Persuasive Speech Outline On Child Abuse
Persuasive Speech Outline
Topic: Child Abuse
General Purpose: To Persuade
Specific Purpose: I would like to audience to understand the life of a child who is abused and engage them into helping and preventing this from happening. They Need You
I. Introduction:
1. Toys, Ice cream, ABC songs, candy, giggles and smiles are memories everyone should have from their childhood, but they are not. Tears and silence are memoires of many children who are sexually abused. Today I will be talking about what goes on in an abused child’s life and the causes and effects of why they go through this and what the outcomes are.
2. I would like to persuade the audience by showing them the effects of support and statistics. The changed lives of children …show more content…
The reasons and the consequences of maltreatment o children.
A. I would like to mention the different reasons for abuse
1. According to Causes and Effects of Child Abuse by Melissa J. Doak, there are all many factors that contribute to child abuse. Such as, poverty, alcohol and substance abuse, domestic violence, and neglect of the child.
2. Two of the main factors that also cause child abuse is psychological problems and the family structure.
3. Single-parent families appear to be at greater risk of child maltreatment, especially fathers, and the children have a higher risk of physical abuse.
B. Consequences of childhood maltreatment
4. Childhood Victimization: Early Adversity, Later Psychopathology by Melissa J, Doak in Child Abuse mentions Cathy Spatz Widom who focused on 908 children who were abused and 667 children who were not.
5. He theory suggested that childhood physical abuse increases the likelihood of arrest and of committing violent crime during the victim 's later years. The children who were abused were proven to be more likely to become juveniles.
Transition: Now that you have a general idea of the cause and effects of child abuse, I will tell them about the different statistics of children and how help as effected the children’s …show more content…
Conclusion
I. The audience was told about the life of a child and how the harms of abuse may affect them.
II. I summarized some points about how some states are in need more than others, and how the community has been trying to obtain this aid
III. Lastly I mentioned why these children need the audiences help, and I hope this speech has persuaded you to go find an organization today or to just spread the word and help in any way they can.
Work Cited
1. "Causes and Effects of Child Abuse." Child Abuse and Domestic Violence. Melissa J. Doak. 2009 ed. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Information Plus Reference Series. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 6 Aug. 2014.
2. "Putting Families First." Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources. Ed. K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, and Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 138-141. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 6 Aug. 2014.
3. Every Child Matters Education Fund. "Tax-Funded Programs Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect." Child Abuse. Ed. Heidi Williams. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Book: 'Red ' State Children at Much Greater Risk than Youths in 'Blue ' States." 2007. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 6 Aug.
Topic: Child Abuse
General Purpose: To Persuade
Specific Purpose: I would like to audience to understand the life of a child who is abused and engage them into helping and preventing this from happening. They Need You
I. Introduction:
1. Toys, Ice cream, ABC songs, candy, giggles and smiles are memories everyone should have from their childhood, but they are not. Tears and silence are memoires of many children who are sexually abused. Today I will be talking about what goes on in an abused child’s life and the causes and effects of why they go through this and what the outcomes are.
2. I would like to persuade the audience by showing them the effects of support and statistics. The changed lives of children …show more content…
The reasons and the consequences of maltreatment o children.
A. I would like to mention the different reasons for abuse
1. According to Causes and Effects of Child Abuse by Melissa J. Doak, there are all many factors that contribute to child abuse. Such as, poverty, alcohol and substance abuse, domestic violence, and neglect of the child.
2. Two of the main factors that also cause child abuse is psychological problems and the family structure.
3. Single-parent families appear to be at greater risk of child maltreatment, especially fathers, and the children have a higher risk of physical abuse.
B. Consequences of childhood maltreatment
4. Childhood Victimization: Early Adversity, Later Psychopathology by Melissa J, Doak in Child Abuse mentions Cathy Spatz Widom who focused on 908 children who were abused and 667 children who were not.
5. He theory suggested that childhood physical abuse increases the likelihood of arrest and of committing violent crime during the victim 's later years. The children who were abused were proven to be more likely to become juveniles.
Transition: Now that you have a general idea of the cause and effects of child abuse, I will tell them about the different statistics of children and how help as effected the children’s …show more content…
Conclusion
I. The audience was told about the life of a child and how the harms of abuse may affect them.
II. I summarized some points about how some states are in need more than others, and how the community has been trying to obtain this aid
III. Lastly I mentioned why these children need the audiences help, and I hope this speech has persuaded you to go find an organization today or to just spread the word and help in any way they can.
Work Cited
1. "Causes and Effects of Child Abuse." Child Abuse and Domestic Violence. Melissa J. Doak. 2009 ed. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Information Plus Reference Series. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 6 Aug. 2014.
2. "Putting Families First." Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources. Ed. K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, and Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 138-141. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 6 Aug. 2014.
3. Every Child Matters Education Fund. "Tax-Funded Programs Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect." Child Abuse. Ed. Heidi Williams. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Book: 'Red ' State Children at Much Greater Risk than Youths in 'Blue ' States." 2007. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 6 Aug.