Child abuse is a serious matter. No matter what ethnic or social background someone comes from there is the potential for abuse. The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)‚ as amended and reauthorized by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010‚ defines child abuse and neglect as‚ “Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death‚ serious physical or emotional harm‚ sexual abuse or exploitation; or an act or failure to act which presents
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of child labor in the Philippines increased by almost 30 percent from 4.2 million in 2001 to 5.5 million last year‚ the 2011 Survey on Children of the National Statistics Office (NSO) indicate‚ alarming both the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The NSO‚ which ran a survey on working children last year‚ also said the number of children engaged in hazardous work increased by 25 percent from 2.4 million in 2001 to 3 million 2011. Hazardous child labor
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aren’t always effective‚ rational‚ or socially just (Argosy‚ 2013). An important social problem at hand is child welfare. “The protection of children from harm by their families and the provision of safe havens for children who are maltreated in their home environment are the twin goals of child welfare policy” (Jimenez‚ 2013). Child welfare policies were formulated to end problems of child abuse‚ maltreatment‚ or neglect by enforcing certain expectations and requirements of the safety of all children
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Child Soldiers In over 18 countries in the world‚ child soldiers and utilized and direct participants of war. These children‚ are denied a real childhood or any real life other then the destruction and death that surrounds them‚ an estimated 200‚000 to 300‚000 children are serving as soldiers for rebel groups and the government in wars that are going on in the world today. All of these children‚ from a young age participate in modern warfare. They hold AK-47s and M-16s on the front lines of these
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ANOTHER DIMENSION TO CHILD LABOUR: COUNSELLING IMPLICATIONS OMONI‚ G. E. PhD Institute of Education‚ Delta State University‚ Abraka email: egonomoni@yahoo.com and IJEH‚ S. U. Mrs College of Education Agbor Abstract The issue of child labour is an acclaimed universal phenomenon. This paper examines the reason for child labour‚ the types‚ problems‚ consequences and possible solution strategies. Specifically‚ the paper critically discusses the positive aspects of child labour and how it can be properly
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Wilson Jamikhan ENGL 2303 18 June 2013 Child Abuse Introduction I. The National Child Abuse Statistics stated that every six hours a child dies in the United States due to abuse or neglect. Child abuse is one of our nation ’s most serious public health problems. II. No‚ I was not abused nor have I witnessed abuse‚ but scientific studies show a link between child abuse and neglect of children and a wide range of medical‚ emotional‚ and behavioral disorders such as depression‚ alcohol abuse
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to be very interesting from chapter four was the importance of raising a child correctly. If a child is neglected and abused‚ the consequences a child has may not be detected at first but can show up later on when they grow up. There are different forms a child can be abused‚ they can be physical‚ psychological and behavioral. One of the common forms a child is physically abused is by being shaken. The injuries that a child may experience include bleeding in the eye or brain‚ damage to spinal cord
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Essay on Child Poverty: “Examine the characteristics and circumstances of children living in poverty‚ and assess the main responses of social policy towards improving their lives” Poverty is the greatest threat to the well being of children‚ it can affect every area of a child’s development social‚ educational and personal. There are currently 3.8 million children living in poverty in the UK according to (Barnardos 2011). The UK has one of the worst rates of child poverty in the industrialised
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Child labour Introduction Throughout the world‚ especially in the less-developed countries‚ an immeasurable amount of children have been involved in what has been called child labour‚ and its prevalence has now sparked much worry. Child labour can be defined as any work that is harmful to a child’s health or interrupt a child’s education (International Labour Organisation‚ 2012). According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO)‚ there were approximately 153 million child labourers aged
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Child Centred Environment Child centred environments are environments that are fully focused on the child. They may consist of child size furnishings (Mooney‚ 2006)‚ brightly coloured walls and nicely hung children’s paintings. All these factors contribute to a child’s learning environment. They promote positive interactions thus unknowingly allowing the child to learn languages and other essential life skills. UNICEF (2001) declares that child centred approach identifies that the child’s rights
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