Child Abuse

Child abuse or child maltreatment is

physical, sexual, psychological maltreatment or
neglect of a child or children, especially by a
parent or other caregiver.
Types of child abuse
Physical abuse
This includes hitting, beating, kicking, shaking,
biting, strangling, scalding, burning, poisoning and
suffocating.
 Much physical violence against children in the home
is inflicted with the object of punishing.
 Sexual abuse
Forms of CSA include asking or pressuring a child to
engage in sexual activities, indecent exposure of the 
genitals to a child, displaying pornography to a child.
Actual sexual contact with a child, physical contact with
the child's genitals, viewing of the child's genitalia
without physical contact.
Psychological abuse
Describing it as "no accidental verbal or symbolic
acts by a child's parent or caregiver that result, or
have reasonable potential to result, in significant
psychological harm to the child.
 Neglect
Child neglect is the failure of a parent or other person with
responsibility for the child, to provide needed food,
clothing, shelter, medical care, or supervision to the degree
that the child's health, safety or well-being may be
threatened with harm
Causes
Assessment
Assessment
High Scope COR (Child Observation Record) 
 
Educators follow COR’s three step process:

1) observe and record,

2) score, using the Online COR
3) report findings to share.
 Treatment
Medical care
f necessary, help the child seek appropriate medical care..
Follow-up care with a doctor or other health care provider
may be required.
Psychotherapy
Help a child who has been abused learn to trust again
Teach a child about normal behavior and relationships
Teach a child conflict management and boost self-esteem
 Treatment
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy. This type
of therapy helps a child to better manage distressing feelings
and to deal with trauma-related memories..
Child-parent psychotherapy. Discover the roots of abuse
Learn effective ways to cope with life's inevitable frustrations
Learn healthy parenting strategies
 Support
Encourage the child to tell you what happened. .
Remind the child that he or she isn't responsible for
the abuse. .
Offer comfort. .
 Support
Report the abuse. Contact a local child protective
agency or the police department. Authorities will
investigate the report and, if necessary, take steps to
ensure the child's safety.
Help the child remain safe. Consider additional
support. If the abuse has occurred at school.