2. Child abuse includes behaviour that results in physical,
emotional and sexual harm to a child or young person
โข Can be a single incident or a number of incidents
โข May be intentional or unintentional
โข Can result from a combination of factors that have placed the
child at risk of harm
โข Occurs across all socio-economic groups
โข Is most often perpetrated by someone known by the child.
4. โข A child seeing or hearing domestic and family violence
(DVF) is a form of child abuse.
โข It can have a significant emotional and psychological
impact on the child.
โข There's a risk of the child being physically harmed,
whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Emotional
5. Neglect
Neglect occurs when a child's basic necessities of life
are not being met and their health and development
are affected.
9. Relationships between types of child abuse
and emotional harm
โข Abuse rarely happens as a single type of abuse
โข All forms of abuse have a degree of emotional harm
โข Can result from a combination of factors that have
placed the child at risk of harm
โข The extent of harm will vary for every child.
10. Effects of Abuse
โข Not only does abuse significantly impact on the child, it
also impacts on the family and the child's wider
community eg. workplace, school, sports, parish and
social groups.
Child
โข development
โข learning
โข emotions
โข behaviour
โข social interactions
Family
โข home life
โข parental health
โข emotions
โข behaviours
โข relationships
Community
โข school/classroom
โข peers
โข community
โข neighbours
โข workplace