oral sex with a child -Fondling a child's Genitals -Having sex in front of a child -Having a child touch another persons genitals -Showing X-Rated material to a child

How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation?

1/3 (1 out of 3 people)

On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the United States every

10seconds

On average, every _____ seconds, child abuse is reported somewhere in the United States.

10seconds

How many children die as a result of child abuse in the home in the United States?

3

Failure to report suspected abuse or neglect is a

3rd felony in the State of Florida

There are local community resources that provide help for

ABUSED children, their families, and ABUSERS.

Every adult in Florida is required by law to report

ANY suspected abuse or neglect.

Both

Abuse and neglect are crimes and violations of children's human rights.

The United States has one of the worst records

Among industrialized nations

Easily startled

Behavioral indicator of physical abuse.

Begs for or steals food

Behavioral indicator of physical neglect

Sophisticated sexual knowledge

Behavioral indicator of sexual abuse

Habit disorder, such as biting or rocking

Behavioral indicators of emotional abuse or neglect

The department of Children and Families

CHILD ABUSE WEBSITE is a good source of information.

What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger?

Child abuse & neglect

What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger?

Child abuse and neglect

What is child abuse?

Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many forms of child maltreatment, including neglect, physical, sexual, exploitation and emotional abuse

3 Children die as a result of child abuse in the home in the U.S each

Day

What is the average age of a child molester when they first attack?

In their teens

Every year more than 3.6 million referrals are made to child protection agencies

Involving more than 6.6 million children. (A referral can include multiple children)

shaken baby syndrome

Is caused by a person shaking an infant and causing injury or death.

Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal living experiences for a child is considered

NEGLECT.

The four ways abuse and neglect reports can be made to the Florida Abuse Hotline are:

ONLINE, TELEPHONE, FLORIDA RELAY/TTY, and FAX.

Most children are abused by who?

People they know

What is physical abuse?

Physical abuse of a child is when a parent or care giver causes any non-accidental physical injury to a child. There are many signs of physical abuse. If you see any of the following signs, please get help right away.

Failure to thrive

Physical indicator of emotional abuse or neglect

Unexplained burns

Physical indicator of physical abuse

Unattended medical needs

Physical indicator of physical neglect

Difficulty in walking or sitting

Physical indicator of sexual abuse.

There are 3 types of child abuse:

Physical, sexual, and emotional.

In a study of 513 children exposed to drugs and in-utero

Rates of abuse were two or three times that of other children in the same geographical area

What is sexual abuse?

Sexual abuse occurs when an adult uses a child for sexual purposes or involves a child and sexual acts. it also includes when a child who is older or more powerful uses another child for sexual gratification or excitement.

Failure to provide

Support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal living experiences for a child is considered child neglect

Child neglect

Tell neglect is when a parent or caregiver does not give the care supervision affection and support needed for a child health safety and well-being child neglect includes physical neglect and in adequate supervision emotional neglect medical neglect educational neglect

Every year more than 3.6 million referral I made it to child protection agencies including more than 6.6 million children a referral can include multiple children

The United States has one of the worst record among in the industrialization nations losing an average between four and seven children every day to child abuse and neglect

Child-abuse fatalities

We must learn to recognize early signs of abuse in order to help save the five children that day every day from child abuse and neglect

emotional abuse

When a parent or caregiver harms a child's mental and social development, or causes severe emotional harm, it is considered emotional abuse. while a single incident may be abuse, most often emotional abuse is a pattern of behavior that causes damage over time

Failure to thrive

can be an outcome of emotional abuse or emotional neglect.

Lack of holding, hugging, rocking, singing, touching, and loving that occurs during infancy and early childhood

can cause an infants or child's weight to drop to below the 5th percentile

A great deal of important information can be gathered from

conversations with parents or children.

Abusive incidents may also show up

in a child's art work or stories they share with others.

The average age that child molesters first attack a child is when the molesters are

in their teens

Child

is any person under the age of 18

If an adult intentionally withholds food, shelter or any other necessity as a punishment, then

it is abuse; but if things needed to survive are withheld by circumstance or lack of awareness, care, or education, then it is an act of neglect.

Shaking an infant can cause severe injury because they have weak

neck muscles, growing brains, and thin skulls.

Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth,

supervision, and normal living experiences for a child is considered neglect.

FL laws ensures that confidentiality will be maintained for child care workers reporting

suspected cases of child abuse and/or neglect.

Interaction with children and families provides information

that may further help the caregiver in recognizing possible cases of abuse and/or neglect.

There are local community resources that provide help for abused children,

their families, and abusers.

Losing on average between 4-7 children EVERYDAY

to child abuse and neglect.

Many child molesters also have sexual relationships with

adults.

All child care professionals must provide their names when reporting suspicions of child abuse, abandonment,

and/or neglect; everyone else can make an anonymous report, if the prefer.

There are observable physical and

behavioral indicators associated with abuse and neglect.