Child Abuse and Neglect
Eryn E. Haygood
Oklahoma State University
4/30/2014
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child abuse is more than just broken bones and bruises. Even though physical abuse may be the most visible, there are other types of abuse too, such as emotional and sexual abuse and neglect. The sooner the abused children receive help, the better the chance they have to heal the break the cycle.
Neglect, a common form of child abuse, is a pattern of failing to provide basic needs for child. It is not always easy to spot child neglect. Sometimes, parents may become physically or emotionally unable to care for a child, such as a parent or caregiver with an injury or untreated …show more content…
Family dysfunction is the interaction between parents and family members. On the other hand, dysfunctional family patterns can be obvious with non- abusive and low abuse-risk parents. Family dysfunction has not alone been recognized as a huge part of abuse. Families that have abuse in it are going to show instability and unpredictable family structure and play their roles have separate individuals. These family members do not promote communication but have relationships that are unemotional and detach from the …show more content…
While some promising programs exist, parents with substance abuse problems does not have enough evidence on the real community based models for helping child welfare parents which leads to abuse and neglect.
It 's hard to make a remark for the treatment requirements of child that experience abuse or neglect because of the effects of experience, the setting in which they happen and the family 's reply to what happen vary. Child that are abused may have a difficult time expressing their concerns, fears, or questions that are asked by a professionally. Young children do not have the skill to talk clearly about their abusive encounter. Children of an older age may not trust