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Children as Property 1
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*Early history, fathers decided their child’s right to live.
*Issues of Life and Death Early history: infanticide (killing children) was accepted in/by certain cultural or ethic groups such as: Hawaii, China, Japan, Germany, or England. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Issues of Dependence
-Children of the poor in many cases lost their lives. -Children who were not poor were often “owned” by their parents and guardians -Children had to perform whatever tasks that were demanded of them. Sometimes the demands were beyond the children’s capacity, resulting in the death of a child. -Slaves’ children were owned by their masters as well as by their parents. |
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Continued from Issues of Dependence
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*Elizabethan Poor Law (1601) assisted the poor under the following 3 conditions:
*The able-bodied poor: capable of working; therefore, forced to work. *The impotent poor: excused from working--- old, disabled, or mothers *Dependent children: aid was provided to orphaned or abandoned children. *The poor were never offered any money or education . Only food and clothing were offered. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Issues of Discipline
-Discipline was implemented in the hope that children could be transformed into God-fearing individuals. -Each cultural or ethic groups defines discipline differently. |
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Child Labor
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*Indenture- “a system in which parents apprenticed their children to masters who taught them a trade but who were free to use them as virtual slaves in exchange for room and board.
*Indenture was introduced in the U.S. during the Industrial Revolution because the labor of children was cheaper, and some required small bodies. |
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Sexual Values, Attitudes, and Exploitation
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*Early History
-Girls were seen as property to their fathers. Fathers decided what to do with the daughters. -Marriage was decided by the fathers. -In Greece, boys experienced pederasty (men using boys for sexually). This act was seen as a means of teaching boys strength and endurance in order to build good soldiers and men. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Early History:
-In Rome rape was seen as a humiliation. -1548 laws were established to protect boys from forced sodomy. -1576 prohibited the forcible rape of girls under 10 yrs. old. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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19th Century :
During the Victorian era, many young girls were being raped by men. Pornography and child prostitution increased. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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20th Century:
Today we state that child sexual abuse and pornography is illegal; however, there are still many internet sites and magazine with child pornography. This is sending mixed messages about sexuality. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Reasons for Taboo
-Biological May cause defective offspring. Possible to create superior individuals through the same process. -Sexual Aversion If people live together they constantly develop a sexual aversion (dislike) for others living in the same family/household. -Family Disruption Family disruption-blurred boundaries. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Reasons for Incest Taboo:
Multidimensional Theories Marriage to others culture/ ethic groups increase networking also it increased stability of a family; therefore, intermarriage and incest was denied. Legal and Social Prohibition Marriage with blood relatives are prohibited in U.S. More reason’s for incest taboo: An inner revulsion to incest Disgust with the participants Perception that participants are mentally or emotionally abnormal Perception of a disorganized or even absent family life. |
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Recent History of Helping the Abused and Neglected Child
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*Elizabethan Poor Law was one of the 1st laws to help support impoverished parents who often abused or neglected their child.
*Voluntary child welfare services became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. *Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (SPCA) was established by Henry Bergh. SPCC was modeled after the SPCA. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*1875, Prevention of Cruelty to Children was established by Elbridge Gerry.
*Children’s Bureau enacted in 1912. *In 1930, Social Security Act was mandated to protect children. Social workers were employed mostly to protect children and were much less concerned with adults. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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Cont. from Further Efforts on Behalf of Children
-All abused or neglected cases were mandated to be reported to HEW. Drs, school, or agencies have to corporate under the Social Security Act. -1974 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act were passed. -This act mandated the reporting of child maltreatment, provided funds for research, mandated training, and made provisions for the treatment of child abuse and neglect. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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-Further Efforts on Behalf of Children
-The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 was established to prevent removal of children from their families by making “reasonable efforts” to keep families together or to unify families in a timely manner if placement could not be avoided. -Family Preservation and Support Services Act was established in 1983, to strengthen families as well as providing additional supports for children who must be placed outside the home. |
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Child Protection Today
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Current Framework:
There is no universally agreed definition of maltreatment. Additionally, there is not “one” framework used to understand the point at which intervention should be initiated and or how this intervention should occur. |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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The Role of Child Protective Services
Child Protective Services historically abused their powers by taking away children from their parents without an in-depth investigation. See page 18-19 of text for list of roles |
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Chapter #1-Child Abuse & Neglect
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-Child Rearing, Maltreatment, and Public Opinion
-Parents are important influence in children’s lives. -Some believe that working mothers are poor parents. Maltreatment of children can occur from: drugs usage, alcohol, lack of parenting skills, victim themselves, non-family members in the home etc. |
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CHAPTER 1
The Maltreatment of Children from a Historical Perspective Dr. Susan M. Larsen, PhD |
CHAPTER 1
The Maltreatment of Children from a Historical Perspective Dr. Susan M. Larsen, PhD |
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Chapter 2-Child Abuse and Neglect
The Family: Roles, Responsibilities, and Rights (1) |
Chapter 2-Child Abuse and Neglect
The Family: Roles, Responsibilities, and Rights (1) |
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The Definition and Function of the Family
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Function of family
raising children reproduction, socialization assignment of social roles (social orders) economic production and consumption |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*If family fails to function within the expectation then intervention is necessary.
*Family refers to a group of people who live together and who are expected to perform specific functions. *Parents are expected to provide stability and integrity; financial security; health and education, morality and respect, housing, clothing, food and nurturance. |
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The Family as a System
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*Family members must have bonds, good relationship (s), balance, flow of information, communication.
*Subsystems and Boundaries *Parents act as subgroup-they are responsible for making decisions and regulating family activities. *Sibling subsystems help children experiment with the complexities of peer relationships. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Continuation from Subsystems and Boundaries
*Boundaries define who can interact with whom and how. *Boundaries, are divisions between subsystems, allow these mini-systems freedom to operate. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Roles
-Roles in a family shape how we think of ourselves, how others see us, and how we function or behave within a family. -Communication Talking, silences, body movements, facial expressions, voice tone, and posture all convey messages. -Communication and rules must be clear cut, open, and consistent, and accepted by that particular culture. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Bonding and Attachment
-If parents established bonds with their child, it enables the child to bond with others easily. If child is having a difficult time bonding with parents sometimes child will establish attachment disorder. -This can create: self-destructive behaviors, cruelty to others, poor impulse control, habitual lying, and an inability to discern cause from effect. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Rituals
-Rituals are repetitive behaviors that families may practice as a vital part of their communication. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Continuation of Rituals:
-4 types of rituals Day-to-day essentials: govern how members eat, sleep, greet each other, and perform other daily tasks -Family tradition: involve the manner in which families celebrate or choose not to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, and other milestones as well as vacation times -Holiday rituals: revolve around calendar holidays -Life cycle rituals: recognize important birth to death event |
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Minority Family Systems
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*Even within each ethnic group there are value and cultural differences.
*How a particular family functions will depend on several variables: *The culture in which the family has originated The subgroup of that culture. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*The individual characteristics of family members
*The family’s method of adapting to the stresses placed on it by living within the family unit. *How the family functions within that culture. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*African American Families
*Kinship bonds: Extended family members and friends are accepted as next to kin who provide support to the family, including such things as; child care, advice, financial aid, and emotional support. *Self-Help and Self-Esteem: In the African American culture, children are seen as representing the continuity of life and are prized and nurtured by the whole community. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Continuation of African American Families
*Adaptable Family Roles: Everyone is expected to work. Equality among family members. Children at home are expected to do some housework. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*African American Families
*Religion not only provides a social context but a mechanism for survival. *Church services frequently provide an area where pent-up emotions can be released and supported by others in the congregation. *Communication -African American families are often very much in tune with their feelings and those of others. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Hispanic American Families
*Family Ties, Values, and Rituals *Most likely to live with extended family which may consist blood family or non-blood members. *Father or the eldest male member often has the most power in family and is protected. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Family Ties, Values, and -Rituals (Hispanics continued)
Respecto- involves adherence to hierarchical relationship; elders must be respected. -Personalismo- describes the Hispanic value of person-to-person contact and close relationship. Dignidad- refers to dignity or the inherent unique importance of each individual. -Rituals are very important and often help to bring the family closer together. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Hispanic American Families
Religion: Catholicism, the predominant religion. Churches provide services such as financial aid, housing, rehabilitation services, and a host of other social services. Folk Healers: Folk medicine or the folk healers’ understanding of their clients, these practices appear to be especially effective. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Asian and Pacific Island Families
Family ties and Values Demonstrate a hierarchical structure with male dominance and well-defined roles. Family honor is greatly valued, and shame is a powerful method used to ensure that children and adults do nothing to disgrace the family. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Asian and Pacific Islander Families:
-Harmony and Self-Esteem: Individuals are expected to forsake their needs to the group and to use self-control and self-restraint in the expression of their own needs. -Religion and Fatalism: Different subgroup will have different religions. Most have some form of religion. -Communication: Communication begins at the top (oldest male) and filters down. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Native American Families
-Family Ties and Values Grandparents have the ultimate say in child-rearing practices which are rarely contradicted by parents. -Believe suffering is part of living and it will make one stronger. -Native American families teach their children to control their emotions. |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Native American Families
-Religion/ Spirituality: The belief of the Native American are based in a complex manner on the healing power of nature. *Communication -Each person should respect and revere another. Patience is key. |
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Family Problems and Dysfunction
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*Common types of failure in families:
-Failure to complete basic family tasks: -Failure to provide food, shelters, protection, and education. -Failure in dealing with changes associated with developmental tasks |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Continue from common types of failure in families:
-Failure to deal with crises Failure to deal with societal pressures (which may include pressures from a different culture) |
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Chapter #2-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Multi-problem family: Family problems and the failure to cope with them overlap, and the family moves in and out of constant crisis.
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The Family and Child Maltreatment
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*Parents’ Rights: Some of the parents’ right are control by the government to protect the children.
*Children’s Rights: Children ultimately have no rights because everything is decided by their parents. |
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Impact on the Child Protection Movement
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Children are often not protected until the damage is done.
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CHAPTER 3
Child Abuse and Neglect- Maltreatment and the Developing Child –Dr. Susan M. Larsen PhD (1) |
CHAPTER 3
Child Abuse and Neglect- Maltreatment and the Developing Child –Dr. Susan M. Larsen PhD (1) |
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Chapter #3-Child Abuse & Neglect
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Neglected Child: Parents are unstable, immature, whose own childhood needs are still unmet, are faced with children who demand their time and limited psychological energies.
The result is impaired bonding, emotional deprivation, and eventually role reversal as these parents face their children in the position of meeting their needs instead of their child’s. |
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Chapter #3-Child Abuse & Neglect
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In the physically abusive family, the child is wanted and expected but the desire carries with it a complex set of extremely high expectations.
For sexually abusive parent, the abuse often result from a parents’ disillusionment with themselves and others in their lives, who they perceive as having failed to meet their expectations. |
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Pregnancy and Birth
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The atmosphere, attitudes, and expectations surrounding the conception of the baby are the first factors that influence the potential bonding experience.
The relationship of the mother and father has an impact on the baby. |
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Chapter #3-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Pregnancy is a critical time for a mother and her fetus.
*Mother must adapt in 2 ways: Recognize the fetus as a part of herself -Accept the fetus as an separate individual |
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Chapter #3-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*The father presence, his ability to support, and his acceptance of both mother and baby can greatly influence the later parent-child relationships for both him and the mother.
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Birth to One Year
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The normal developmental milestones depend on the consistency of the child’s experience as well as his or her relationship with the primary caregiver.
Important to have support system to help out new mothers. Babies personalities can be influence by their utero environment. |
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Chapter #3-Child Abuse & Neglect
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Mothers who neglect or abuse their child during the first year may damage their child for life.
Children often have slowed development if abused during the developmental years. |
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One to Four Years
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*By age 1 year, the poorly parented baby shows little interest in toys or exploration in general.
*Children at times demonstrate passive watchfulness, whereby the child lies immobile, watching the actions of others. *The child between ages 1 and 3 continues to demonstrate delays in motor activity and social development. |
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Chapter #3-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*At the age of 2, it is important to have a loving mother figure to encourage individual growth.
*By the age of 3, the average child will have learned about sexuality through seeing, touching, and doing. |
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Four to Eight Years
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*The child whose early development has been tarnished with abuse or neglect may not have sufficient energy or interest for education; therefore, resulting in low academic achievement.
*He or she may have difficulty relating to peers and is unable to make the transition to structured learning in the classroom. *Abused children have difficulty internalizing standards—sometimes because they have observed consistent standards at home and other times because the rigidity in their home life does not allow them the autonomy to be self-directed. |
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Eight to Twelve Years
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*Maltreated children of this age group often feel isolated and alienated from their peers.
*A parentified child takes the parent’s place as caregiver. |
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Adolescence
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*Adolescence boys/girls at this stage most likely share their maltreatment stories with others or confront the abuser.
*Adolescence boys that witness the maltreatment will most likely act out what he is seeing on to others, or he will protect the victim. |
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Chapter #3-Child Abuse & Neglect
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*Sexual abuse has 4 types of traumatic effects
Traumatic sexualization Betrayal Powerlessness Stigmatization |
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Development, Maltreatment, and Resiliency
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3 ways to cope:
Prosocial efforts- finding comfort, seeking out trusted adults, adopting positive behavior through activities, translating negative events into positive thinking. Antisocial efforts- through violence, destruction, stealing, and other crimes. Self-injurious efforts- cutting, eating disorders, substance abuse, suicide attempts, etc. |
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CHAPTER 4
The Neglect of Children (1) |
CHAPTER 4
The Neglect of Children (1) |
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Definition and Measurement of Neglect
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*Physical Neglect- failure to thrive, inadequate supervision, abandonment, and failure to meet a child’s basic physical needs
*Medical Neglect- refusal to provide health care or a delay in getting appropriate health care. |
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Neglect
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*Educational Neglect- permitting truancy, failure to send a child to school or enroll in school, and inattention to special educational needs.
*Medical Neglect- refuses to tend to a child’s serious emotional or behavioral disorder |
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Neglect
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*Language Neglect- Parents may communicate only in commands, and do not read to children or talk to them at any length.
*Result: ill-equipped to function adequately in school or in later social relationships |
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Neglect
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*The Child Neglect Index (CNI) assesses neglect in the following areas:
-Supervision -Food and nutrition -Clothing and hygiene -Physical health care -Mental health care -Developmental/educational care |
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Causes of Neglect
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*Economic Causes
-Low socioeconomic status often causes stress to parents; therefore, it is easier for parents to neglect their child. Ecological Causes |
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Neglect
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*Societal Causes
-Neglectful families have difficulty being accepted by society. -Certain terms that society use to describe the “low income family” are degrading to them. It adds to the family stress. |
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Neglect
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*Individual Causes
Lack appropriate information processing (cognition). This will influence how a person parents. |
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Problems in Intervention
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*Neglectful families are numerous.
*Social workers don’t know what to expect from the parents, and the neglect can be difficult to document. *Coordination of these cases is extremely difficult, as clients are often “low energy”. *Have few resources (programs) to offer to the neglectful family. |
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Neglected Children
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*Infancy and Early Childhood
-Nonorganic failure to thrive syndrome (NFTT)- is a condition found in infants and diagnosed by the presence of several factors fall below the 5th percentile in weight and often in height (95% of other infants weight more). -The baby was once of a weight and height within the expected norm. -Demonstrates delay in psychomotor development. |
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Neglect
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*Characteristic of NFTT babies;
-Child lacks interest in eating -Development continues to lag behind what is expected for his or her age -Little response to the environment |
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Neglect
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*Psychosocial dwarfism (PSD)- emotional deprivation promotes abnormally low growth.
*Below the 5th percentile in weight and height, exhibit retarded skeletal maturation, and may have a variety of behavioral problems. |
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Neglect
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*Young Children:
-Poor motor skill across all ages -Poor skin clarity and dull hair -Distended stomach and emaciated limbs -Lack of physician care. -Lice or pediculosis -Cognition development is often impaired. |
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Neglect
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Adolescents:
Seek out others with similar background and begin the pattern again with their own children. |
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Neglectful Parents
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Women are more likely to neglect their children.
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Neglect
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*Neglectful parents:
-Lack knowledge: don’t know how to attend to their children’s needs -Lack judgment: don’t know the parental roles or when to use it. -Lack motivation: don’t have the energy, or they feel what they are doing is best or their child. |
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Efforts to Explain the Behavior of Neglectful Parents
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*Personality of Neglectful Mothers: Polansky and Colleagues:
*Apathetic-Futile: Parent(s) have given up on living. *Symptoms: Withdrawn, flat affect, with a feeling that nothing is worth doing. |
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Neglectful Parents
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*Impulse-Ridden: Parent has low frustration tolerance, little ability to delay gratification, and uses extremely poor judgment in her action.
*Getting his/her own needs met rather than meeting the needs of her children. |
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Neglectful Parents
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*Reactive-Depressive:
-Characterized by mother’s inability to adjust to some aspect of her life and the resultant depression over that inability. *Mentally Retarded Without proper supervision and education, it is possible for neglect to become and issue for the child of a mentally retarded parent. |
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Neglectful Parents
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*Psychotic Parent: Inability to see beyond their delusional world.
*Borderline reality: drift in and out of psychosis or practice delusional thinking. |
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Neglectful Parents
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*The processing of Information and Neglect: Crittenden
*3 types of neglect -Disorganized neglect: inconsistent with their children, live from crisis to crisis -Emotional neglect: unable to make emotional connections with others -Depressed neglect: “nothing is worth doing”, withdrawn and dull |
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Neglectful Parents
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*Substance-Abusing Families
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS): low birth weight, an abnormally small head, and prenatal and postnatal growth retardation *Prenatal Abuse: ingested substance known to be harmful to unborn fetus *Infants are typically born with health problems |
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Behavior of Neglectful Parents
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*Substance Abuse and Children:
-Parent's abuse drugs after/ before giving birth to the infant. |
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Neglectful Parents
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*Domestic Violence and Neglect
*Sometime family member fail to protect child(ren) because he/she is too busy trying to protect themselves. |
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CHAPTER 5
The Physical Abuse of Children (1-5) |
CHAPTER 5
The Physical Abuse of Children (1-5) |
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Physical Abuse
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Regardless of parental culture practices, all parents living in U.S. must live within state and federal laws.
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Causes of Physical Abuse
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*3 causes of physical abuse
*Micro system: describes the parents-child interactions *Meso/exosystems: networks in which that parent and child are involved (relationship and institutions) *Macrosystem: social structure under which the pervious two systems are situated |
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Physical Abuse
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*Interactional Variables
*Interplay between the victim and the abuser that set up the abuse situation. *Example: A mother does not know why her child is constantly crying. The mother thinks her child is just being difficult and misbehaving. She punish her child, who in turn cry even more. |
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Physical Abuse
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*Environmental/Life Stress Variables
*If parents are stressful it is more likely parents will become more abusive. *Example: A father is stress/angry because he is unemployed. He may take his anger upon his child by being abusive. |
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Physical Abuse
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*Social/Cultural/Economic Variables
*Some cultural practices may be misinterpret as abusive. *Example: Folk remedies- cupping or coining *Societal factors put children at risk for abuse Example: Economic climate |
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Risk Assessment and Physical Abuse
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*Child Risk Factors (more likely to be at risk)
Young ages not been able to bond adequately with their caretakers *Parents see as difficult |
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Physical Abuse
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Health problems
Learning problems Child’s striving toward autonomy during adolescent years. |
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Physical Abuse
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Parental Risk Factors (Parents at risk for being abusive)
Health problems: depression, personality disorders, domestic violence Stress: financial stress, less education, housing concerns Inconsistent approach for child rearing |
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Physical Abuse
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*Family System Risk Factors
*Isolated and have poor relationship with extended family and others in community *Lack of support from family *Relationship between family members are strained, negative, in conflict, aggressive. |
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Symptoms of Physical Abuse
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Physical Symptoms
Bruises: on the backs of the legs, upper arms and chest, neck, heal, or genitals |
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Physical Abuse
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Bruises that vary in color indicate they have been inflicted at different times.
Red and turns to blue after 6-12 hrs. Blackish-purple after 12-24 hrs. Dark greenish tint after 4-6 days Pale green or yellow after 5-10 |
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Physical Abuse
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Fractures
Under 12 months should be study Spiral fractures under age 3 should be study carefully Small children do not demonstrate numerous fractures under non-abusive conditions. |
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Physical Abuse
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Head and Internal Injuries
Head injuries are extremely serious because it may have internal bleeding in the brain. Injuries of the abdominal area which could be ruptured liver or spleen, intestinal perforation, kidney or bladder injury, etc. |
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Physical Abuse
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Shaken baby syndrome may cause significant damage
The neck muscles supporting it are relatively weak. Infant’s brain has more water content and is less well protected. |
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Physical Abuse
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Burns
It is important to look at the location of the burn. There are likely to be splash marks if the burn occurred accidentally. |
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Behavior Indicators of Abuse
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The abused child cry little, but will cry more when being examined.
Have passive watchfulness Slow motor and social development Impaired capacity to enjoy life |
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Physical Abuse
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Low self-esteem
Oppositional behavior- children act out their anger against others, or turn their anger inward. Ability to adapt to a variety of people and setting. |
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Physical Abuse
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Difficulty attending to instructions
Demonstrate verbal inhibition Regression is often used as a defense Poor peer relationship |
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Abusive Parents
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Characteristic of abusive parents
Low self-esteem Dysfunctional childhoods New struggle/unprepared |
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Parents’ Unlearned Tasks from Childhood
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Getting Needs Met
Abusive parents do not know how to make their wishes and feelings known in appropriate, less dramatic ways. |
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Physical Abuse
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Separating Feelings from Actions
Anger for abusive parents translates into action. Verbally expressing the anger is a foreign concept to them. |
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Physical Abuse
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Making decision
Teach children how to make daily decision. Determining Limits of Responsibility Unable to accept the responsibility for their own action, abusive parents blame everyone. |
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Physical Abuse
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Delaying Gratification
Parents’ personality is unpredictable- one minute happy the next minute is mad/angry. |
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Physical Abuse
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Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Parents are administering their children large doses of such substances as ipecac, phenolphthalein, insulin or glucose, even fecal matter. Some parents do this to get attention from others. |
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Physical Abuse
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Abusive Parents and Adolescents
Adolescents blossoming in sexuality and autonomy while parents are dealing with middle age crisis add on stress for parents. Some parents see adolescents accomplished as a threat. |
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Domestic Violence and Other Abuse within the Family
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Domestic Violence
Sometimes mothers that is being abuse neglect their own child because they mothers are trying to protect themselves. Abused children may become fearful, depressed, withdrawn while others take on the role of the abuser. |
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Physical Abuse
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Abuse by Siblings
Children who abuse may also be mirroring the abuse in their family. Parental reaction to abuse by sibling extremely important. ss |
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CHAPTER 6
The Sexual Abuse of Children- (1-6) |
CHAPTER 6
The Sexual Abuse of Children- (1-6) |
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Child Protection Movement
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Believed family patterns may repeat if no intervention takes place.
Place emphasis on the family as the pathway of pathology. |
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Child Protection
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Family responsible for child’s development and safety.
Whole family will be in treatment for redefining generational boundaries role definitions enhancing communication |
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Feminist Movement
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The assault of children as representative of societal values.
Females have inferior statues where male have dominance |
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Victim Advocacy
(5-6) |
Emphasis on victim advocacy.
Use the criminal justice system to punish the perpetrator Family reconciliation is viewed with some reservation, and favored only if protection of child can be ensured. |
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Definition of Child Sexual Abuse
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Why is sexual abuse so hard to define?
The term child sexual abuse is used by many different professionals within a variety of different contexts. Child sexual abuse falls on a continuum of behaviors involving sexuality, and there is disagreement about where exactly to place this type of abuse. |
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Type of Sexual Abuse
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Extrafamilial Abuse
Perpetrated by someone outside of the family Child pornography Interfamilial Abuse/ Incest Sexual abuse by a blood relative |
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The Progression of Sexual Abuse
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Grooming- try out behaviors to measure the child’s comfort.
The order may appear differently with each case. Look on pg. 125-126 for list of progression (grooming). |
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The Progression of Sexual Abuse
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Engagement Phase
During this stage, the perpetrator gains access to the child, engages him or her, and conveys to the child that the behavior is acceptable. |
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The Progression of Sexual Abuse
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Pressured Sex
Enticement- trying to persuade the child sexually Entrapment- make child feel indebted or obligated Forced Sex Involve the threat of harm or the use of force to complete the abuse. May eventually hurt the child. |
