Child Maltreatment Flashcards
“Physical injury inflicted on a child by other than accidental means”
Abuse
“Failure, refusal or inability on the part of a parent, guardian, legal custodian or other person exercising temporary or permanent control over a child, for reasons other than poverty, to provide necessary care, food, clothing medical or dental care,or shelter so as to seriously endanger the physical health of the child”
Neglect
Long-term Consequences of CAN (Impaired brain development)
Mental retardation, learning disabilities.
Long-term Consequences of CAN (Physical disabilities)
Shaken baby syndrome, blindness,
Feeding problems, seizures,
Long-term Consequences of CAN (Poor school performance)
Truancy, discipline problems, lower test scores
Long-term Consequences of CAN Criminality
Increases likelihood of juvenile arrests by 59%
Long-term Consequences of CAN (ALL)
- Criminality
- Poor school performance
- Physical disabilities
- Impaired brain development
- Substance Abuse
- Psychological problems
- Financial cost to society
Long-term Consequences of CAN (Psychological problems)
Poor self-esteem, suicidal behavior, depression and/or anxiety
Maltreatment Risk factors (child)
- difficult temperament
- chronic illness
- multiple births (twins…)
- developmental or physical disabilities
- Low birth weight babies
- Premature infants
Which of the below is associated with juvenile delinquency and adult criminality?
A) Abuse and neglect
B) Maltreatment
B) Maltreatment
Most victims were abused by a _____?
parent or parents
Sexual abuse victims are most likely to be abused by ______?
non-relatives.
- Patterned injury which is caused by being whooped with a folded cord or belt.
Loop Marks
Suspect abuse If measurement between incisors on a bite mark is _______?
> 3mm
most common location for an inflicted burn on a child?
back of hands
