This is the powerpoint for the first day of class on child abuse and neglect that I am teaching in the fall of 2016. I'm wondering what other people think of the content.

1. Jane F. Gilgun, PhD, LICSW
Professor
School of Social Work
University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities, USA
CHILD ABUSE &
NEGLECT:
INTERVENTION AND
PREVENTION

2. Topics
•Types of Prevention
•Prevention and Intervention
•Types of Abuse & Neglect
•Agents of Abuse & Neglect
•Effects of Abuse & Neglect
•Compassion as a Response
•Mindfulness Practice
•Effective Programs

3. Types of Prevention
•Universal or primary
•Selective or secondary
•Indicated or tertiary

4. Prevention & Intervention
•Prevention Programs
•focus on universal/primary and
selective/secondary prevention
•Intervention Programs
•focus on indicated or tertiary prevention

5. Types
•Abuse
•behaviors directed toward others
•Neglect
•inaction and the failure to protect
and to promote the well-being of
others.

6. Abuse
•Physical
•Direct targeting
•witnessing
•Sexual
•Contact
•No contact
•Emotional/verbal/psychological
•Relational
•Name-calling
•Psychological unavailability

7. Neglect
•Lack of food, clothing, medical care, provision
of education, housing, hygiene
•Lack of emotional reciprocity; withholding of
affection
•Emotional and psychological unavailability
•Failure to protect
• Other family members
• Other persons who witness neglect
• Politicians and social policies

8. Agents of Abuse and
Neglect
•Parents, other care providers, and persons
who have power over children
•Social policies that harm parents, children, and
others who have power over children
•Belief systems on which social policies are
based, such as race-based biases and notions
about deserving and undeserving victims
•Moral oversights

9. Effects
•Effects of all types of abuse and neglect
include
•damage to attachment relationships;
•damage to capacities for trust;
•psychological and spiritual injury that affects self-
regard and a sense of worthiness

10. Effects
•the development of inner working
models that
•encode the meanings of the maltreatment
and
•set up expectation for the self, others, and
how the world works.

11. Effects
•Physical abuse can result in physical injury
such as broken bones and brain damage.
•Malnutrition, emotional abuse, and
emotional neglect can result in
compromised brain development

12. Compassion
as a Response
•Compassion
•openness to suffering and desire to alleviate it.
•Self-compassion
•openness to own suffering and desire to
alleviate it.
•Compassionate responses to suffering
•include loving kindness to others and to the
self.

13. Mindfulness
•Focus on present moment
•Observe and experience but do not judge
•Leads to capacities to manage
•painful feelings
•harmful behaviors
•Associated with
•self-acceptance
• compassion
• self-compassion
• more meaningful lives

14. Effective Programs
•Seek to
•repair relationships so that children have secure
relationships that are safe havens where they can
process the effects of abuse and neglect;
•develop capacities for coping;
•develop self-compassion; and
•develop new neural pathways that encode inner
working models that support coping and self-
compassion.

15. In-Class Work

16. ABC’s Story
• I am 18 years old.since I was little I saw my mother and father
fight.once they were done they would blame my sisters.i was the
youngest.they were at that time 5-10 roundabout.i would feel horrible
when they‘d be blamed.i remember that one morning my sisters got
ready for school.it was winter. my mom broke a glass she then
screamed and abused.and then she threw off our trophies from the
shelf.they clanged on the floor.she said horrible things I was
petrified.after this episode she and dad got in a car,he‘d abuse her
with his fists in places no one could see.he called her terrible
names.she would stop talking to everyone. mom and dad never hit
me or my sisters.

17. Reflections
• Solo
• What are your immediate responses to this story?
• Do you see any evidence of children being blamed for their own
abuse?
• What do you think is going on for the parents? For example, are they
thinking about the effects of their actions on their children?
• What kinds of abuse do you detect in this story?
• Do you think ABC could believe s/he is bad? Why or why not?
• Do you think ABC feels abandoned? Worthless? Why or why not?
• Do you see evidence of compassion or self-compassion?
• Gather in Groups of Three
• Guidelines: Discuss each question, one at a time. Each person speaks
for a minute or two. Please do not comment on what people say