Positive Support To Children With Disabilities

Outline the legal entitlements of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs.

Violence in any form can have a lasting effect on a person. Children who witness violence are permanently scarred because of what they are seeing. Children who witness family or domestic violence are affected in ways similar to children who are physically abused. Children are often unable to establish nurturing bonds with either parent and are at a greater risk for abuse and neglect if he or she lives in a violent home. Statistics show that an estimated 3.3 million children are exposed to violence against their mothers or female caretakers by family members in their home each year (Ackerman & Pickering, 1989). When a spouse, woman or male is abused, and there are

Most parents and other caregivers do not intend to hurt their children, but abuse is defined by the effect on the child, not the motivation of the parents or caregiver.Tens of thousands of children each year are traumatized by physical, sexual, and emotional abusers or by caregivers who neglect them.Child abuse as common as it is shocking. Most of us can’t imagine what would make an adult use violence against a child, and the worse the behavior is, the more unimaginable it seems. But the incidence of parents and other caregivers consciously, even willfully, committing acts that harm the very children they’re supposed to be nurturing is a sad fact of human society that cuts

Disability: When it comes to disabilities, causation, health and health care in the African American community, much of their beliefs around receiving treatment piggybacks on their values and beliefs in religion and spirituality, including traditional health practices such as healers and “Root doctors” (Goode, Jones, Jackson 168), as well as believing in karma, folk tales, faith and destiny. While some African American community members may see a child being born with a disability to be a blessing, representing the family’s emotional strength, as well as being a blessing from god for the child is seen as special, many others view a child having a disability as an evil act or a punishment from God, or other higher beings, for family sins (Goode, Jones, Jackson 170). Many African Americans also embrace the scientific, medical and genetic explanation of disabilities. However, depending on the various beliefs causing disabilities in the community, different actions are taken in order to “treat” the child. While their is no scientific cure for some disabilities, many African Americans may turn to indigenous practices such as calling upon root doctors to break spells and release the body and mind from any evil, or trying natural herbal remedies. Furthermore, many religious African American’s turn to God to heal their child. It was interesting that the chapter highlighted that while religious beliefs and practices have been “associated with lower suicide rates; less anxiety,

Data taken from the 1997-2008 National Health Interview Surveys of US showed that 1 out of every 6 children had developmental disabilities (Boyle et al, 2011). These disabilities were tabulated as including autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other forms of developmental delay. According to the survey, these disabilities increased and now require more health and education interventions. Children aged 3-17 years old participated in the survey. Parent-respondents reported their children's diagnoses as including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, autism, seizures, stuttering or stammering, hearing loss, blindness, learning disorders and other forms of developmental delay. These disabilities were much more prevalent in boys than in girls. They were lowest among Hispanic children as compared with non-Hispanic white and black children. Low income and public health insurance were associated with the prevalence. The rate of these disabilities increased from 12.84% to 15.94% in the last 13 years. Autism, ADHD and other developmental delays increased in all socio-demographic sub-groups, except for autism among non-Hispanic black children. The survey called for additional research on the influence of changing risk factors and changes in the acceptance and the benefits of early services (Boyle et al).

According to her, people with disabilities are contented with the image of God as an image of a physically perfect being. But they are concern with the use of physical actions to perform religious rituals. They believed that rituals and other actions that symbolize faith should be tailored for both the able and the disabled. She recommended the use of political actions, must be applied to solve these concerns. By doing this, it will increase the authority and the role of disabled believers in church, and in faith. Using this political action will provide unity and harmony among both the able, and disabled followers that has common intent to serve God.

For a child in my centre with certain needs, we can invite a specialist staff from the school to be part of a professional network to support families and children. We can check with the specialist staff on the financial support that the school may provide and facilities available in the school as students with special needs need to be taught differently or need some accommodations to enhance the learning environment.

Child maltreatment is a widespread issue that affects thousands of children every year. There are four common types of child maltreatment; sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. All of these types of abuse are very serious and can have many consequences for the children and families. The most common consequence of severe child maltreatment is the removal of that child from their home (Benbenishty, Segev, Surkis, and Elias, 2002). Most social workers trying to determine the likelihood of removal evaluate the type and severity of abuse, as well as the child’s relationship with their parents (Benbenishty et al., 2002). When children are removed from their homes there are many options of alternative housing. The

While society has molded me to depict them as helpless, shunned, and inferior, people with special needs have no lesser value than I in the eyes of God. While I fall short with greed, faith, and malice, this group of seventy-two campers showed me that they excel where I fall short. They showed me how to be as generous with my time and attention as they are, to abide in the Lord, and to reflect their genuine kindness that caused my heart to swell. Without meaning to, God showed me how I am to treat all of my brothers and sisters in Christ with radiance of love and kindness that

Many kids don't have a stable home to live in because their parents are either on drugs and don't be home or somebody comes take their house away from them and they are left to go in a shelter and they may be separated from their siblings. A combination of individual, relational, community, and societal factors contribute to the risk of child abuse and neglect. Although children are not responsible for the harm inflicted upon them, certain characteristics have been found to increase their risk of being maltreated. Risk factors are those characteristics associated with child abuse and neglect—they may or may not be direct causes childhood experiences, both positive and negative, have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. As such, early experiences are an important public health issue. Much of the foundational research in this area has been referred to as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). (Child Abuse and Neglect

1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. Battered women average 6.9 physical assaults by the same partner in a year. Battered men average 4.4 assaults by the same partner in a year. No victim is to blame for any occurrence of domestic abuse or violence. While there is no direct cause or explanation why domestic violence happens, it is caused by the abuser or perpetrator. Domestic violence is most likely to take place between 6 pm and 6 am. More than 60% of domestic violence incidents happen at home. Domestic violence is the third leading cause of homelessness among families, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. At least 1/3 of the families using New York City’s family shelter system are homeless due to domestic violence. More than 3 million children witness domestic violence in their homes every year. Children who live in homes where there is domestic violence also suffer abuse or neglect at high rates (30% to 60%). Children exposed to domestic violence at home are more likely to have health problems, including becoming sick more often, having frequent headaches or stomachaches, and being more tired and lethargic. Children are more likely to intervene when they witness severe violence against a parent – which can place a child at great risk for injury or even death. Domestic

When I thought about websites I would want to look at if I were a parent raising a special needs child, I realized I would want actual parent experiences telling me about raising my child. This might mean I would not get clinical studies on how to raise my child, but I know I would get more out of real world situations. Reading about the struggles and joys families with special needs face from the actual family instead of a doctor is more meaningful to me. I decided to look at three blogs run by mothers of children with special needs. I happen to know all three families extremely well, so their stories probably impact me more than those who do not know the children, but I think all three do a good job of making special needs real. Each blog focuses on a different need.

Child maltreatment is an issue that most social workers will face throughout their career. Although there are many causes to a child being neglected, sexually or physically abused; studies have shown that poverty is in many cases linked to child maltreatment. There are currently 488 counties in America where twenty percent of the population has lived below the poverty line for the past thirty years or more (Clyburn, 2014). Studies have shown that poverty is linked to child abuse and neglect. With poverty comes the stresses of housing and instability, childcare burden, substance availability and susceptibility to crime in order to satisfy material needs. And in the midst of all of this, there are children who are being targeted by their parent or guardian when life becomes too difficult to endure.

​Generally individuals with special needs continue to be the most disadvantaged and neglected in third-world countries (Charema, 2007). This paper is concerned with the moral necessity and biblical mandate of providing special education programs in Christian schools in third-world countries when society in those countries does not recognize or value people with special needs.

Children with intellectual disabilities go to school without knowledge of using the rest room on their own. We teach them for a long time until they know. They are discriminated at home as incapable of anything from childhood. They lock them in without any hope of contributing in the family. If a child with disability is a girl, no hope that she will be married and bring money or dowry at home. If parents had power for death arrangements, children with disabilities would be voted to die first before the rest of the family. Living with children with disabilities requires a strong heart[…]. No one wants to take care of a child with disabilities […]. Even when we teach children them, our fellow teachers ask us, why do you like to work with children with disabilities? Do you receive extra allowance for teaching them? They tell us: “I cannot afford to deal with them. Staying with them, I will be spitting all time, and I would not be able to eat.” I consider these children as the poorest of the poor compared to children coming from rural areas.