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    Child Sexual Abuse Unit 6 Project Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse where an adult or adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Child sexual abuse doesn ’t always involve body contact. Exposing a child to sexual situations or material is sexually abusive‚ whether or not touching is involved (Smith 2013). Statistics states that 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse (Finkelhor 2012). Studies show that 20% of adult females and 5-10% of adult males recall

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    report it to the Child Abuse Hotline as we had reasonable suspicion of abuse. We decided to this because the child was fearful of attending school and although we understood that this was not abuse that occurred in the home we felt it best to report. Although when abuse occurs outside of the home must be reported to the police we felt that it would be best to be report to the hotline so that if another similar situation arises there are past reports. We made the report to the Child Abuse Hotline and immediately

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    force in the economy of Florida to this day. Agriculture is an important part of Florida’s economy‚ and still is today because it was an important source of nourishment in the beginning years of civilization for Florida‚ created a basis for the economy of Florida‚ and has since evolved to suit the needs of the Florida people. To begin‚ White Brese stated in his book titled “Agriculture”

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    The abuse‚ especially occurring in early age‚ can affect child’s physical and psychological maturity and lead to attachment disorder‚ delayed development‚ impulsive behavior and dissocializing problems. The dose of abuse‚ the frequency‚ the relation with the abuser are factors to determine the child’s reaction to the abuse and the outcome of the child life. Jenny‚ as a child she need unconditional love‚ security‚ protection‚ etc. In this case Jenny‚ may feel disorientated‚ lose the sense of life

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    dislikes. Children are very impressionable. They imitate what they are around daily‚ and if this happens to be a negative environment‚ they do not know any different. In reading the research conducted by Shirley Julich in Stockholm Syndrom and Child Sexual Abuse‚ Julich identified four conditions that existed between the victim and offender in order for Stockholm Syndrome to occur. Julich stated when all four conditions have been met‚ “bonding between the offender and a victim occurred…” (Julich‚ 2005)

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    For this portfolio I have decided to focus on neglect with a particular interest in the emotional neglect. This will enable me to gain an understanding of neglect‚ the impact it has upon children and the importance of collaborative working and early interventions. I feel that health visitors have a unique role in identifying maltreatment or neglected children and ensure that appropriate actions are taken to help and improve outcomes. Neglect is widely recognised as the most common form of

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    Titled Child Abuse.A thesis paper on child abuse with a look into Dave Pelzers autobiography "United States more than three children die as a result of child abuse in the home. That is more than 1‚000 children a year and most of these children are under the age of six. (http://www.childhelpusa.org/child/links.htm) You may be wondering‚ what exactly is child abuse? Of what does it consist? Are there different types? What are the signs? Read on to find all the answers and take a look into the life

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    The Long Lasting Effects of Child Maltreatment on a Child Student Name Here SCHOOL NAME HERE ABSTRACT This paper reviews child abuse and child maltreatment (both terms are used interchangeably in the text) that overviews the effects that child maltreatment may have on abused children when they reach adolescent and adult ages gathered from research that was gathered offline through books and personal experience and through online sources. Common abbreviations in the text are CDC which is Center

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    to all her foster children as “nigger” and beat the children regularly. The baby sitter‚ who is the friend of the family‚ had abused him as a child. When finally standing up for himself‚ he was thrown out of the house.

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    Identify the characteristics of different types of child abuse. *** Answer submitted on Apr 7 2013 4:55PM *** There are four main types of child abuse; Physical‚ Sexual‚ Emotional/Phychological and Neglect. PHYSICAL Physical child abuse is an injury resulting from physical agression even if the injury was not intended the act is considered physical abuse. Beating‚ slapping and hitting. Pushing‚ shaking‚ kicking or throwing. Pinching‚ biting‚ choking or hair pulling. Burning with cigerettes

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