Cycle of Violence With Children: Term Paper

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Despite these compelling findings, many youth are not routinely assessed for such violence exposure and its ramifications by the educational, child welfare, social service, and juvenile justice systems with which they frequently interact." (2007) This exposure is not only related to outcomes of a negative nature as well as heightened drug use and greater HIV related risk behaviors." (Vioson, 2007) the work of McDowell (2006) entitled: "Caring for Child Victims: Countering the Effects of Domestic Violence" published in the Journal of Specialists in Pediatric Nursing states that children are affected by family violence and that holistic assessment by the nurse is "essential to understanding the stressor of domestic violence." (McDowell, 2006) it is important to understand that less than one-third of domestic violence cases are reported. This author specifically charges the pediatric nurse in having the knowledge and skills necessary to identify childhood trauma from having witnessed family abuse.


Summary and Conclusion

It has been clearly shown in a substantial number of previous research and case studies that trauma experienced by children who witness family abuse negatively impact the child in many areas of both cognition and emotional regulation and that these children generally are depressed and joyless. Furthermore, this study has demonstrated that an overwhelming number of African-American children witness family and community violence and that more than two-thirds of African-American children are not assessed for family violence trauma and go untreated. It is critical that medical professionals are properly trained and knowledgeable in this area in order to make this identification and to appropriately refer the child and family members to treatment therapy which has been stated to be critically important to include differential diagnosis......

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