Types of abuse. Physical Abuse? Signs of Physical Abuse Physical may involve hitting, shaking, - unexplained injuries or burns throwing, poisoning, burning or scalding, - improbable excuses given to explain injuries drowning, suffocating or otherwise causing - refusal to discuss injuries physical harm to a child. Physical harm may also - untreated injuries be caused when a parent or carer feigns the - admission of excessive punishment symptoms of, or deliberately causes ill health to a - bald patches child whom they are looking after. The situation - withdrawal from physical contact is commonly described using terms such as - arms and legs kept covered in hot weather factitious illness by proxy, or Munchausen - fear of returning home Syndrome by proxy. - fear of medical help - self-destructive tendencies - aggression towards others - running away Emotional Abuse Signs of Emotional Abuse Emotional is the persistent emotional - delay in physical, mental and emotional development of a child such as to cause severe and - admission of excessive punishment persistent adverse effects on the child’s - over-reaction to mistakes emotional development. It may involve - sudden speech disorders conveying to children that they are worthless or - fear of new situations unloved, inadequate or valued only insofar as - inappropriate emotional responses to painful situations they meet the needs of another person. It may - neurotic behaviour (e.g. rocking, hair twisting, thumb sucking) feature age or developmentally inappropriate - self mutilation
Types of abuse. Physical Abuse? Signs of Physical Abuse Physical may involve hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning or scalding, drowning, suffocating or otherwise causing physical harm to a child. Physical harm may also be caused when a parent or carer feigns the symptoms of, or deliberately causes ill health to a child whom they are looking after. The situation is commonly described using terms such as factitious illness by proxy, or Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. - unexplained injuries or burns - improbable excuses given to explain injuries - refusal to discuss injuries - untreated injuries - admission of excessive punishment - bald patches - withdrawal from physical contact - arms and legs kept covered in hot weather - fear of returning home - fear of medical help - self-destructive tendencies - aggression towards others - running away Emotional Abuse Signs of Emotional Abuse Emotional is the persistent emotional of a child such as to cause severe and persistent adverse effects on the child’s emotional development. It may involve conveying to children that they are worthless or unloved, inadequate or valued only insofar as they meet the needs of another person. It may feature age or developmentally inappropriate - delay in physical, mental and emotional development - admission of excessive punishment - over-reaction to mistakes - sudden speech disorders - fear of new situations - inappropriate emotional responses to painful situations - neurotic behaviour (e.g. rocking, hair twisting, thumb sucking) - self mutilation
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