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CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT EXAM #3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT EXAM #3QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Neglect - Answer-an act of "Omission." Failure to provide minimal care or adequate
supervision to the extent that a hazard exists to the child's health or safety
Four criteria used to determine "adequate supervision" in cases of child maltreatment: -
Answer-1) child's age (biological age) 2) child's competence (e.g., maturity, intellectual
ability, reasoning ability) 3) length of time unsupervised 4) structure of unsupervised
time (e.g., what types of safeguards did parent have in place, if any?)
Forms/Types of Neglect: - Answer-1.Physical health care: failure to provide for the
medical or dental needs of the child
2. Mental health care: failure to provide for the mental health care (psychological needs)
of the child
3. Supervision: failure to provide adequate supervision in and out of the home (includes
truancy and depends on age of child)
4. Substitute childcare: child is abandoned or parent/guardian does not return within 48
hours to substitute care provider without notifying provider
5. Housing Hazards: failure to protect the child from hazards such as dangerous
substances of objects
6. Household sanitation: failure to insure that the child is protected from spoiled foods,
garbage, or human excrement, including malfunctioning toilets
7. Personal hygiene: failure to keep the child's person and clothes clean and free from
dirt and excrement
8. Nutrition: failure to provide regular and ample meals and failure to protect child from
spoiled products or a diet which could cause physical health problems
9.Educational: failure to provide for a child's educational development (e.g. Chronic
truancy - child misses an average of 5 days a month, and there must be evidence that
the parents were notified of the problem but did not attempt to alter the child's behavior
10. Failure-to-thrive (FTT): the infant has fallen below the fifth percentile in weight and
often in height (the condition is due to "organic," "biological," "medical" causes - e.g.,
gastrointestinal problems)
, 11. Non-organic failure-to-thrive (NFTT): the infant has fallen below the fifth percentile in
weight and often in height (this condition may be due to parental inexperience, however
"Maternal Deprivation" has largely been held accountable for the NFTT syndrome. Mom
is not bonding with infant. Attachment problem
NOTE: FTT and NFTT are defined exactly the same. The diff
Etiology (Causes of Neglect) - Answer-Several theories: 1. Economic: emphasizes the
role of material deprivation and poverty as the cause of neglect
2. Ecological: a family's behavior is seen as a response to the larger social context in
which it is embedded (e.g., the neighborhood, the culture, society)
3. Personalistic: attributes neglect to individual differences among parental personality
characteristics (e.g., apatheticfutile, impulse ridden, reactive depression, borderline,
psychotic, mental retardation)
TREATMENT - Answer-After an assessment is conducted, if we find that the family's
neglect is due to "economic" causes → therapists need to work with social service
agencies to help families identify the resources they need -If the cause of neglect is
"ecological," therapists can help families identify ways in which their neighborhood, their
cultural beliefs or societal factors that may underlie their neglect and assist them with
adapting or making changes -If the cause of neglect is "personalistic," therapists can
conduct psychotherapy to help clients deal with their personality issues
Psychological/Emotional Maltreatment - Answer-Note: Psychological Maltreatment is
also referred to as "Emotional Maltreatment." While the chapter in this current edition of
the textbook is entitled
"Psychological Maltreatment," I want students to be familiar with both terms since social
service and mental health workers use both terms.
Psychological/emotional maltreatment remain the most difficult type of abuse or neglect
to define or isolate -Some child development experts argue that almost all parents are
guilty of psychological/emotional maltreatment of children at some time or other (e.g., if
you have ever yelled at your child)
-However, the types of maltreatment discussed in this chapter refer to a pattern of
behavior in parents/guardians
Psychological/Emotional Maltreatment: involves acts or omissions by parents that
jeopardize the development of self-esteem, of social competence, of the capacity for
intimacy, of positive and healthy interpersonal relationships
-Psychological/Emotional Maltreatment has two components: - Answer-
1)Psychological/Emotional Neglect (omission, failure to provide)
2) Psychological/Emotional Abuse (act, commission)
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