the use of inadequate care-givers); or Categories of abuse Ensure access to appropriate medical • Categories of (The following care or treatment definition is taken from Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013. Physical Abuse: It may also include neglect of, or unresponsiveness to a child’s Physical abuse may involve hitting, • basic emotional needs. shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning or scalding, drowning, suffocating, or Emotional Abuse otherwise causing physical harm to a child or young person The persistent emotional maltreatment of a child such as to cause severe and Physical harm may also be caused • persistent adverse effects on the child’s when a parent or carer fabricates the emotional development. It may involve symptoms of, or deliberately induces conveying to a child that they are illness in a child worthless or unloved, inadequate, or valued only insofar as they meet the Neglect: needs of another person. It may include The persistent failure to meet a child’s not giving the child opportunities to basic physical and/or psychological express their views, deliberately silencing needs, likely to result in the serious them or fun’ of what they say or ‘making impairment of the child’s health or how they communicate. It may feature development age or developmentally inappropriate expectations being imposed on children. Neglect can occur during pregnancy as a These may include interactions that result of maternal substance misuse. are beyond a child’s developmental capability, as well as overprotection and Once the child is born, neglect may limitation of exploration and learning, or involve a parent or carer failing to: preventing the child participating in normal social interaction. It may involve Provide adequate food and clothing, • shelter (including exclusion from home seeing or hearing the ill-treatment of or abandonment) another. It may involve serious bullying (including cyber bullying), causing Protect a child from physical and • children frequently to feel frightened emotional harm or danger or in danger or the exploitation or corruption of children. Ensure adequate supervision (including •
Categories of abuse Categories of (The following definition is taken from Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013. Physical Abuse: • Physical abuse may involve hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning or scalding, drowning, suffocating, or otherwise causing physical harm to a child or young person • Physical harm may also be caused when a parent or carer fabricates the symptoms of, or deliberately induces illness in a child Neglect: The persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of the child’s health or development Neglect can occur during pregnancy as a result of maternal substance misuse. Once the child is born, neglect may involve a parent or carer failing to: • Provide adequate food and clothing, shelter (including exclusion from home or abandonment) • Protect a child from physical and emotional harm or danger • Ensure adequate supervision (including the use of inadequate care-givers); or • Ensure access to appropriate medical care or treatment It may also include neglect of, or unresponsiveness to a child’s basic emotional needs. Emotional Abuse The persistent emotional maltreatment of a child such as to cause severe and persistent adverse effects on the child’s emotional development. It may involve conveying to a child that they are worthless or unloved, inadequate, or valued only insofar as they meet the needs of another person. It may include not giving the child opportunities to express their views, deliberately silencing them or ‘making fun’ of what they say or how they communicate. It may feature age or developmentally inappropriate expectations being imposed on children. These may include interactions that are beyond a child’s developmental capability, as well as overprotection and limitation of exploration and learning, or preventing the child participating in normal social interaction. It may involve seeing or hearing the ill-treatment of another. It may involve serious bullying (including cyber bullying), causing children frequently to feel frightened or in danger or the exploitation or corruption of children.
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