Learning Objectives
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.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Abuse Is Abuse
Chapter 3: Physical Abuse and Neglect
Chapter 4: Sexual Abuse
Chapter 5: Emotional Abuse
Chapter 6: Recognizing the Abused Child
Chapter 7: Factors Influencing Child Abuse
Chapter 8: “Munchausen Syndrome”
Chapter 9: Taking Action
Chapter 10: Child Protective Agency
Chapter 11: It’s Everyone’s Mission
Chapter 12: Help for the Abuser
Chapter 13: Community Involvement
Chapter 14: Healing the Child
Chapter 15: Changing Role of Nursing
Chapter 16: Legal Aspects of Child Abuse
Chapter 17: Child Abuse and the Court of Law
Chapter 18: Statistics Known About Child Abuse
Resources on Child Abuse and Neglect
Additional Reading
Supplementary Articles
- “Don’t call me stupid”: how to avoid hurting your kids with words
- Six Things Parents Should Never Say to Their Children
- Crossing the ‘borderline’ of child abuse
- The Face of Abuse
- Does Abuse Beget Abuse?
- Charting the Aftermath of Child Abuse
- Why Leave Children With Bad Parents?
- Stop the Child-Killers
- The Biological Roots of Good Mothering
- Breaking Out of a Vicious Circle
- Protecting the Kids
- Parents Spending Insufficient Time With Children
- Child Abuse and Society’s Response
- The Cycle of Violence
- Can You Help? Allaying fears about child abuse
- Healthy Families America
- The Politics of Child Abuse
- Improving Child Protective Services: How to Expand and Implement the Consensus
- The Secretary’s Initiative on Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child Abuse Post-Test
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