Module Three: Text Question Review Questions 1. Explain the different forms of child abuse? Include Shaken Baby Syndrome in your response. There are three main types of child abuse which are physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. Physical abuse is when a caregiver or parents uses direct violence towards a child.The shaken baby syndrome is one form of physical abuse Emotional abuse is when the child is caused to feel worthless and less of a person/rejected. Neglect is a form of abuse
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Introduction Bode-Jänisch et al. (2012) states that ‘trauma is the leading cause of death in children, and non-accidental head injury is the leading cause of traumatic death during infancy’. While referral through Social Services is the most common presentation of the child with suspected non accidental injury (Speight, 2006), the emergency department sees children with all manner of injury, both accidental and non-accidental and it is crucially important that emergency department staff maintain
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design. (Santrock, 2013). However, with infants the brain is developing rapidly, and extra precaution measures should be taken into consideration by the care taker to avoid any injuries. For example, if the infants head is shaken too much they could develop shaken baby syndrome- swelling of the brain and
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The most common form of abuse seen in the infant is known as shaken baby syndrome (SBS). “Every year in America an estimated 1200 to 1400 children are shaken, and of these victims, 25% to 30% die as a result of their injuries. The rest will have life-long complications (Perry, 2010).” According to the American Humane Association another type of abuse seen in infants is physical abuse defined as non-accidental trauma or physical injury (2007). Neglect, both physical and emotional, is also considered
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PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT Psychological Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect Freddy Cabrera General Psychology 1012 4 April 2012 Florida National College Abstract Child abuse and neglect is a growing issue that threatens the health of its victims not only physically but psychologically as well. Some of these psychological effects include difficulties during infancy, poor mental and emotional health, cognitive difficulties, and social difficulties. Psychological Effects of
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greater potential risk of growing up with physical, behavioral and mental issues. My friend’s husband shook their baby so hard that by the time baby got to the hospital he had no pulse. Through the help of doctors God brought the baby back to the life. The child had to stay in the hospital for six month. Now the baby is 4 years old and he lives with his mother. The shaken baby syndrome causes the severe brain damage. He is now dependent on trach and has to be fed through a G Tube. The violent action
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Child abuse Child abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment or neglect of a child or children. Child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child. Child abuse can occur in a child's home, or in the organizations, schools or communities the child interacts with. There are four major categories of child abuse: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/emotional
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2013 Abstract This paper is written with the intent to inform the reader about varies disabilities and causes and the characteristics of these disabilities. In the United States about one in every 33 babies is born with a birth defect. Or to make it more realistic Every 4.5 minutes, a baby is born with a birth defect. Major birth defects are conditions present at birth that cause structural changes in one or more parts of the body. They can have a serious, adverse effect on health, development
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Child Abuse Child abuse is one of the common threats posed during child development. There are multiple types of child abuse such as physical, emotional, verbal and neglect (Santrock, 2013). Studies show child abuse recognized more in economically developed countries than in developing countries. Children, however, have been beaten and abandoned for many thousands of years, based primarily on the belief that children are the property of their parents. Children have always been
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Abusive head trauma (AHT), also called shaken baby syndrome, is a traumatic brain injury to a child as a result of child abuse. Shaking as well as throwing a baby constitutes AHT. When a caretaker forcefully shakes a baby, his or her head muscles will rotate in a circular motion as their head whips back and forth. Impact is especially damaging because the fast acceleration and deceleration is very dangerous and causes blood vessels to rupture, tearing in the brain, and bleeding of the brain. AHT
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