Extent of Maltreatment: The household consist of Shaquana L. Wright 37, (maltreating caregiver/mother), Demecia Harris 4, (victim), and Annie Howard (Grandmother). Shaquana Wright, 37(maltreating caregiver), mother of Demecia does not reside in the home Annie Howard (maternal grandmother/caregiver) but frequently visits the home of to care for the child. The maltreatment addressed in this case is Substance Misuse and Environmental Hazards. The child in the home is functioning normally. Child is not exhibiting hunger issues or looking unkempt.
Annotated Bibliography American Academy of Pediatrics. "Child Abuse and Neglect: the section of child abuse and neglect (SOCAN). " n.d. A. aap Organizaton Website. Print. 22 November 2016.
Dear Class According to the PowerPoint presentation, children under the age of 18 represent the largest age demographic of poverty in the US (Crossom-Tower, 2013, slide 4). Child abuse and neglect are deeply intertwined with family poverty. Family poverty has its roots in homelessness, income inequality, unemployment, and a lack of governmental safety nets (Crossom-Tower, 2013, slide 4). In fact, child poverty has grown to epidemic proportions, and the government seemingly cannot respond quickly enough with programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), minimum wage increases, and State Child Health Insurance Programs -- among other remedies (Crossom-Tower, 2013, slide 9).
In the article, “Child Physical Abuse,” by …… .shares the procedure of what exactly physical abuse is, what to look for, and what you can do to help a child who is going through rough times at home. Physical Abuse is where a child is experiencing violence from parents or guardians in their home, which can lead to different signs such as; bruising, burns, bites, and marks in strange areas. Once you know what physical abuse is, then you can start helping the child. A child who is showing alarming injuries on their bodies can be a sign that the child is dealing with some sort of abuse.
The consequences of poverty are long and severe throughout a lifetime. Child poverty merits attention because a substantial body of research links poverty with lower levels of a child’s well-being. For a variety of reasons, when compared with children from more affluent families, poor children are more likely to have low academic achievement, they are more likely to drop out of school, have health, behavioral, language and emotional problems. Poverty affects a child’s development and educational outcomes beginning in the earliest years. These linkages are particularly strong for children whose family’s experience the deep controlling cycle of poverty.
After watching the second part of Removed it really touched my heart because it really show the power of an outside support system. Mya went through a tough childhood with her father being abusive, her mother being unavailable, being tossed around from home to home and being separated from her bother. It took one person to show her that they cared and display patience with her. Many people including her mother ignored her feelings and that at times forgot that she was just a child. In the end children who experience childhood trauma have the opportunity to grow and develop into competent and successful adults.
The number of children entering the U.S Child Welfare System (CWS) has increased in the past two decades. Children birth to five years of age make up almost half (46.7%) of the new victims of child maltreatment in the U.S and over a third (38.4%) of all children in foster care (Merrit & Klien, 2015). Research done over the last twenty-five years has shown that severe parental neglect has an extreme effect on child development. In the U.S, neglect constitutes for 54% of maltreated victims each year (Sylvestre & Merette,
The journal Child Abuse and Neglect included an article by Carmit Katz in 2014 titled, The dead end of domestic violence: Spotlight on children’s narratives during forensic investigations following domestic homicide. The article’s focus was to expose how children who witnessed their father murder their mother narrate this experience. The approach used in this study was thematic analysis of seven interviews, which is finding patterns within the data. The study employed inductive and semantic data analysis meaning there is no preexisting model or frame for the data and that the researchers views the data at face value and does not attempt to look beyond the actual words used. The results were not what I expected, the children did not fully
Child maltreatment is a crucial social problem which is related to a complex of various aspects of the functioning of society and its beneficial evolution. The growth of the level of attention devoted to the problems of upbringing resulted in the appearance of a number of important questions. The relations within a family, the condition sunder which a child grows and factors that influence the formation of his/her psyche are the major concerns related to the issue of child maltreatment and its investigation. A number of scientists seek to determine the impact it might has on the further life of a child and his/her socialization. Additionally, the reconsideration of the approach towards psychosis and numerous attempts to elucidate the main concepts
In Chapter 7, the subject of childhood witnesses was briefly discussed as one of the methods that can be used to challenge the competency. A child witness is anyone who is under the age of 18 who is expected to testify about something he or she experienced, saw or heard. A competency examination regarding a child may be conducted only if the court determines, on the record, that compelling reasons exist. A child’s age alone is not a compelling reason. There are only certain peoples that are permitted to be present during the competency examination, those are: (1) the judge, (2) the attorney for the Government, (3) the attorney for the defendant, (4) a court reporter and, (5) a person whose presence is necessary for the welfare and well-being of the child, this may include the child 's attorney, child 's parent or guardian.
One of, if not the most important issue regarding child welfare is the role parents play in their children’s lives. A major issue facing the protection of children is lack of proper parenting education. According to research by the National Children’s Alliance “More than 3 million American children are investigated for child maltreatment each year. " The site also states that “Nearly 700,000 children are abused in the U.S annually" and even more alarming statics is that “In 2016, an estimated 1,750 children died from abuse and neglect in the United States.” A major part of this issue stems from parents who overwhelmed or are underprepared to be parents lacking the proper resources and parental knowledge to take care of their children.
Each year in America alone, an estimate of two million children, ranging from infants to teenagers go through minor or major kinds of abuse which include neglect, physical, emotional, and sexual maltreatment. According to the National American Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, neglect represented 54% of confirmed cases of child abuse, physical abuse represented 22%, sexual abuse represented 8%, emotional maltreatment represented 4%, and other forms of maltreatment represented12%. It also indicates that child abuse is far more common in single-parent families than in families where both parents are
This is very interesting to me because a lot of people equate poverty with neglect and this is not the case, just because you may be poor doesn’t mean that you are a neglectful parent, there are children that live below the poverty level and their parents love them and nurture them and care for them better than a child that lives in a million dollar home. So just because you have money it doesn’t necessarily mean that you are caring for your child, you may not clean or cook or know how to nurture your own child and that is a form of neglect. Now because a family is living in poverty the stress of that may cause neglect, and that is the economic theory of child neglect, so there are some families that live in poverty and are perfectly happy still loving and nurturing their children, and there are some families that can’t handle the poverty that in turn causes stress and in some cases may result in neglect, that is an example of that fine line. There are many
Child abuse can be a once of instance or it can be a reoccurring situation. There are 4 different types of childe abuse:- • Physical • Sexual • Emotional • Neglect Some behavioral indicators that may be observed in a child that has been either abused or maltreated are things such as:- Physical Physical abuse is when the child has suffered from physical trauma or an injury that was not an accident and may leave marks. Some of these are:- • Being hit •
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