CAAN - Child Abuse and Neglect
1-800-96-abuse - correct answer-Operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, toll free
telephone number 800-962-2873.
Abandoning a child - correct answer-means to give up and leave child, neglect means to pay
little or no attention to child's needs or not being able to meet them
Child - correct answer-Any person under the age of 18 years.
Child abuse - correct answer-Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the
intellectual or psychological capacity of a child by the parent, adult household member, or
other person responsible for the child's welfare.
Emotional - Examples - correct answer-· Conveying that a child is worthless
· Terrorizing a child
· Witnessing domestic violence
· Not allowing child to have friends
· Name calling
· Not allowing child to eat, drink, use bathroom
Emotional neglect - correct answer-Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention,
warmth, supervision and normal living experiences for a child to the extent that the child is
impaired in ability to function normally in performance and behavior.
Failure to thrive - correct answer-Can be an outcome of emotional abuse or lack of
emotional care (holding, rocking, singing, touching, and loving) that occurs during infancy
and early childhood.
This can cause an infant or child's weight to drop below the fifth percentile
Immunity - correct answer-Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting
"in good faith."
Inadequate supervision - correct answer-When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their
physical and emotional development level or when a child is left in the care of someone who
does not provide adequate supervision.
Institutional abuse or neglect - correct answer-Situations of known or suspected child abuse
or neglect which occurs at the institution where the person allegedly perpetrating the child
abuse or neglect is an employee of a private school, public or private child care center,
residential home, institution, program, or agency or any other person at such institution
responsible for the child's care.
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