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    child maltreatment becomes serious problem, which could not only leads to a terrible social phenomenon, but also causes a huge impact on the mental development of children and adolescents in America (Underwood & Rosen, 2013). Child Maltreatment, also called child abuse and neglect, has four identified categories, which are physical abuse, sexual abuse psychological or emotional maltreatment, and neglect, respectively (Trickett et al. , 2011). These four categories of child maltreatment could have

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    Rationale for choosing paper: I chose this paper to discuss the results of researchers in their findings on various forms of child maltreatment (physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect) and their psychological effects across sexes and races.  Such findings set a different view of how we see emotional abuse set aside from the physical and sexual. Emotional abuse is found to be widespread and cause many damages to mental health, yet our society views the other types of abuse to be more harmful—thus

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    Maltreatment: Child Neglect That Imposes On Proper Early Child Development By Catherine Cunningham Seattle City University Psychology 202 August 2015   Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact that child neglect imposes on a child’s early stages of their development. Primarily in the child’s development areas of emotional, behavior, and learning problems. In new studies and research maltreatment now defines and refers to all intentional harm and / or endangerment of any person

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    Child maltreatment, whether it be in the form of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, is a multifaceted problem, the understanding of which requires identifying individual, family, social, and cultural related factors. Abuse survivors often have problems with interpersonal relationships, substance abuse, depression, and psychosocial functioning in general. Children from low-income families are at a greater risk for abuse than children not living in poverty. It appears that child maltreatment is related

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    Life is full of unfortunate tragedies and wonderful surprises and learning to balance the emotions of each event. For some, life is more tragic than others and starts earlier than others. Children in particular are vulnerable to these tragic events because they are unable to properly defend themselves, depending on their size and communication ability. Child abuse and neglect are problems that are happening to children all across the world. David Pelzer, author of the autobiographic book A Child

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    Anarely, As a hypothetical workshop participant it would be important to understand exactly what child maltreatment is. The information in the workshop provides a thorough background on what is considered child maltreatment. It would also be important to take cultural perspectives into consideration (Sue & Sue, 2013). Therefore, the counselor could make it clear that although everyone may have different parenting styles or discipline strategies, the school is required to follow the state law. Thus

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    neglect is a type of maltreatment related to the failure to provide the needed appropriate care for a child. An ongoing pattern of such inadequate care is typical in the case of neglected children, in which poor hygiene, poor nutritional intake, and unresponsive medical care may take place. According to a study done by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in 2005, 62.8% of their sample of children were confirmed to have been victims of some form of maltreatment or neglect (American

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    Long Term Effects of Childhood Maltreatment It has been known, for many years, that childhood maltreatment, including physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, interparental violence, and sexual abuse, has an adverse effect on a developing child. These effects have been thought to be linked to adults later having cognitive deficits and mental disorders when compared to adults with no history of childhood maltreatment (Tomoda, Polcari, Anderson, & Teicher, 2012). It has also been shown that adults

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    Therefore, by cooperating each other, the community has a huge impact in preventing child abuse and maltreatment. In a child’s ecological system, the microsystem is important because it has direct contact with the child. The microsystem can include school, church, family, friends etc. The role of the community sets as a form of “surveillance” and “safe house” for children when they face any maltreatment. Individuals in the community should know and have a clear understanding on child abuse is and what

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    Child Maltreatment among Children with Disabilities GCHB 6500: Violence as a Public Health Problem Audrianna Haynes Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Background and Significance Child Maltreatment is still a problem plaguing children today, including children with disabilities, as it is a leading cause of serious childhood injuries and fatalities (Hibbard & Desch, 2007).Child maltreatment affects millions of children each year. In 2015

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