| Child abuse is the physical or
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| | children are at risk of developing a
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| psychological maltreatment of a child,
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| | disorganized attachment. Disorganized
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| often synonymous with the term child
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| | attachment is associated with a number of
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| maltreatment or the term child abuse and
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| | developmental problems, including
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| neglect. Some definitions also include
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| | dissociative symptoms, as well as
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| the abuse of children by other children
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| | anxiety,depressive, and acting-out
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| or by themselves. However, in the United
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| | symptoms.
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| States, abuse of a child by another child
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| | Parental choices and other unforeseen
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| is not reportable as child abuse, except
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| | circumstances that place families under
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| to the extent that it can be reported as
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| | extraordinary stress ?for instance,
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| improper supervision by the abused
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| | poverty, divorce, sickness, disability,
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| child's parents. While most child abuse
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| | lack of parental skills is often
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| happens in the child's home, large
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| | associated to child maltreatment. Many of
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| numbers of cases of child abuse have been
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| | these factors may contribute to family
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| identified within some organizations
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| | stress that can result in child abuse or
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| involving children, such as churches,
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| | neglect. Understanding the root causes of
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| schools, child care businesses, and in
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| | abuse can help better determine the best
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| particular native residential schools, or
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| | methods of prevention and treatment.
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| in government agencies.
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| | Prevention
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| According to a recent UNICEF report on
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| | Given these possible causes, most
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| child well-being the United States and
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| | professionals agree that there are three
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| the United Kingdom ranked lowest among
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| | levels of prevention services; primary
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| rich nations with respect to the well
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| | prevention, secondary prevention, and
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| being of their children. This study also
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| | tertiary prevention.
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| found that child neglect and child abuse
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| | Primary prevention
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| are far more common in single-parent
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| | Primary prevention consists of activities
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| families than in families where both
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| | that are targeted at the community level.
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| parents are present.
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| | These activities are meant to impact
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| There are many forms of abuse and neglect
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| | families prior to any allegations of
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| and many governments have developed their
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| | abuse and neglect. Primary prevention
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| own legal definition of what constitutes
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| | services include public education
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| child maltreatment for the purposes of
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| | activities, parent education classes that
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| removing a child and/or prosecuting a
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| | are open to anyone in the community, and
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| criminal charge. In the United States,
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| | family support programs. Primary
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| the Federal Government puts out a full
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| | prevention can be difficult to measure
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| definition of child abuse and neglect and
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| | because you are attempting to impact
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| creates a summary of each State
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| | something before it happens, an unknown
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| definition. To view, go to Definitions of
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| | variable.
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| Child Abuse and Neglect: Summary of State
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| | Secondary prevention
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| Laws that is part of the 2005 State
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| | Secondary prevention consists of
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| Statute series by the Child Welfare
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| | activities targeted to families that have
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| Information Gateway.
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| | one or more risk factors including
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| The U.S. National Adoption Center found
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| | families with substance abuse, teen
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| that 52% of adoptable children (meaning
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| | parents, parents of special need
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| those children in U.S. foster care) freed
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| | children, single parents, and low income
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| for adoption had symptoms of attachment
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| | families. Secondary prevention services
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| disorder. A study by Dante Cicchetti
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| | include parent education classes targeted
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| found that 80% of abused and maltreated
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| | for high risk parents, despite care for
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| infants exhibited attachment disorder
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| | parents of a child with a disability, or
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| symptoms (disorganized subtype).
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| | home visiting programs for new parents
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| Children with histories of maltreatment,
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| | Tertiary prevention
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| such as physical and psychological
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| | Tertiary prevention consists of
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| neglect and physical abuse are at risk of
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| | activities targeted to families that have
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| developing severe psychiatric problems.
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| | confirmed or unconfirmed child abuse and
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| These children are likely to develop
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| | neglect reports. These families have
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| reactive attachment disorder. These
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| | already demonstrated the need for
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| children may be described as experiencing
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| | intervention,with or without court
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| trauma-attachment problems. The trauma
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| | supervision. Prevention supporters
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| experienced is the result of abuse or
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| | consider 'tertiary prevention' synonymous
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| neglect, inflicted by a primary
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| | with treatment, and entirely different
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| caregiver, which disrupts the normal
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| | from prevention through family support.
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| development of secure attachment. Such
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