MODULE 5:

CHILD ABUSE
Here starts
the lesson!
WHAT IS CHILD
ABUSE ?
 Child Abuse
→ is not just physical violence
directed at a child. It is any
form of maltreatment by an
adult, which is violent or
threatening for the child. This
includes neglect. When child
abuse occurs in the home and
the abuser is, for example, the
child's parent or care-giver, this
is a form of domestic violence .
 Child Abuse

One useful definition of an

abused child is “any child who
receives non-accidental physical
injury as a result of acts or
omissions on the part of his
parents.
These discussions strongly suggest that parents
should have an effective treatment that requires an
effectively attuned relationship with children. Their
children feel secure; hence their development is
balanced.
1. Child Abuse- this refers to the maltreatment
of a child whether habitual or not, which
includes any of the following:
1.Psychological and physical abuse, sexual
abuse, cruelty, neglect and emotional
maltreatment;
2. An act which could either be by words or deeds which
debases, degrades or demeans the intrinsic worth and
dignity of a child as a person;
3. Deprivation of the child’s basic needs unreasonably
for survival such as food, clothes, and shelter;and
4. No medical treatment is given to an injured child
which results in a serious impairment of his growth and
development or in his permanent incapacity or death.
2. SEXUAL ABUSE

→ it is any sexual act

between an adult and a
minors when one exerts
power on the other.
● It is any
employment,use,persuasion,induce
ment, enticement, coercion of
child to engage in, or assist
another person engage in sexual
intercourse or lascivious conduct,
or the molestation, prostitution,
or incest with children.
 3.BATTERED CHILD
SYNDROME
→ refers to child
abuse and neglect

Example of battered
child syndrome image
 FORMS OF CHILD
ABUSE
THE KIND OF CHILD
ABUSE ARE:
1.PHYSICAL ABUSE
→ it is any act which results
in non-accidental and/or
unreasonable inflicting of
physical injury to a child
which( includes but is not
limited to
lacerations,fractures,burns,str
angulation,human bites,and
similar acts. It is also known
as child battering.
2. PSYCHOLOGICAL
Exam
ABUSE nt
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→ it is any harm to a
child’s emotional or
intellectual functioning
through verbal assault,
which includes but is not
limited to cursing,
belittling, rejecting and
other similar acts.
3.DECEPTION
→ it is the deprivation of
children’s proper learning
opportunity by giving
them incorrect ideas and
concepts. As a result,
they may develop an
inclination to solve
problems through
violence, promiscuity or
drug abuse.
4.CHILD TRAFFICKING

→ it is the act of
engaging in trading,and
dealing with children
including but not limited
to, the act of buying and
selling a child for money
or for any consideration ,
or barter.
 5.NEGLECT
→ it is the deprivation of
the child’s basic needs
unreasonably,such as
food,shelter,clothing,educa
tion,medical,general care,
love,concern,and
supervision by parents,
guardians or custodian.
 6.CHILD LABOR
Children below 15 years of age are employed,
allowed, permitted to suffer from work in any
public or private establishment not directly
under the responsibility of their parents or
guardians or employing minors as artists,
actors, actresses, entertainers, and the like
without a work permit. The number of child
workers under the age of ten is far from
negligible, although the internationally
recommended age for work is fifteen years old
(ILO Convention No.138). Almost all the data
available on child labor concerns the ten to
fourteen age groups.
7. ABUSERS AND
NEGLECTERS
 .THE SPECIAL PARENT
The parent who has the
potential to be abusive, most
often has also been abused
during his childhood days. He has
been described as emotionally
immature, lacking self- esteem,
inexperienced and having
unrealistic expectations of the
child like having in mind the
child should be “someone to love
me and never leave me”.
 .THE SPECIAL CHILD
The child is viewed
differently from other
children in the family.
The child may be
physically handicapped or
may be regarded with
special meaning (a child
of a former marriage or
resembles a negatively
regarded person).
CHARACTERISTICS
OF ABUSIVE
PARENTS