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Signs of Child Abuse & Neglect: What to Look For
1. Child Abuse and Neglect:
Signs and Symptoms
Listening with
your Eyesā¦.
Barbara Brown, Executive Director Child Advocacy Center, Inc.
2. Reality Check!
77% of the perpetrators of child
maltreatment are the parents of
the victimā¦
An additional 11% are
other relatives of the victim
3. Be suspicious ifā¦.
ā¢ Caregivers story changes from
person to person over time
ā¢ There is a paramour in the home
ā¢ Previous evidence of abuse or
domestic violence exists
ā¢ There is a delay in seeking medical
attention for childās injury
4. Suspicions contādā¦
ā¢ The explanation of a childās injury is
not believable
ā¢ Caregiver projects blame onto a
third party
ā¢ Caregiver understates the
seriousness of injury or illness
ā¢ Appropriate concern is not displayed
5. Suspicions, contād.
ā¢ Multiple bruises in inaccessible
places in different stages of
healing
ā¢ Injury results from ādisciplineā
especially if child is very young
ā¢ History given includes multiple
āaccidentsā
6. Characteristics of Parents who
physically abuseā¦compared to non-
abusive parentsā¦
ā¢ Over-react to child-related and non-
child related stimuli
ā¢ Low self-esteem
ā¢ Engage in fewer interactions/less cx.
ā¢ Use more harsh discipline techniques
ā¢ Are more intrusive and inconsistent
7. Parental Characteristics, Contād.
ā¢ Report more problematic expectations
regarding their childrenās abilities in
situations that involve complex child
behaviors
ā¢ Hold a negative view of their child
ā¢ High levels of life stress/personal
ā¢ Have less empathy for their children
Source: Child Abuse:New Directions in Prevention and Treatment Across the Life
Span. D. Wolfe/R. McMahon, and R. Peters, Editors. 1997
8. Myths about Molestersā¦..
Donāt be fooled into thinkingā¦.
ā¢ Molesters are āstrangersā or ādirty old
men in trench coatsā
ā¢ Homosexual
ā¢ Mentally disturbed
ā¢ Lurk in alleys, parks, or school yards
ā¢ Addicted to drugs/alcohols
9. Learn the Facts about
Molestersā¦.
A child molester is usually:
ā¢ A trusted adult or older teen, often a
close friend or family member
ā¢ Someone with access to children
ā¢ A skillful manipulator (uses attention,
gifts, lies, threats)
ā¢ Someone who looks like YOU!
ā¢ Someone you know or come in contact
with
10. Dynamics of Sexual Abuse
Secrecy
Helplessness
Entrapment and
Accommodation
Delayed, Conflicted,
and Unconvincing
Disclosure
Retraction
Child Sexual Abuse
Accommodation Syndrome
12. Situational Offender
ā¢ Look for golden opportunities to
victimize children
Does not have a true sexual preference for
childrenā¦would prefer an adult sexual
partner
ā¢ Emotionally regressed, immature
13. Situational Offender, contād.
ā¢ Morally and Sexually Indiscriminate
ā¢ Usually feels a profound inadequacy
in all areas of life
ā¢ Poor locus of Control
14. Preferential Offender
ā¢ Has a true sexual preference for
children
ā¢ Displays an āattraction templateā
ā¢ Harbors a ārelationshipā fantasy
(kids want this, good for them, adults uptight
about sex)
15. Preferential, contādā¦..
ā¢ Organized (NAMBLA/18 mos. Society)
ā¢ Usually introverted, often sadistic
ā¢ Life centers around sexual
preference and fulfillment
ā¢ Highly developed sense of
rationalization
16. Preferential, contād.
ā¢ High degree of predictability and
pattern of behavior
ā¢ Well-developed technique in
obtaining victims or has legal
access
ā¢ Actively solicits and collects
photos of children of certain
age/type
17. Preferential, contād.
Will Share with others while looking for
more pics/items to collect
Organized, permanent collections-they will
rarely destroy-great evidence
Collection of āmementosā including child
erotica, child porn, ātrophies from
childrenā
18. What do we do?
ā¢ Secrecy is the hallmark of sexual
abuse
ā¢ Those who harm children count on
us being uncomfortable with the
subjectā¦..it helps their cause
19. Encourage Parents Toā¦
ā¢ Be approachable on the subject of
sexuality.
ā¢ Facts about the ābirds and beesā is
NOT the most important thing we
teach children. They are much more
likely to remember whether or not
the subject was o.k. to talk about.
20. Parents, contād.
ā¢Encourage them to normalize
body functions (menstrual cycles,
erections, etc.)
ā¢Discourage the use of cutesy
names to describe body parts-
(ears/noses/eyesā¦.genitals)
21. Bottom Lineā¦..
If we as parents and professionals
donāt send the message to
children that we can talk about
body parts and about sex, then
we have encouraged the secrecy
that lends itself to helping
children becomeā¦and continue
to beā¦victims.