After completing this course you will learn to:

• Define and recognize various forms of child abuse.
• Identify 14 "suspicious" injuries that may point toward physical abuse.
• Recognize 13 specific behavioral patterns that may indicate child sexual abuse.
• Identify 11 effects on children subjected to emotional abuse.
• Identify 11 traits that may indicate child abuse.
• Identify the presence of five factors in parents that may predispose them toward child abuse.
• Recognize 6 common issues in an incestuous household.
• Gather information to support a diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome.
• Identify 15 instances of reportable child abuse.
• Recognize 7 signs of physical deprivation of a child.
• Recognize 4 indications that may lead you to conclude that child abuse accusation is true.
• Recognize 8 indications that may lead you to conclude that child abuse accusation is false.
• Define the role of social work, teachers, day-care professionals and general public to prevent child abuse.
• Find help for the abuser.
• Identify at least 6 processes for healing the abused child.
• Define the role of nursing in child abuse instances.
• Define legal aspects of child abuse.
• Explain the role played by courts in instances of child abuse.
• Provide referrals to families involved in child abuse.
• Explain to parents how words can hurt children.
• List six things parents should never say to their children.
• List 5 courses of action that may help a parent to break out of a vicious cycle of child abuse.