Stop child abuse


What is child abuse

Child abuse is the physical orchildren are at risk of developing a
psychological maltreatment of a child,disorganized attachment. Disorganized
often synonymous with the term childattachment is associated with a number
maltreatment or the term child abuse andof developmental problems, including
neglect. Some definitions also includedissociative symptoms, as well as
the abuse of children by other childrenanxiety,depressive, and acting-out
or by themselves. However, in the Unitedsymptoms.
States, abuse of a child by anotherParental choices and other unforeseen
child is not reportable as child abuse,circumstances that place families under
except to the extent that it can beextraordinary stress ?for instance,
reported as improper supervision by thepoverty, divorce, sickness, disability,
abused child's parents. While most childlack of parental skills is often
abuse happens in the child's home, largeassociated to child maltreatment. Many
numbers of cases of child abuse haveof these factors may contribute to
been identified within somefamily stress that can result in child
organizations involving children, suchabuse or neglect. Understanding the root
as churches, schools, child carecauses of abuse can help better
businesses, and in particular nativedetermine the best methods of prevention
residential schools, or in governmentand treatment.
agencies.Prevention
According to a recent UNICEF report onGiven these possible causes, most
child well-being the United States andprofessionals agree that there are three
the United Kingdom ranked lowest amonglevels of prevention services; primary
rich nations with respect to the wellprevention, secondary prevention, and
being of their children. This study alsotertiary prevention.
found that child neglect and child abusePrimary prevention
are far more common in single-parentPrimary prevention consists of
families than in families where bothactivities that are targeted at the
parents are present.community level. These activities are
There are many forms of abuse andmeant to impact families prior to any
neglect and many governments haveallegations of abuse and neglect.
developed their own legal definition ofPrimary prevention services include
what constitutes child maltreatment forpublic education activities, parent
the purposes of removing a child and/oreducation classes that are open to
prosecuting a criminal charge. In theanyone in the community, and family
United States, the Federal Governmentsupport programs. Primary prevention can
puts out a full definition of childbe difficult to measure because you are
abuse and neglect and creates a summaryattempting to impact something before it
of each State definition. To view, go tohappens, an unknown variable.
Definitions of Child Abuse and Neglect:Secondary prevention
Summary of State Laws that is part ofSecondary prevention consists of
the 2005 State Statute series by theactivities targeted to families that
Child Welfare Information Gateway.have one or more risk factors including
The U.S. National Adoption Center foundfamilies with substance abuse, teen
that 52% of adoptable children (meaningparents, parents of special need
those children in U.S. foster care)children, single parents, and low income
freed for adoption had symptoms offamilies. Secondary prevention services
attachment disorder. A study by Danteinclude parent education classes
Cicchetti found that 80% of abused andtargeted for high risk parents, despite
maltreated infants exhibited attachmentcare for parents of a child with a
disorder symptoms (disorganizeddisability, or home visiting programs
subtype).for new parents
Children with histories of maltreatment,Tertiary prevention
such as physical and psychologicalTertiary prevention consists of
neglect and physical abuse are at riskactivities targeted to families that
of developing severe psychiatrichave confirmed or unconfirmed child
problems. These children are likely toabuse and neglect reports. These
develop reactive attachment disorder.families have already demonstrated the
These children may be described asneed for intervention,with or without
experiencing trauma-attachment problems.court supervision. Prevention supporters
The trauma experienced is the result ofconsider 'tertiary prevention'
abuse or neglect, inflicted by a primarysynonymous with treatment, and entirely
caregiver, which disrupts the normaldifferent from prevention through family
development of secure attachment. Suchsupport.



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