...Midterm Paper Sexual Abuse involves any sexual activity with a child where consent is not or cannot be given. I believe that in order to try and prevent sexual abuse we need to be informed and know all the facts. Once you know the facts you need to tell family members and friends and have them pass it on to people they know. I feel that children need to be taught that being touched in certain areas is not appropriate and to tell someone if it ever does happen. I think that children that or sexually abused by an adult often don’t tell someone about it because they are ashamed that it happened to them. Sometimes the sexual abuser is a family member so they keep quiet about it because they are trying to protect that family member and also don’t want other family members to feel the pain of knowing. After a child is sexually abused they are often scared and have a serious problem trusting anyone. The child often lives in fear because they don’t understand that not every adult is going to hurt them like their abuser did. It is important to be aware of the facts and teach others about sexual abuse to help try and prevent it from happening to children. Domestic Violence affects every member of the family, including children. Family violence creates a home environment where the child lives in constant fear. Children who witness this often are unable to form a bond with either of their parents and children living in a violent home are more likely to be victims of abuse or neglect...
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...Abuse is becoming to widely known in our society today. Abuse of any kind is not acceptable. The effects that it causes are everlasting, and a continuous cycle, until someone breaks it. There are many types of abuse out there and to understand them, you must first recognize what abuse is. Abuse is defined as “any action that intentionally harms or injures another person. Abuse also encompasses inappropriate use of any substance” (www.dictionary.com/abuse) There are many forms of abuse like: * Physical abuse * Emotional abuse * Sexual abuse * Child abuse * Substance abuse This was once a private matter, but no longer the case. How can we can as a society being more aware of this growing epidemic of abuse? The abuse that is going on in our communities is happening to frequent in our society. We have closed our eyes to much too long and that is no longer acceptable. It has to be talked about and brought to our attention, for change to occur. Abuse is happening more and more each day. It happening to people we know and love; friends, family, co-workers, children around the world. Physical abuse sometimes isn’t always easy to spot, especially if you’re not looking for it. Knowing that somebody you know is getting hurt physical is shocking. Let them know that they don’t deserve it, and don’t have to stay. Help them find help, to work on issues present. Continue to be a positive influence and not a negative one. Emotional abuse is difficult to handle, much...
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...After reading Jeannette Walls’ memoir, “The Glass Castle”, it became clear that there were many repetitive factors that shaped the Walls family’s lives. There are numerous accounts of sexual abuse, parental alcoholism, evidence of mental illness and finally poverty in the form of homelessness. For even when the children prospered the parents choose to be homeless. The question is, are these factors relative? Can it be that childhood sexual abuse can inflict mental illness or alcoholism in adulthood? Does mental illness and alcoholism affect the chances of being homeless? The focus of this essay is to provide evidence that the events in Walls own life, documented in her memoir, have a butterfly effect in the outcome of their parent’s lives. In Her memoir Walls documents several cases of sexual abuse during her and her sibling’s childhood. She writes of her own experiences with Billy Deel, although he is only a minor as well, he sexually assaults her during a game of hide and seek. PAGE 85-87 Afterward Jeanette was reluctant to tell her father, “I had a feeling it would cause problems” (Walls 87) The second assault Walls documents, was when she was nine years old. “I was awakened by someone running his hands over my private parts.” “‘I just want to play a game with you’ a man’s voice said.” The next day when they told their father, “he said he was going to kill that low life…” Although, no serious action was taken to find him or prevent it from happening again. (Walls...
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...“Give a Child a Helping Hand” Intervention Methods For Child Sexual Abuse Introduction Child sexual abuse has severe and long lasting implications for the victim while being historically unreported and unaddressed. Child abuse is difficult to identify because there is a lack of consensus across many sectors of healthcare about which “acts” are defined as abuse. One study outlines the associated interpersonal characteristics (such as boundary violations, betrayal, sexual traumatization, stigma, and secrecy) result in developmental consequences not associated with other forms of maltreatment (Noll). This is due to the highly stigmatized nature of the abuse and the multiple barriers that exist that are both individual and systemic in nature. There are many types of intervention options that are conflicting in nature; some promote a clinical setting while others tout community-based approach involving many types of adults in raising awareness. Studies show that cumulative exposure to multiple forms of victimization represents a substantial source of mental health risk and costly health care costs from high utilization rates. There is a $103.8 billion cost of child abuse and neglect of more than $33 billion in direct costs for foster care services, hospitalization, mental health treatment, and law enforcement while indirect costs of over $70 billion include loss of productivity, as well as expenditures related to chronic health...
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...Woman in the Vedic age was enjoying a higher status. She was the nerve center of the domestic work and was its empress. Domestic happiness and conjugal happiness are constant topics mentioned in the Rig Veda. The seer of the samhitas was never tired of speaking the bond that binds a happy home governed by a woman. But Now-a-Days Violence affects the live of millions of women and girls in all socio-economic classes around the world. It cuts across cultural and religious barriers and takes a variety of forms, from domestic abuse to the child marriages and female circumcision. Violence against women is largely unreported. Fear and stigma often prevent women from reporting incidents of violence or seeking assistance. In fact, 80 percent of women who have been physically abused by their partners have never informed the Police, NGOs or shelters. In December 1999, at the 54th Session, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring that November 25th the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls. Types of Violence Against Women Drug Related Violence An alcoholic beats his wife and children. There are number of incidences where under the influence of alcohol a Father raped his own Daughter. Alcoholism increases violence and therefore family interruption takes place. Rape and Custodial Rape In most of the cases the victim is branded as a woman of loose morals. Child and adolescents rape are on the rise, about 58% are below 16 years. In recent...
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...Cherelle Squire safeguarding adults and promoting independence Unit 11 P4,P5,M2 In this essay I will be outlining key legislation and regulations which govern safeguarding adults work, outlining working strategies and types of abuse procedures used in health and social care to reduce the risk of abuse. Also I will be describing legislation and regulations, working strategies and procedures used in health and social care to reduce the risk of two types of abuse. Relevant legislation and regulations There is a law that has been passed by authority such as, parliament. The people that have to benefit from this legislation and policies are vulnerable individual. The European convention and human rights and fundamental freedom 1950 and the human rights act 1998 spelt out the basic rights of all humans and regardless of their condition or situation. The anti-discrimination act- equal pay act, sex discrimination and the age discrimination act, all of this play apart in the abuse that occurs as a result of discrimination. Legislation Safe guarding vulnerable groups act 2006 Protection of vulnerable groups act 2007 Main points ● Set for people who Application ● This also applies to work with children and employed people and vulnerable individuals volunteers to be registered ● ● There are separate but liked barred lists for safeguarding authority those working with to be able for deciding Protecting vulnerable groups ...
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...Survivors of sexual assault may experience severe feelings of anxiety, stress or fear, known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as a direct result of the assault. Substance Abuse Victims of rape or sexual assault may turn to alcohol or other substances in an attempt to relieve their emotional suffering. Self-Harm / Self-Injury Deliberate self-harm, or self-injury, is when a person inflicts physical harm on himself or herself. Stockholm Syndrome Described as a victim’s emotional “bonding” with their abuser, Stockholm Syndrome develops subconsciously and on an involuntary basis. Depression There are many emotional and psychological reactions that victims of rape and sexual assault can experience. One of the most common of these is depression. Sexually Transmitted Infections Table of Sexually Transmitted Infections, their symptoms, treatment, and possible complications. Pregnancy If you were recently raped, you may have concerns about becoming pregnant from the attack. If the rape happened a long time ago, you may have concerns about a pregnancy that resulted from the attack. Flashbacks A flashback is when memories of past traumas feel as if they are taking place in the current moment. Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder, known as BPD, is one of many possible long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse. Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Assault The long term effects on survivors of childhood sexual assault and/or...
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...Introduction: Understanding abuse is quite hard, most of the people that are abused have no clue about what is being done to them hence, to study abuse it is very important that we understand what abuse is and the ways in which someone can abuse another individual. People who are being abused first of all do not know if they are a victim of abuse, also the ones who are being abusive do not understand what they are doing is wrong and effects the victim’s life in several ways. People think that violence or domestic violence is only when someone physically hits someone else, but there are other ways of abuse as well. Abuse can be physical, psychological, emotional or even sexual. There are different ways to define abuse, it also has different contexts and different types. Abuse can be defined as...
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...Practice and Policy (2011) Marian Reiff, Dorothy, M. Castille, KristinaMuenzenmaier, & Bruce Link Topic of the study: Childhood Abuse and the Content of Adult Psychotic Symptom Fathimath Shafa (3249) Abnormal Psychology -PSYCHOLOGY 4501 Missouri University of Science and Technology Dr. Mojgan Shadbash Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, Germany 1. Introduction Childhood sexual abuse and childhood physical abuse have been regarded as to cause psychotic symptoms or schizophrenia. The symptoms of previous trauma starts to display in adulthood. This particular research explores the connection between childhood abuse and the content of adult psychotic symptoms. The researcher managed to explain this relationship in multiple pathways despite the complexity of the body. About 54% of the schizophrenic patients reported having sexually abused during childhood and it is important to know how the psychotic symptoms might be related to early traumatic events considering the high prevalence rate. This research accommodates some of the other researches done on this area, in one of the research, they have mentioned specific approaches that were used to investigate the association between psychotic symptoms and the two subjects. Psychotic symptoms have been linked to range of severe experiences of childhood sexual abuse such ass malevolence, sexual themes, and olfactory sensations. Moreover, it contains subordinate relationships. This research further investigates this approach...
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...Economic Activities and Health Hazards of Street Children in Dhaka City *Prof. Md. Nurul Islam Ph.D Director ISWR,University of Dhaka **Md. Saiful Islam Lecturer, Department of Social Work Asian University of Bangladesh Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of street life on the health of poor children who live and work full-time on the streets of Dhaka city. The prime objective of this study was to know the health hazards of street children, who live in the way of harm, and how these experiences and learning, can contribute more effectively towards the future actions for protection of street children. The methodology of the study is based both on primary and secondary data. After collecting necessary data from secondary sources a sample survey was conducted to collect primary field data. Data was collected on the basis of the questionnaire, and the sample of the study was selected purposively. The significant findings of the study reveal that street children live in a highly hazardous environment. It’s a warning sign for any developmental consequences. This paper highlights the present condition of the street children in Dhaka city and recommended some suggestion. Key words: Street, Children, Health, Hazards, Introduction Street children are common problem for a developing country like Bangladesh. Being out in the open street eventually impairs the personality and creativity of Children. The global efforts for preservation of child...
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...2012 Instructor Jane Fournoy BSHS442 University of Phoenix Online Julie Ann Hanson February 03, 2012 Instructor Jane Fournoy BSHS442 University of Phoenix Online Although we hear a great deal about child abuse and keeping our children from men and women who prey on them, studies show that the abuser is someone who the child can trust. The offender can be anyone who is a family member, someone in your neighborhood, or any adult the child is close to. They may be a person of authority, such as a pastor, priest, teacher, step father, uncle, aunt, older sibling or cousin. Some offenders even form trusting relationships with the parents or caregiver in order to avoid all suspicions. It is important to listen and pay close attention to your child and your instincts. Check references for individuals who care for your child. It is important to educate your child about what is and what is not appropriate touch. Let your child know that they can come and talk to you about anything, their thoughts, their feelings, while you listen and remain calm. By taking responsibility and educating ourselves and our children we can go a long way toward prevention. It is difficult to know exactly how common sexual abuse really is because most abuse goes unreported. However, it is believed that one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before the age of eighteen ("Breaking the cycle," 2005). As a future advocate for children I want to work directly with...
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......................................................4 1.2.1 Effects of child abuse..............................................................................4 1.2.2 Effects of sexual abuse and emotional abuse...........................................5 1.3 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs................................................................................6 SECTION TWO: GUIDANCE FOR TINA 2.1 Definition of counselling........................................................................................7 2.2 Differentiation between counselling and support for learning problems.............8 2.3 Phenomenon of child trauma and its effects..........................................................9 2.4 Differentiation between parental involvement and parental counselling...........10 2.5 Learning intervention program.......................................................................... 2.6 Guidelines taken into account............................................................................ INTRODUCTION SECTION ONE: BACKGROUND One of the most important roles of an educator In a school is to assist learners pastorally (Best, Lang, Lodge, Wattkins 1995: 63). Each year in South Africa approximately five million children experience some form of traumatic experience. More than two million of these are victims of physical and/or sexual abuse. Millions more are living in terrorizing atmosphere of domestic violence. Natural disasters...
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...the constitutional perspective – the Fundamental rights to be particular. The main aim of the commentary is to bring to light the numerous rights, most of which are constitutionally guaranteed, of women who are protected directly or indirectly by this Act. The all-encompassing nature of the legislation is elucidated among the other positive aspects of this law. The Act is thus a very vital piece of legislation from the feminist perspective of law. However one of the main and primary criticisms of the writers is that this Act intentionally or unintentionally neglects to address the issue of child abuse among male children. This persisting problem having been left without any such specific laws requires quick and immediate addressal. Introduction Domestic violence is sadly a reality in Indian society, a truism. In the Indian patriarchal setup, it became an acceptable practice to abuse women. There may be many reasons for the occurrence of domestic violence. From a feminist standpoint, it could be said that the occurrence of domestic violence against women arises out of the patriarchal setup, the stereotyping of gender roles, and the distribution of power, real or perceived, in society. Following such ideology, men are believed to be stronger than women and more powerful. They control women and their lives...
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...I chose this article on the outcomes of multi-type abuse among homeless young adults because I expect as a future certified mental health professional (MHP), that I may be doing this kind of work. I look forward to working with children and young adults and learning all that there is to learn, and as a health care practitioner I will be able to help improve and individual issues. For example my article talks about “Exploring the psychosocial and behavioral adjustments outcomes of multi-type abuse among homeless young adults”, as a health care professional I will be able to deal with different illnesses, disorders, conditions, and issues. The article states between 8-32% for females subjects and 1-16% male subjects. Up to 22% of male subjects and 20% of female subjects report childhood physical abuse. Childhood sexual abuse causes serious traumatic issues in which it can cause an individual to hinder in normal social growth, and let alone cause many different psychosocial problems. An individual who suffers from sexual abuse tends to affect the individual in so many traumatic ways, such as; self-blame and guilt meaning they feel that they are probably the reason why this happened, flashbacks of the molestation, nightmares, fear of things that are associated with the abuse such as (smells, places, objects, doctor visits, etc.), self-esteem issues, pain addiction, addiction to sex, anxiety, other mental illnesses and the list goes on. These effects just do not last only through...
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...Developmental Assessment of Childhood: PRECIOUS The film Precious is an emotional movie that deals with the unfortunate realities of everyday life for some individuals. The film that stares Gabourey Sidibe who plays the main character Clarice “Precious” Jones is based out of Harlem in the year of 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old obese and uneducated teenager whom has had to grow up in a severely dysfunctional family environment. Her mother verbally and physically abuses her, often times using her as a personal servant. Her father has been sexually abusing her since childhood, and has impregnated her twice. Precious has lived with the ugly truth that because of her weight, skin color, and sexual abuse, she does not fit in with the standards of society in the eyes of some. After the school finds out about Precious’ second pregnancy, she is suspended from school. She is then referred to an alternative school, “Each one Teach one” in hopes of changing the road in which her life is heading. Precious finds ways to deal with her painful realities through imagination and fantasy. Encouraged by her new teacher at “Each one Teach one”, precious begins learning to read and write. Towards the middle of the film, Precious begins to meet with Social Worker, Miss Weiss, who eventually becomes aware of the incest in the household when Precious accidentally tells her. Precious’ mother informs her that her father has passed away due to AIDS, and soon after Precious discovers...
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