This factsheet outlines the legal definition of child abuse and neglect, the different types of abuse and neglect, and the signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect. Resources about the impact of trauma on well-being also are included.
Social workers and other health-related professionals used to refer to signs of child physical abuse as battered child syndrome. This terminology referred to the bone fractures and related injuries occurring when the child was too young to accidentally become injured in this way.
Social workers and other health-related professionals used to refer to signs of child physical abuse as battered child syndrome. This terminology referred to the bone fractures and related injuries occurring when the child was too young to accidentally become injured in this way.
Withholding emotional support, isolation, or terrorizing a child are forms of psychological abuse. Domestic violence that is witnessed by a child is also considered a form of psychological abuse. Types of Child Psychological Abuse. Psychological abuse of a child is often divided into nine categories: 1.
Emotional and psychological abuse in children is defined as behaviors, speech, and actions of parents that have a negative mental impact on children. Emotional and psychological abuse in children is defined as behaviors, speech, and actions of parents that have a negative mental impact on children.
Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse that includes sexual activity with a minor. A child cannot consent to any form of sexual activity, period. When a perpetrator engages with a child this way, they are committing a crime that can have lasting effects on the victim for years. Child sexual abuse does not need to include physical contact between a perpetrator and a child. Some forms of ...
Child abuse is a heartbreaking reality for many children living in poverty, and it comes in many forms … physical, sexual, spiritual and emotional. Child abuse includes neglect, exploitation and child labor. Whatever the form, these facts about child abuse describe an urgent and growing need.