...Children at Risk Can you imagine being put in a foster home for the reason of being neglected, abused (physically or sexually), abandonment, and involuntarily placed? Statistically, when a child is placed into the foster care system they are being moved up to 30 times in one year. When the few children in the system finally find a permanent home they are usually the age of 16. Overall, there is an estimate of one hundred thousand children waiting to be adopted and about 16% are over 16.Which means they have been in the foster system half of their life.To fix this problem we must set up trustworthy foster homes all around the world for children to stay in. We want young people to be successful, but we have to take the extra mile...
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...All children have certainly many experiences before they became truly mature. A child can face lot of dangerous things from the environment surrounding them which might seriously affect their whole life. As definition in the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Child abuse is any action from adult to a child that it could be harmful to the child’s body or mental (Children Welfare Information Gateway 2007). In 2005, among 3.6 million investigations by Child Protective Services agencies in the U.S, an estimated 899,000 children (24.97%) were confirmed to be victims of child abuse (Children’s Bureau 2005). In generally, there are 4 typical kinds of child abuse: neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional maltreatment. Child neglect is situation that child’s primary needs were lacked from adults, especially parents or caregivers of the child. Physical child abuse is an adult’s action which causes visible or potential harmfulness to the child. Sexual abuse in children is any sexual activity from adult within a child. Emotional maltreatment is known as a behavior of children abuse that affects to psychology life or social skills of a child (Jaffe-Gill et al 2007). We can classify the reasons of child abuse into 3 different ways: parental causes, ecological causes and child problems (Childline Gauteng 2006). Besides, child abuse also has strongly influenced to all sides of the child’s life, such as: physical effects, behavior effects and emotional effects (Jaffe-Gill...
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...in-law. Now there are many factors that contribute to family violence, the most commonly seen are the characteristics of the abused and the abuser. There is no one specific country or culture that is more abusive than another, abuse is spread across countries, cultures, socio-economic statuses, races, religion and ethnic groups (Goldman, Salus, Wolcott & Kennedy, 2009). For example, one may be very educated and well kept but if unable to control behavior caused by emotions, he may be abusive. While if one may be poor and lowly educated, if he is well controlled in his behaviors and emotions, he will then not be abusive. More often, in cases of child abuse, the abuser usually a parent, father or mother, could be one who may be in situations of stress or some one who simply cannot control their emotions, anger. In a paper written by Professor Harry J. Gaynor (1998), in 1,356 cases of child abuse reported by National Burn Victim Foundation, there were 176 spontaneous cases, of which 97% of them are parents that are known to have aggressive response behavior. There are two kinds of aggressive response, active and passive. Active aggressive behaviors do not have concern over the impact that anger will have to the abused, this translates to actions of hurting the abused verbally, could be hurling hurtful words, humiliating etc, and physically, hitting the abused. While the passive aggressive response behaviors are those that have cooped up,...
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...is one of the biggest problems facing America today. Children whose parents abuse them often turn to a life of crime, or suffer physical or mental scars. In severe cases the child may even die. In Saint Louis a boy was attacked by a pack of dogs, after he had finished playing basketball at the local court. If his mother had reported him missing he may have been found in time to rescue him, instead he bled to death under a tree. (Davis 3A) Of course this is an extreme case of child abuse, and it is often not this severe. The best way to prevent child neglect is to start family planning at an earlier age. It is tough for many people to understand why anyone would abuse a child, but it happens more than people think. Intergenerational transmission of violence is a major cause of child abuse. Children who were abused when they were young are more likely to be abusive when they grow up and have children. (Compton’s 1) Some studies have shown that thirty percent of abused children grow up to be abusive parents. Children who were not abused and grow up to have children are much less likely to be abusive parents, only two to three percent of people will be abusive. (Child Abuse and Neglect 1) People would tend to question why a child who knows how hard it was when they were young would grow up and do this to their child. Children grow up thinking that everything their parents do is right. The problem is when these children are abused they don’t often learn that it is the wrong thing to...
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...Child Abuse 2 Just about all children have many different experiences that will have a major impact on their lives before they reach full maturity. A child can face a lot of dangerous things from the environment surroundings them which might seriously affect their whole life. The definition of Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Child abuse is any action from adult to a child that can be harmful to the child’s body or mental (Children Welfare Information Gateway 2007). In the year 2005 there were about 3.6 million investigations by Child Protective Services Agencies in the U.S. an estimated 899,000 children (24.97%) were confirmed to be victims of child abuse (Children’s Bureau 2005). In general there are 4 different types of child abuse and they are as follows neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse. In the case of neglect this is a parent or guardian is not meeting the primary needs of a child. The second is physical abuse and this is any physical injury inflicted upon the child with cruel or malicious intent. The third type of abuse is sexual abuse this is when an adult is involve in any sexual activity with a child. The last type of abuse is emotional maltreatment this is simply known as a behavior of children abuse that affects to the psychology life or social Child Abuse 3 Skills of a child. We can classify the reasons of child abuse into three different categories parental causes, ecological causes, and child problems...
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...HARM | Safeguarding vulnerable groups Act 2006This legislation is to ensure that people who work with vulnerable people such as babies, children and elderly adults should be checked with the ISA to see who is not allowed to work with children this may be because they might have a criminal record in the past to do with abusing vulnerable people therefore they are barred from working with vulnerable people. | This ensures that staffs that have a previous conviction of harming others with convictions of such as GBH or ABH are reviewed before given a job. It prevents staffs that have harmed others before from harming more people at the residential care home. They may be banned from working with vulnerable people and unless checks are done the organisation will never know and someone could potentially be a victim of abuse. | | The rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974This legislation plays a role in health and social care because it takes into account the employees past criminal offences or to see if any offences have been seen as non-offending. | | | The police Act 1997The police act is to ensure that employees in a health and social care setting go through a CBR check to certify that they are allowed to work with a certain group of people. | The CBR check ensures that staff are able to work with a certain group of people such as elderly, children or babies. The CBR check allows us to see if they have been convicted of any crime...
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... Families of children with disabilities have an added burden of providing protection to their children from various types of abuse or neglect. Although all children have the same risk of abuse at the early infancy ages, the risk increases for the disabled as they age. National data indicates that children labeled as disabled are two times more likely to experience abuse and neglect. Wallace and Roberson (2014) state that individuals with developmental disabilities are affected by violence differently than the general population and may experience violence levels up to five times higher than the general population. Other studies have indicated that 60% of children with developmental disabilities and impairments experience some form of abuse and neglect. Mandell et al. (2005) point out that these estimates may be grossly underestimated, as sometimes children with disabilities suffer from cognitive and/or verbal deficits, which prevent them from reporting the abuse. Sexual victimization tends to be the most prevalent form of abuse committed against the developmental disabled. Sorensen (2002) estimates anywhere from 4 times to 10 times higher because the victims may be repeatedly abused by the same abuser. One reason that the rate is only an estimate is because many of the abuses go unreported. Based on global percentages and statistics of the general population, there is an underrepresentation of sexual assault on children with developmental disabilities. In addition, Sorensen...
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...pushing, striking with an object, biting, pulling, strangling, kicking, and rape. | There are many signs that indicate that an individual has been physically abused. Some may be injuries that can be seen visually, such as: bruises, cuts, marks, burns, and fractures.Other indicators may be the misuse of drugs and alcohol, the individual isolating themselves. They may have a self-esteem and low confidence which may lead to them feeling suicidal or self-harming. Feelings of fear and mistrust may be present. | Domestic | This kind of abuse is of an individual that is in a relationship that is intimate or is in the family. Domestic abuse is repetitive and is used to manipulate a person using intimidation. | This abuse can come in many forms, these may be pursued emotionally, physically, physiologically, financially or sexually. Actions such as hitting, biting, shoving, kicking, restraining, threats, and slapping may be used to control the individual. | Indicators that an individual has been abused domestically may involve the individual feeling depressed, anxious, angry, confused, suicidal and shameful. The individual may find it tough to develop trust within relationships. Also the individual may have nightmares or flashbacks from past abuse which may be indicators of abuse. | Discriminatory | If an individual is being abused in this way they may be treated differently and unfairly compared to other...
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...reasons. The parent/guardian may have a lack of support if they are just one family i.e. no extended or huge family to help, the child’s guardian may feel isolated. Another reason why it can occur is stress. If there are financial issues, work-related stress, medical problems etc. this can cause a parent/guardian to lash out and resort to abuse. If the child has a disability, the parent/guarding may find this very stressful and abuse the child. A big issue that can cause child abuse is drug or alcohol intake. This can affect how an individual acts and thinks so this may limit a parent's ability to meet their children's needs. Lastly, another harm to a child in many ways such as their development, health, dignity etc. It can occur because of many reasons. The parent/guardian may have a lack of support if they are just one family i.e. no extended or huge family to help, the child’s guardian may feel isolated. Another reason why it can occur is stress. If there are financial issues, work-related stress, medical problems etc. this can cause a parent/guardian to lash out and resort to abuse. If the child has a disability, the parent/guarding may find this very stressful and abuse the child. A big issue that can cause child abuse is drug or alcohol intake. This can affect how an individual acts and thinks so this may limit a parent's ability to meet their children's needs. Lastly, another reason for why child...
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...CPS & APS Laura Davis Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Patricia Kneabe 06-06-2012 CPS & APS Is CPS & APS too involved in minor situations of abuse? How do we know when abuse is minor? Is there any abuse that is considered minor? These questions and more have come to my attention recently and I have been doing my research to gain a better understanding of what these organizations are all about and how they are run. I believe that there are certain times when these organizations did not do what they should have done to prevent or protect those being abused. I also feel that there are too many restrictions on parents today and these organizations are being too harsh in certain situations and not harsh enough in others. Both of these organizations run along the same lines when it comes to abuse of individuals. They are just broken down into child and adult departments. The Child Protective Services department handles any case of abuse with an individual under the age of 18. After reading several CPS websites from different states, the general guideline is that anyone who notices abuse of a child has the obligation to report it to the authorities so they can investigate. The same goes for the APS, the general guideline is about the same when it comes to abuse of adults. With the adults, the criteria is that the individual must be at least 18 years of age and mentally or physically incapable of defending themselves against the abuser. These are just the basics...
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...to abuse, and that the existence of more than one of these factors place a person at high risk of abuse. There are many factors which can lead to an abusive situation; this could be disabilities or mental health problems, the environment, family conflict. Many groups of people are more vulnerable and at risk of abuse than others. This could be a person with a learning disability or a physical disability and/or someone who suffers with mental health problems. Other people also at risk of abuse are older individuals that may suffer from dementia. Older individual’s or individuals who suffer from mental illnesses or have disabilities tend to be over compliant and accepting to whatever happens to them in the care of others. This can be because they have difficulty communicating and with their interaction; and do not understand the differences between right and wrong – some adults with autism may experience this. This can lead to individuals taking advantage of them, and manipulating the vulnerable adult into thinking that this situation is normal, so they are not aware that abuse and exploitation is taking place. Vulnerable adults who suffer from communication difficulties are often incapable of communicating to someone that they are being abused. . Adults that suffer from dementia can also be abused. This can happen, as it is not unusual for individuals who are suffering from dementia to not be aware of their surroundings, or if they are aware then the abuser knows they are likely...
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...of children in India India has the largest number of children in the world. More than one-third of the country's population is below 18 years. Millions of children in India grow up uncared for, condemned to miserable conditions. They live in abject poverty without any sort of medical treatment, education or food. The status of children in India is very alarming. India has made some significant commitments towards ensuring the basic rights of children. There has been progress in overall indicators: infant mortality rates are down, child survival is up, literacy rates have improved and school dropout rates have fallen. But the issue of child rights in India is still caught between legal and policy commitments to children on the one hand, and the fallout of the process of globalisation on the other. Over the last decade, countries across the world have been changing their existing economic models in favour of one driven by the free market, incorporating processes of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation. The direct impact of free trade on children may not leap to the eye, but we do know that globalised India is witnessing worsening levels of basic health, nutrition and shelter. Children are suffering as a result of social sector cutbacks/policies and programmes and development initiatives that deprive communities and families of access to and control over land, forest and water resources they have traditionally depended on. The negative fallout is visible: children are...
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...people, live with disabilities. Women and girls with disabilities are particularly at a risk of abuse. According to a UNICEF survey, 30% of street youth are disabled. Some countries where IMR rates are high, mortality rates for children with disabilities is as high as 80%. Some suspect that children with disabilities are being purposely weeded out. 90% of children with disabilities worldwide do not attend school. Conflict areas find that for every one child that is killed, three are injured and permanently disabled. Children with disabilities are at a 1.7 times greater risk of being subjected to some form of violence. According to CRIN over 150 million children worldwide have a disability. 50% of children with a hearing impairment and 60% of those with an intellectual impairment are sexually abused. There are many medical professionals who kill children with disabilities and right them of as mercy killings. 90% of the children with disabilities will not survive pass twenty years of age. Children with disabilities face discrimination not only in services but also in the justice system as they are often not considered credible witnesses. In India children with disabilities mainly comes under the purview of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. Some of the issues are dealt with by the health ministry. But no single ministry has been assigned the protection of these children, which leads to varying data about occurrence of disability amongst children. In India 1.67% of...
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...“It’s all so confusing, this brutal abusing. They blacken your eyes, and then apologize. You’re daddy’s good girl, and don’t tell mommy a thing. Be a good little boy and you’ll get a new toy, tell grandma you fell off the swing.” Theses are lyrics to Pat Benatar’s song Hell is for Children. Does it really take someone to sing about child abuse for us to realize just how much this is affecting the children of the world? Age, Sex, Race, or Religion does not discern child abuse. Any child can face any of the following abuse at any time, sexual abuse, physical abuse, or even neglect. Approximately 702,000 children were victims of maltreatment. Sexual abuse is the third most common type of abuse that is reported. Just fewer than 10% of these 702,000 were sexual abused. Krugman & Jones define sexual abuse as, “ the involvement of dependent, immature children in sexual activities that they do not fully comprehend and therefore to which they are unable to give informed consent.” The second most reported type of abuse is physical abuse. These statistics show that over 15% of the 702,000 have been physically abused in some way, shape or form. We live in a time period where, physical pain is often used by parents or caretakers to alter or manage a child’s behavior. This parental behavior often exceeds the threshold of social acceptability, and could be defined as physically abusive. The most common type of maltreatment that is experienced is neglect. Over 75% of reported...
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...fail to form properly (Perry, B.D 2002) Physical abuse has also been known to cause poor physical health such as sexually transmitted diseases. Shaken Baby Syndrome(SBS) is another physical health consequences due to the fact that it can cause blindness, learning disabilities in infants. Psychological consequences cause by physical abuse are poor mental and emotional health, cognitive difficulties, and social difficulties. Many of the young adults develop some type of psychiatric disorder early in life. As researchers stated, "These young adults exhibited many problems, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and suicide attempts (Silverman, Reinherz, & Giaconia, 1996). Children that have been abused or neglected have been known to do poorly in school. Children that are abused or neglected often have difficulties in relationships later in life with other adults as well as their peers. Physical abuse also has behavioral consequences such as difficulties during adolescence, juvenile delinquency and adult criminality, alcohol and other drug abuse, and abusive behavior. Most children that have been neglected or abused often develop behavioral ranging from delinquency to mental health problems. Being abused and neglected as a child increased the...
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