Neglect And Emotional Abuse

This research paper is being submitted on December 8, 2011, for Mara Pehkonen’s M230 Medical Law and Ethics Course.

Child neglect is a form of maltreatment. In other words, it is the failure of parents, guardians or caregivers to meet the child’s needs such as adequate supervision, clothes, shelter, food, health treatments, education and nurturing their emotional, physical, cognitive and mental development. In this paper, we will talk about early childhood neglect from ages birth to five years old, and the benefits of child welfare-supervised children 's participation in center-based Early Care and Education (ECE). Additionally, we will focus on an evidence-based intervention in which we will explore the program’s benefits and positive outcomes for the children that attend the program in contrast to the ones that do not. Moreover, we will identify the correct system of care and some of the programs within the tri-county area that might implement this intervention. Additionally, we will talk about the demographics of the children and setting of which intervention is best for them. Lastly, we will give an estimation of how many sessions are needed for the intervention to work, and what sorts of trainings might be necessary for the well-being of the child.

The issue of child neglect still exists today and it is important that parents play their role in their child’s life despite any circumstance. The effects of child neglect could be long term or short term depending on how severe is the situation. Some of these negative effects can stay in a child’s memory for their entire life, which consist of past traumas. It’s be easier to make adjustments to a parent’s action when realizing their child could be affected too. This shows how love and affection is necessary by a parent towards their child. There are bright futures awaiting children if parents can show them a good example to follow. The problem pertains to when a parent that does not make their child a priority. It is not difficult to be there

Neglect and abuse are forms of mistreating a child. When a person causes harm to a child or fails to act to prevent harm this is abuse. Children are abused rerly by a stranger, but is possible. Usually children are abuse by somebody they know or a family member. A child is considered to be abused, or at risk of abuse when their basic needs are not being met through avoidable acts of either commission or omission by parents or

Protection is the actions that are undertaken to protect the individuals that are suffering from harm, abuse and neglect. This is just for certain individuals when someone thinks an individual is suffering from abuse, harm and/or neglect a team focuses on that one person and try to protect that individual.

Hi Adrianne, I agree with your post, which defined very well concerning physical abuse. It is heart wrenching to know that someone finds pleasure in abusing the helpless or the vulnerable population. Elderly abuse has been found in more forms one in particularly is physical. I work at a hospital and we do not have to guess where some elderly come from because of the soaked wet diapers, the patient’s yelling and screaming, bedsores, and poor hygiene. Many elderly adults are abused in their own homes, in relatives’ homes, and even in facilities responsible for their care. According to NIH (2017), many older people are victims of elder abuse. It is the mistreatment of an older person, usually by a caregiver. It can happen within the family. It

Approximately 45% of my life consisted of “spanking” or “punishment”. In today’s society, those actions are now considered child abuse and mistreatment. In 2014, state agencies identified an estimated 1,580 children who died as a result of abuse and neglect between four and five children a day (https://www.childhelp.org). Physical child abuse is one of the most common abuses we see today, but child abuse can also be emotional, sexual, or even neglect towards the child. Child abuse or mistreatment can cause emotional distress, use of drugs and alcohol, and changes in behavior from the child.

While reporting possible child abuse or neglect can be a very sensitive issue, you only need to suspect abuse or neglect to report the case. You are not expected to be an investigator since that is the job of the Social services and the police but you must try to follow the correct policies and procedure if you have concerns about a child's safety.

With child abuse and neglect being so prevalent globally, it is important to recognize why these types of maltreatment occur and is a relevant topic for all to explore. Many are interested in how child abuse and neglect affect the individuals who are victims as well as the use and efficacy of treatment procedures. Child abuse has serious physical and psycho-social consequences which adversely affect the health and overall well-being of a child. There are long-term consequences of experiencing these forms of maltreatment. Awareness and understanding needs to be brought to this devastatingly common crisis and the advancement of child abuse and neglect prevention needs to be encouraged.

In light of this information, when would Jesus say that divorce was a legitimate option? He doesn’t tell us that any other situations are a case for divorce. What then do we tell those that are in horrible abusive relationships? What do we tell those that have been raped? What about child abuse or child neglect? If you see your spouse in that situation with your children are you supposed to let it go on only because it’s not adultery? I believe that this is one of the things that make what Jesus said so unclear. There are many situations that require the action of removal. Physical and emotional abuse are two very, very clear cases for this. When a spouse is actively attacking the other with intent to harm or put the other “in their place” separation must happen. The wellbeing of the victim is of upmost importance. I believe that Jesus would say this as well. What if the feeling of love is lost between the two parties? If there are other grounds for divorce then is this okay? No, this is not divorce worthy. You work it out and learn to love the other. This learning to love is how many arranged marriages work. Holdeman Mennonites have a similar thing to an arranged marriage. One marries within a year of telling the other person about their feelings if the church elders find this relationship to be of God. The rest of their life is when they “date” the person they are married to.

The issue of child abuse and neglect is serious, controversial, and is escalating in today’s society. Many people are not aware, but child abuse is rampant in our society. Many child abuse and neglect cases go unreported because a person may not know the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect or perhaps the person or person may feel that this is an private issue and needs to be handle with in the home and no outsiders should be involved. Without the proper awareness of child abuse and neglect and the involvement of everyone this issue will continue to raise our eyebrows.

I can give very many examples of this kind of abuse from a narcissistic ex-husband and father to my children.

Children who are abused or neglected are more likely to commit delinquent acts and develop personality disorders such as antisocial personality disorder. Child abuse includes sexual, physical, psychological or neglect. Sexual abuse is rape, intercourse, rape, fondling or sodomy. Physical abuse is harming or inflicting damage by punching, kicking, hitting, slapping, burning or beating. Psychological abuse includes mental, verbal and emotional abuse which is berating words, derogating remarks, lack of love, lack of attention, making the child feel worthless, hostile emotions projected towards the child and threats. Neglect includes not meeting the child’s basic needs such as shelter, food, supervision, medical care, etc.

Child abuse/ child neglect has been an interest of mine after I read the book Child called IT written by Dave Pelzer. Since then it has been an interest of mind to distinguish the causes of maltreatment towards a child. At a young age, I was aware the great involvement of socio-economic factors had for child neglect. As I grew older and became aware of my families’ socio-economic status and started comparing myself with the children in my neighborhood, who also had similar socio-economic status. It became clear to me that although we, (the kids in my neighborhood and myself) shared the same socio-economic status, we difference in how we were raised. I believe studying parental attribution is important to the field of developmental psychology. Psychologist like Erik Erikson discussed the importance of parent involvement in child’s development. Giving society a way to depict risk factors and warning signs for child neglect and provide resources for family, mostly single-parent household in which child neglect is present. I will be reviewing the journal article “Child Neglect and Maternal Cross-Relational Social Cognitive and Neurocognitive Disturbances” written by Sandra T. Azar, Devin J McGuire and Elizabeth A. Miller. An article discussing the correlation study conducted to show the relationship between child neglect and maternal cross-relational social cognitive and neurocognitive disturbance.

Many kids have to deal with child abuse which mostly leads to weeks in a hospital. After