Speech disorders neurotic behaviour e.g. sulking, hair Delayed physical development twisting, rocking Substance abuse being unable to play Ulcers, severe allergies fear of making mistakes Failure to thrive sudden speech disorders Self-harm self-harm fear of parent being approached regarding their behaviour developmental delay in terms of emotional progress Sexual pain or itching in the genital area sudden or unexplained changes in bruising or bleeding near genital area behaviour e.g. becoming aggressive or sexually transmitted disease withdrawn vaginal discharge or infection fear of being left with a specific person stomach or group of people discomfort when walking or sitting having nightmares down running away from home pregnancy sexual knowledge which is beyond their age, or developmental level sexual drawings or language bedwetting eating problems such as overeating or anorexia self-harm or mutilation, sometimes leading to suicide attempts saying they have secrets they cannot tell anyone substance or drug abuse suddenly having unexplained sources of money not allowed to have friends (particularly in adolescence) acting in a sexually explicit way towards adults Neglect constant hunger, sometimes stealing complaining of being tired all the time food from other children not requesting medical assistance constantly or and/or failing to attend appointments ‘smelly’ loss of weight, or constantly having few friends underweight mentioning being left alone or inappropriate clothing for the unsupervised conditions
Speech disorders Delayed physical development Substance abuse Ulcers, severe allergies Failure to thrive Self-harm neurotic behaviour e.g. sulking, hair twisting, rocking being unable to play fear of making mistakes sudden speech disorders self-harm fear of parent being approached regarding their behaviour developmental delay in terms of emotional progress Sexual pain or itching in the genital area bruising or bleeding near genital area sexually transmitted disease vaginal discharge or infection stomach discomfort when walking or sitting down pregnancy sudden or unexplained changes in behaviour e.g. becoming aggressive or withdrawn fear of being left with a specific person or group of people having nightmares running away from home sexual knowledge which is beyond their age, or developmental level sexual drawings or language bedwetting eating problems such as overeating or anorexia self-harm or mutilation, sometimes leading to suicide attempts saying they have secrets they cannot tell anyone substance or drug abuse suddenly having unexplained sources of money not allowed to have friends (particularly in adolescence) acting in a sexually explicit way towards adults Neglect constant hunger, sometimes stealing food from other children constantly or ‘smelly’ loss of weight, or constantly underweight inappropriate clothing for the conditions complaining of being tired all the time not requesting medical assistance and/or failing to attend appointments having few friends mentioning being left alone or unsupervised
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