Emotional Abuse Neglect Forced Marriage Bulling Physical Abuse - this involves physical injury to a child, including hitting, shaking, throwing, deliberate poisoning, burning or scalding, attempted drowning or suffocating, female genital mutilation (FGM) and Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy or otherwise causing physical harm / where there is definite knowledge or a reasonable suspicion, that the injury was inflicted or knowingly not prevented. Sexual - the involvement of dependent, developmentally immature children and adolescents in sexual activities they do not truly comprehend, to which they are unable to give informed consent or that violate the social taboos of family roles. This involves forcing or enticing a child or young person to participate in sexual activities and not necessarily involving a high volume of violence. The act may involve physical contact including assault by penetration [rape or oral sex] or non-penetrating such as masturbation, kissing, rubbing, touching outside of clothes. Sexual abuse could also involve non-contact activities such as looking or watching sexual images with the intent to groom a child and behaving in inappropriate ways in preparation for abuse. Both men and women commit inappropriate sexual acts of abuse. The sexual acts commit by child to another child is a safeguarding issues in education pls see para 50 in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018. – Emotional Abuse - the severe adverse effect on the behaviour and emotional development of a child caused by persistent or severe emotional maltreatment or rejection. This may involves conveying to a child that they are worthless or uninvolved, inadequate, or valued insofar as they meet the needs of the other person. It may also include not giving a child the opportunity to express their views, deliberately silencing them or making fun of what they say or how they communicate. Its diagnosis will require medical, psychological, psychiatric, social and educational assessment. All abuse involves some emotional ill treatment - this category should be used where it is the main or sole form of abuse. There are many forms of abuse, limiting learning and exploration, bulling or
Emotional Abuse Neglect Forced Marriage Bulling Physical Abuse - this involves physical injury to a child, including hitting, shaking, throwing, deliberate poisoning, burning or scalding, attempted drowning or suffocating, female genital mutilation (FGM) and Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy or otherwise causing physical harm / where there is definite knowledge or a reasonable suspicion, that the injury was inflicted or knowingly not prevented. Sexual - the involvement of dependent, developmentally immature children and adolescents in sexual activities they do not truly comprehend, to which they are unable to give informed consent or that violate the social taboos of family roles. This involves forcing or enticing a child or young person to participate in sexual activities and not necessarily involving a high volume of violence. The act may involve physical contact including assault by penetration [rape or oral sex] or non-penetrating such as masturbation, kissing, rubbing, touching outside of clothes. Sexual abuse could also involve non-contact activities such as looking or watching sexual images with the intent to groom a child and behaving in inappropriate ways in preparation for abuse. Both men and women commit inappropriate sexual acts of abuse. The sexual acts commit by child to another child is a safeguarding issues in education – pls see para 50 in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018. Emotional Abuse - the severe adverse effect on the behaviour and emotional development of a child caused by persistent or severe emotional maltreatment or rejection. This may involves conveying to a child that they are worthless or uninvolved, inadequate, or valued insofar as they meet the needs of the other person. It may also include not giving a child the opportunity to express their views, deliberately silencing them or making fun of what they say or how they communicate. Its diagnosis will require medical, psychological, psychiatric, social and educational assessment. All abuse involves some emotional ill treatment - this category should be used where it is the main or sole form of abuse. There are many forms of abuse, limiting learning and exploration, bulling or