998 Search Results for Child Abuse and Neglect Abuse
Adverse Childhood Experiences
A female colleague of mine was subjected to sexual abuse as young children, and she suffered severe emotional trauma as a result of that abuse. "Gloria," was unlucky to have an alcoholic father, who would come home late Continue Reading...
Rather than further punishment, Cody needs to learn to trust people again. Cody need positive encouragement with consequences only reserved for the worst offenses. Programs that focus on punishment will further add to the pattern of distrust that ha Continue Reading...
This makes her angry and she probably tends to isolate the mother. The mother understands the rejection thus becoming angry with the daughter. All communication is interrupted and the relationship is maintained at an artificial level.
Returning to Continue Reading...
, 1914, p. 500).
Meanwhile when the state asserts control over the child due to his non-criminal behavior that governmental intervention supports parens patriae, Siegel maintains. (Parens patriae in Latin means "substitute parent"; its been the cour Continue Reading...
Adolescent Sex Offenders: Early Development and Transition to Adulthood (Ages 15 -30)
The objective of this study is to examine the early development of sex offenders and the adolescent activity that fosters the abnormal behavior. This study will re Continue Reading...
Spitz Hospitalism
Hospitalism is essentially the condition of infants becoming attached more to the routine of the hospital and its caregiving medical staff rather than to their mothers. As we now know, children subjected to this kind of a condition Continue Reading...
Sex education, which is sometimes called sexuality education or sex and relationships education, is the process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex, sexual identity, relationships and intimacy. It is also about develo Continue Reading...
validity of the argument and the counterargument for corporal punishment on children and adolescents. The paper furthermore attempts to view this issue from the perspective of the adults administering and questioning this issues as well as from the Continue Reading...
imposing too few restrictions when it comes to parenting. Children want boundaries and too few restrictions do not give the child what they need. Too few restrictions may create problems for the child.
TOO FEW RESTRICTIONS BRING HEARTACHE
Too few Continue Reading...
(Nofziger, 2001, p. 10)
All sociological (subculture) theories do not blame the parents of deviant children for bad parenting, some in fact say it isn't an abundance of bad parenting but a lack or limitation of positive parenting in a subculture t Continue Reading...
Television on Children and Youth
As one of the most easily accessible, affordable entertainment forms, television is one thing people everywhere in the world have in common. Regardless of the way television has been described over the decades since Continue Reading...
Delinquent Anti-Social Behavior
In the contemporary world of ours, one of the major problems that the modern society is facing is that of juvenile delinquency. Unfortunately, this problem is the cause of major suffering, damage and anguish to the su Continue Reading...
Their heritage is important because certain ethnic groups are more likely to be carriers of Tay-Sachs. "The incidence of Tay-Sachs is particularly high among people of Eastern European and Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Patients and carriers of Tay-Sachs Continue Reading...
S., experts estimate the genuine number of incidents of abuse and neglect ranges three times higher than reported. (National Child Abuse Statistics, 2006) in light of these critical contemporary concerns for youth, this researcher chose to document t Continue Reading...
Foster Care
Community Assessment: Foster Care Youth Needs
What is a community assessment? A community assessment is a process by which a collaborative partnership gathers information on the current strengths, concerns, needs, and conditions of chil Continue Reading...
science marches forward, reproductive cloning of humans will likely become a reality. It has already been accomplished with dogs, cats, cows and monkeys. This means that one day a person will be able to have a child with his/her own cells. What do y Continue Reading...
There are many of these individuals, and it is time that this is changed.
Parents often look away from these kinds of problems, or they spend their time in denial of the issue because they feel that their child will not be harmed by parental involv Continue Reading...
Permanent Homes
Foster Care and Adoption
Priority: Protect Children from Abuse and Neglect and Connect Them to Caring Permanent Families.
A lot of money is mismanaged when it comes to investigating child abuse cases and placing abused or neglected Continue Reading...
Family Violence
Home is a place where a person looks for safety and peace. It is the best place where one drops after a deadly tiring day at school or work in order to breathe an air of satisfaction. Family is considered to be the garden of security Continue Reading...
Adolescent Depression
The Family and Teen Depression
Treatment Options for Teen Depression
Adolescent Depression and the Family
Teen depression is a serous condition that has been largely ignored until recent events in the media focused more att Continue Reading...
The study indicated that children born to teenagers aged below 15 are twice as likely to be an indicated case of child neglect or child abuse in the first five years of their lives as compared to the children who are born to mothers between the age Continue Reading...
Responsibilities of a Critical Thinker in a Contemporary Society
Some thinkers consider critical thinking to be solely a type of mental skill, devoid of any moral value; it is often utilized to rationalize prejudice and to promote self-interest. Whi Continue Reading...
Winston Churchill once remarked that, "There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies." In a similar vein, Karen Howard, the Director of Policy and Government Affairs, is a strong supporter of Nurse-Family Partnership an Continue Reading...
" (Magrid and McKelvey, 1990).
Although some analysts still toss around the question of nature vs. nurture, current research seems to be edging out nature and placing much more emphasis on nurture. Another notable expert who agrees with the author's Continue Reading...
Forensic Psychologists in Determining the Award of Child Custody in Divorces
For a long time, children have been treated as personal property during divorce proceedings. This meant that the children were subject to subdivision amongst the parents l Continue Reading...
Postpartum Depression: The Role of Nurses
Nursing Roles and Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Depression: The Preventive and Interventional Roles of Nurses
Postpartum depression is widely recognized as a significant health threat to the mother and Continue Reading...
227), creating a house-full of stress and tension.
Another study delves into how much children "matter" to their stepparents -- because "to matter is to be noticed, to be an object of concern, and to be needed by a specific individual" (Schenck, et Continue Reading...
PR Efforts
Public relations is recognized for the publicity and awareness support it brings to businesses and corporations in their marketing efforts. It can be just as effective for nonprofit organizations. This is what the Center for Child Protect Continue Reading...
Juvenile Delinquency
Are individual factors or family factors more important when providing interventions for delinquent youths?
This paper will answer the question first, and then provide the backup for the decision on which factor plays a leading Continue Reading...
Moreover, if an adolescent who has reached 18 commits sexual offending is considered an adult sex offender, "what does this mean for young adults who engaged in sexually abusive behavior prior to age 18?" (p. 433). Because of this blurry line, Rich Continue Reading...
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Teaching teenagers about abstinence would likely mean stronger families in the community, which by comparison would also mean that the community was stronger as well.
Additional studies presented data that could also be taken into considerat Continue Reading...
Ethical and Legal Issues
The Court Appointed Special Advocate program (CASA) has been touted as one way of: preventing abused and neglected children from becoming lost in the child welfare system. As, this nonprofit organization is focused on findin Continue Reading...
The "where" category is at the right corner, and can be delineated as Fulton, Georgia. All three categories interact with each other to offer conclusions for the study. Additional factors such as child abuse and the crime rate can then be examined i Continue Reading...
developmental theories. Demonstrate how the two theories impact child raising practices and ultimately impact personality development.
There are many developmental theories that essentially deal with the psychology of human cognitive development. O Continue Reading...
Education:
The Intolerance of Zero Tolerance
Zero Tolerance Policies in Public Schools
One has only to turn on the television, log onto the Internet, or glance at a newspaper to see that violence is everywhere in our society. The nightly news is d Continue Reading...
Domestic violence poses serious mental and physical health risks. In fact, it is estimated that" more than 1.5 million women nationwide seek medical treatment for injuries related to abuse each year" (Stark, 2001, p. 347(Tomison, 2003)). Those who Continue Reading...
A good example of this can be seen with the organization's program for addressing various health issues affecting families to include: the nutritional needs of mothers / newborns, preventing childhood obesity and vaccinating children against a numbe Continue Reading...
This had lead to a growing number of states segregating juveniles and adults within the adult prison. Judges are also taking into account the availability of beds when they determine sentences for juveniles that have been tried as adults and may go Continue Reading...