DCF Child Abuse and Neglect 100%
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2024 Guide
What is child abuse?
- Correct Answer - Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver,
whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, death,
emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many
forms of child maltreatment, including neglect, physical, sexual,
exploitation and emotional abuse
What is physical abuse?
- Correct Answer - Physical abuse of a child is when a parent or
care giver causes any non-accidental physical injury to a child.
There are many signs of physical abuse. If you see any of the
following signs, please get help right away.
What is sexual abuse?
- Correct Answer - Sexual abuse occurs when an adult uses a
child for sexual purposes or involves a child and sexual acts. it
,also includes when a child who is older or more powerful uses
another child for sexual gratification or excitement.
emotional abuse
- Correct Answer - When a parent or caregiver harms a child's
mental and social development, or causes severe emotional
harm, it is considered emotional abuse. while a single incident
may be abuse, most often emotional abuse is a pattern of
behavior that causes damage over time
Child neglect
- Correct Answer - Tell neglect is when a parent or caregiver
does not give the care supervision affection and support needed
for a child health safety and well-being child neglect includes
physical neglect and in adequate supervision emotional neglect
medical neglect educational neglect
Every year more than 3.6 million referral I made it to child
protection agencies including more than 6.6 million children a
referral can include multiple children
, - Correct Answer - The United States has one of the worst
record among in the industrialization nations losing an average
between four and seven children every day to child abuse and
neglect
A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds
- Correct Answer -
In one study 80% of 21-year-olds who reported child her abuse
medic Reterio for at least one psychological disorder
- Correct Answer -
Child-abuse fatalities
- Correct Answer - We must learn to recognize early signs of
abuse in order to help save the five children that day every day
from child abuse and neglect
In 2014 state agencies identified an estimated 1580 children who
died as a result of abuse and neglect between four and five
children a day however studies also indicate significant
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