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The Children's Bureau publicized in their last pole that every year 754,000 children are abused or neglected by a parent. This consists of abuses such as physical, mental, and neglect. The Glass Castle, a memoir by Jeannette Walls, tells stories that Jeannette remembers as a normality. However, it truly opens the reader’s eyes to a new standard for parental neglect. It seems that Jeannette grew up in cases of extreme abuse and neglect, and this causes her to rely on her siblings and gives her motivation to be successful. Jeannette’s parents, Rex and Rosemary Walls, most certainly had an interesting lifestyle causing short and long-term effects for all four of their children. Throughout the book, Rex’s substance abuse and Rosemary’s neglect

There are four types of development, physical, cognitive, emotional, and social. Physical development is the growth of gross and fine motor, skills. Gross motor skills are walking, running, throwing, and crawling. Fine motor skills are writing, holding a fork, and using scissors. Physical development is also the easiest to see. Cognitive development is mental development. This development includes learning to recite the alphabet, recognize shapes and colors, problem solve, and use words and phrases. Emotional development is learning what feelings are and being able to recognize what they mean and why they happen. Social development is learning how to interact with other people. There are many things and situations that can affect any of these

Jerry Sanduski, an assistant football coach for the Penn State, engaging in sexual abuse of children over a period of at least fifteen years. The scandal broke tate Nittany Lions in early November 2011 when Sandusky was indicted on fifty-two counts of child molestation. Although Sandusky's abuse may have begun in the 1970s, he was charged with abuse that occurred between 1994 and 2009. , obstruction of justice, failure to report suspected child abuse, and related charges. The Board of Trustees commissioned an independent investigation by former FBI director Louis Freeh and his law firm. The Freeh Report stated that Spanier and Paterno, along with Curley and school vice president Gary Schultz, had known about allegations of child abuse on Sandusky's

Marty Deeks is a complicated guy filled with contradictions and extremes. We only know the basics of his life before NCIS, but what we know isn’t a fairytale. He had an incredibly difficult childhood filled with trauma. How did that childhood influence the man he grew to become? This question has always intrigued me, so I set out to learn about childhood trauma and its effects on adult survivors.

The effects of sexual or physical abuse can also last for a long time, especially as mentally, physically and emotionally underdeveloped as a child is. Some children can cope very well with very horrible situations while others can be very distressed by a minor incident. However, having to go through the court system shortly after the abuse occurred will surely take a toll on the child. Having the child relive the trauma multiple times by having them testify in court in front of their abuse, which is especially traumatic as in some countries such as the United States have a right to confront their accuser; and having them go through sometimes multiple interviews would create harmful short-term as well as long-term effects on the child.

Abused children often have trouble having their allegations collaborated as legal and social service investigations of abuse allegations contribute to inaccurate eyewitness accounts and false memories that make it difficult for the legal system to protect these vulnerable children (Goodman, et al., 2001). Clinicians find it hard to classify abused from nonabused children due to a lack of a psychological profile for abused children (Kendall-Tackett, Williams, & Finkelhor, 1993). When there are no other witnesses to corroborate children’s accounts, investigators often employ suggestive interviewing techniques that sometimes shape children’s false memories that build the investigators’ reports (Krackow & Lynn, 2003). Some research has found that nonabused children

Child abuse is a topic that is found in the general population, but is an underestimated problem. Abuse is evident both physically, psychologically, sexually, or even in the form of neglect. For example, in the memoir A Child Called "It", David Pelzer’s experiences of abuse by his mother are shared as well as his road to help. Although the majority of his experiences are physical, the emotional effects of abuse he faces are evident as he views himself in a way she has taught him too, and slowly loses hope and faith of a future or of being loved by anyone. There are many ways to help suffering children in the world, and some of it can even be done by starting at home.

Child abuse remains a serious issue in the United States. There are several potential outcomes that stem from child abuse, the most tragic being death. Of the survivors, there are children that are able to overcome their abuse and transition into healthy adulthood. Then there are the children who survive but are unable to overcome their abuse. The purpose of this research paper is to create an awareness about the children who are unable to overcome their abuse, to understand what fosters resilience in the children who are able to overcome their abuse and confirm that resilience can be fostered through community engagement. What is resilience and why is important to foster in abused children? Identifying the path to resiliency would bridge

After learning the summary of every child’s rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, I am more concerned about mental health resources for children, especially for children who experience traumas. According to United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef, 1989), “Children who have been neglected, abused or exploited should receive special help to physically and psychologically recover and reintegrate into society”. Children who experience traumatic events have right to receive rehabilitation services from communities, school, health care facilities. I believe rehabilitations are same as important as preventions in child welfare programs. However, child welfare in the United States still is under consideration

Social workers daily experience cases that are intriguing. However, a social worker presented with a case that involve adolescents and trauma is presented an intricate and prodigious case. The trauma experienced by adolescents in these events put adolescents at a high probability of at-risk behaviors and disconcerting life events. The Cyntioa Brown case is a prime example of how an adolescent who has experienced traumatic life experiences displayed at-risk behaviors associated with disconcerting life events.

The most importance population I care about are children/adolescents that have experience some form of trauma. They are the most vulnerable because they are not in control of the lives they have been placed in. They suffer based off the consequences of their guardians or their environment. I believe that I am their voice of reasoning. Due to many children/adolescents that has experience trauma, their cognitive function has been disrupted. Most children are unable to fully understand the decisions made for them. This population tend to have limitations as far as learning disabilities or the mental capacity to see the world for what it is. What I mean by that, is children are naive and often adults easily manipulate them. They deprive children of their rights and self-respect/esteem and some children would never know that inappropriate practices are happening to them.

First off this book is incredibly disturbing telling you things that you would never think could happen to someone, none the less a kid. It’s written by Dave Pelzer who is the child who had to go through all of this. His perspective and message behind this book is child abuse is happening and it’s worse than we think. It was written in 1995, and it’s meant for all who are willing to listen about what he went through and what’s happening around them. This book is extremely reliable taking you through the experience of child abuse through the eyes of one of the worst cases I’ve ever heard of. The Author starts the story with his rescue, he tells of how he was sent to the school nurse after coming to school with a bruise on his head from being slammed into the kitchen counter for

The book The Wounded Heart is a book written for the purpose of offering hope for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse. The book examines the reality there are so many victims of sexual abuse who are now adults, and are still suffering the consequences of the abuse they encounter as child, and how these sexual abuse have not only destroy their trust in people, but it has damage their current relationships, how it has impacted their dreams for the future, it has caused people to suffer from anxiety, depression, stress, anger, how it has made them feel with a sense of guilt and shame, even though it was not their fault. This book takes a look at the issues related to sexual abuse, while also looking for God for peace and

The American Psychological Association (2009) defines resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress, such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. It means ‘bouncing back’ from difficult experiences. An example of resilience in psychology is children who suffer from abuse. The negative effects of childhood abuse are well-documented. These include psychological difficulties such as conduct disorders, personality disorders, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, intense feelings of shame, difficulty expressing emotions, and relationship challenges (Crete & Singh, 2015). Although many survivors experience significant personal and relational challenges due to abuse, others not only survive but also develop resilience. For instance, those who make meaning from their abuse may demonstrate resilience through helping others, overcoming psychological illnesses, and fostering healthy personal relationships (Crete & Singh,

A set of assumptions or rules on which the practice of an activity is based on is called a theory. It is also a fundamental or a basis used to account for a situation. There are several theories used in counseling practice. However, in this essay, I will only deal with the three prominent theories, which are, Psychoanalytic theory, Behavioral theory and Humanistic theory.