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Child Neglect Flashcards

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Neglect definition

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When the parent or caretaker fails to provide for the child’s needs.

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Neglect Includes experience in which a caretaker

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either deliberately or by extraordinary inattentiveness
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permits the child to experience avoidable suffering
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or
fails to provide one or more of the ingredients generally essential for nurturing the development of
physical
intellectual
emotional
capabilities

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Definitions of neglect that emphasize parental blame and/or responsibility may…

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focus so narrowly that they fail to understand the caretaker’s circumstances

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Inclusion of social factors such as SES in the definition underscores?

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the complexity of defining neglectful behaviours

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5
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Neglect is typically viewed as an act of ??? vs ???

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Neglect is an Act of omission vs commission

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Speak to the scope of the problem

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It is the most frequently reported form of child abuse.

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Scholars typically assess severity of neglect according to?

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severity of neglect

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Any given behaviour can be interpreted as neglectful or not depending on 3 factors:

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Severity of consequences
Frequency and duration
Cultural issues

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According to Roberta’s slides, where is the conundrum with neglect?

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Difficult to identify and document what did not happen.

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Severity of consequences
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The severity of neglect is referred to in the text as?

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Harm standard vs. endangerment standard

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Severity of consequences
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How is severity of consequences assessed?

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according how serious the consequences to the child or the degree of demonstrable harm

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Severity of consequences
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What are 2 problems with including a criterion of demonstrable harm?

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  • some outcomes are difficult to measure and prove in court

* some delayed consequences will not be readily identified (children may not be harmed immediately or directly)

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Severity of consequences
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Because neglect is hard to measure and children may not be harmed immediately or directly – this is a dilemma – what was put in place?

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An endangerment standard

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Severity of consequences
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The endangerment standard allows for?

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Reporting of cases in which children demonstrated no actual harm (the harm standard), but in which potential harm is probable.

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Frequency and duration
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Describe chronically neglectful families

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A pattern of behaviours are often a result of multiple problems and deficits, including lack of knowledge, skills and tangible resources

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Frequency and duration
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Chronically neglectful families require?

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multiple interventions and supports for long duration

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Frequency and duration
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Describe NONchronically neglectful families

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have experienced recent significant crises (divorce) that overwhelms their normally sufficient coping abilities. This causes them to become neglectful

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Frequency and duration
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NONchronically neglectful families require?

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short-term, crisis intervention and stress management support

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Frequency and duration
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A single incident might be considered?

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parental error and a normal part of parenting.

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Cultural issues
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Say more

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The age at which a child is seen to be capable of certain responsibilities differs. Social context of a family’s culture/beliefs is important factor in defining and intervening in child neglect.

21
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Canadian Statistics in Review – 1998 study name?
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What did it review?

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Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect
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Children who were reported to, and investigated by, child welfare services during a three-month period.

22
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Canadian Statistics in Review – what did it show

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50% of reports of failure to supervise/protect physically were substantiated
20% substantiated cases of physical neglect
Everything else (educational neglect, permitting criminal behaviour, etc.) was around 10%
23
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Characteristics of Neglected Children
• Age –
• Gender –
• Ethnicity –

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  • Age – younger children at higher risk
  • Gender – no difference
  • Ethnicity – linked to socio-economic status
24
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The risk of neglect _____ with age of the children?
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_____ _____ is higher with younger children
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_____ _____ emotional neglect increases for older children.

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The risk of neglect decreases with age of the children.
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Physical neglect is higher with younger children
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Emotional neglect increases for older children.

25
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First Nations children have a higher risk of? (2)
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What is the connection there? What is the connection to higher levels of trauma in the community at large for First Nations people?

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neglect and being poor

26
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Characteristics of Neglectful Parents
Who are likely to be most neglectful?
Age of parents?
Who are more likely to be reported as neglectful?

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Birth parents more likely to be neglectful

Age varies so inconclusive

Gender – mothers more likely to be identified

27
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Why are mothers more likely to be reported for neglect?

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Gender – societal construction of the role + responsibilities of mothers = primary care givers so more likely to be reported.

28
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Canadian Picture -Canadian Incidence Study 2003
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8 types of neglect recognized
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Failure to:
SOS
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Neglect:
PME
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AP
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Failure to:
• supervise or protect, leading to physical harm
• obtain tx for mental, emotional or developmental problems
• supervise or protect, leading to sexual harm
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Neglect:
• physical
• medical
• educational
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Abandonment or refusal to care for
Permitting maladjusted or criminal behaviour

29
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Here is a look at substantiated cases of all 8 types of neglect

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Failure to
supervise – 35% (physical harm??)
provide psychological Treatment – 2%
supervise – sexual – 4%

Neglect:
• physical – 32%
• medical – 6%
• educational – 8%

Abandonment 11%
Criminal behaviour 2%

30
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Agencies invest significant amounts of time and services in these families. In one study, involvement of social services.
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In one study Roberta mentioned, neglectful families needed about 60 months of supervision. Despite this amount of time…

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The study also assessed the potential for child abuse in these families and found that, despite the amount of time the agency was involved, the potential didn’t change. It remained high.

31
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Aspects of mothers’ situations which predict increased potential for neglect (5)
LLL HF

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Limited education
Living alone
Lack of biological mother in their support system
Having more than three children
Family violence towards the children
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Aspects of mothers’ situations which predict increased potential:
Limited education
Living alone
Lack of biological mother in their support system
Having more than three children
Family violence towards the children 
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These factors are related to?
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both the mothers’ current situation and their past histories

33
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What are the 3 critical variables for mothers?

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Mental health problems

Childhood foster care placements

Past trauma

34
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Childhood trauma in the lives of mothers influenced their potential for …

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all types of maltreatment –
emotional / physical / sexual abuse
emotional / physical neglect

35
Q

Mothers with moderate childhood trauma had considerably higher mean scores for…
in comparison to…

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emotional abuse and sexual abuse
than
those who had experienced severe childhood trauma

36
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Household characteristics
Compared to other investigated families…
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2 points re. households where neglect takes place

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• Least likely to have FT employment – 41%
• 34% identified as receiving some type of benefits
(EI, social assistance)

37
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Housing
Purchased homes?
Private market rentals or public housing?
Moving?

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Smaller proportion of child victims were living in purchased homes – 19%

Living in private market rentals or public housing – 68%

More likely to have moved at least once in the past 12 months – 35%

38
Q

Consequences of neglect (4)

SPEC

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Social and attachment difficulties

Cognitive and academic deficits

Emotional and behavioural problems

Physical consequences

39
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Consequences of neglect
• Social and attachment difficulties (3)
• Cognitive and academic deficits
• Emotional and behavioural problems
• Physical consequences
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  • disturbed parent/child attachment
  • disturbed parent/child interactions
  • disturbed peer interactions
40
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Consequences of neglect
• Social and attachment difficulties
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Social and attachment – difficulty in social adjustment. Attachment is disturbed for these children. These problems continue throughout?
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How do they show up?
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elementary school

41
Q 
Consequences of neglect
• Social and attachment difficulties
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How do problems show up in elementary school?
CAPS
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communication problems
aggression and anger
poor social skills with peers
socially withdrawn

42
Q 
Consequences of neglect
• Social and attachment difficulties
• Cognitive and academic deficits (4) 
• Emotional and behavioural problems
• Physical consequences
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LOAP
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DEFICITS IN
Language abilities
Overall intelligence
Academic skills
Problem-solving
43
Q 
Consequences of neglect
• Social and attachment difficulties
• Cognitive and academic deficits
• Emotional and behavioural problems (4)
• Physical consequences
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  • apathy/withdrawal
  • low self esteem
  • physical/verbal aggression
  • difficulty recognizing + discriminating emotions
44
Q 
Consequences of neglect
• Social and attachment difficulties
• Cognitive and academic deficits
• Emotional and behavioural problems
• Physical consequences (4)
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As children
• death
• failure to thrive as infants
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LT
• cognitive deficits
• psychiatric disorders
45
Q

The experience of child neglect results in significant developmental problems that are…?

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cumulative across development

46
Q

Negative outcomes are similar

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across developmental stages

47
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Interventions (2)

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Parenting education

Identifying high risk parents

48
Q

How are high risk parents identified? (2)

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Prenatal classes

Assessed when having baby in hospital

49
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Examples of intervention programs in MB? (4)

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Triple P parenting program CATC

Healthy Child home visitors

Elswood and Crocus Plains parenting classes

Teen parent programs

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