{"id":3734,"date":"2011-11-01T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:28:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:28:20","slug":"6-things-you-must-know-about-child-abuse-and-neglect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/6-things-you-must-know-about-child-abuse-and-neglect\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Things You Must Know About Child Abuse And Neglect"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Check<\/a> \"\"<\/a>As teachers, we need to be sensitive to issues related to child safety and security. The following are some of the things one must know about child abuse and neglect in order to understand and address this issue better.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. While physical abuse tends to happen in specific instances or events, neglect tends to be more on-going.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Neglect often leaves no visible scars and therefore is more likely than physical abuse to go undetected. <\/span>Furthermore, children may grow up believing that their circumstances are a normal way of life and therefore not seek assistance or confide information to anyone.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Neglect is the failure to give proper care or attention to a child in the physical (failure to provide needed food, shelter or protection), medical (failure to provide necessary medical services), educational (failure to educate a child) and emotional (inattention to a child’s emotional or psychological needs) areas.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Living in poverty, in and of itself, does not mean that a child is being neglected. And, neglectful circumstances do not always mean a child is neglected.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Keep in mind that accepted standards of care and a community’s culture may be contributing factors to neglect while indicating a need for information and\/or assistance. If a family ignores or fails to use information and resources, and a child’s health or safety is at risk, then child welfare intervention may be required.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. A child who shows the following signs, may be a victim of neglect:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n