This document discusses child abuse, including definitions, types, warning signs, and prevention. It defines child abuse as harming a child or putting them at risk of harm. The main types are physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. Neglect is the most common type and involves failing to meet a child's basic needs. Physical abuse causes injuries through actions like punching or beating. Sexual abuse involves any sexual act with a child. Emotional abuse damages a child's mental health through actions like belittling or name calling. Prevention requires support systems, home visits, and anonymous abuse reporting options. Treatment involves removing the child from the situation and providing counseling. The document also provides statistics on child abuse in Puerto Rico.

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2. What is Child Abuse? Child Abuse is something or failing to do something that results in harm to a child or puts a child at risk of harm. Types of Child abuse are physical, sexual or emotional. Neglect is also a form of abuse.

3. Several Types of Child Abuse: 1-child neglect: Is the most frequently reported form of child abuse (63% of all cases) and the most lethal. Is a pattern of failing to provide for a child’s basic needs, whether it be adequate food, clothing, hygiene, or supervision. Some warning signs of neglect in children: A- Clothes are filthy, or inappropriate for the weather . B- hygiene is consistently bad (unbathed, un washed hair, noticeable body odor.) C-physical injuries and is frequently late or missing school.

4. Several types of child abuse: 2-Physical Child Abuse: is the second most frequently reported form of child abuse (16% of all cases). Involves Physical harm or injury to the child . It can also result from severe discipline, such as using a belt on a child, or physical punishment. The result can be: punching, beating, kicking, biting, shaking the child etc..

5. Warning signs of Physical Abuse Frequent injuries or unexplained bruises, cuts. Injuries appear to have marks from a hand or belt . Wears inappropriate clothing to cover up injuries, such as long-sleeved shirts on hot days.

6. Several Types of Child Abuse: 3- Sexual Abuse :is the (10% of all cases). It’s important to recognize that sexual abuse doesn’t always involve body contact. Exposing a child to sexual situations or material is sexually abusive. Sexual abuse usually occurs at the hands of someone the child knows and should be able to trust most often close relatives. Boys and girls both suffer from sexual abuse.

7. Warning signs of Sexual Abuse: Trouble walking or sitting. Displays knowledge or interest in sexual acts inappropriate to his age, or even seductive behavior. Makes strong efforts to avoid a specific person, without an obvious reason.

8. Several Types Of Child Abuse: 4-Emotial Abuse: is the (7% of all cases since 2005). Emotional Abuse can severely damage a child’s mental health or social development, leaving lifelong psychological scars.

9. Warning signs of emotional abuse: Constant belittling, shaming, and humiliating a child. Calling names and ,asking negative comparisons to others. Ignoring or rejecting a child as punishment, giving him or her the silent treatment.

10. Prevented

11. How can child abuse be prevented? A support-group structure is needed to reinforce parenting skills and closely monitor the child’s wellbeing. Visiting home nurse or social-worker visits are also required to observe and evaluates the progress of the child and his/her caretaking situation. Developing free and anonymous support systems, encourages the reporting of potential instances of child abuse.

12. How is child abuse treated? These are some steps to follow: Removal the victim and placement in protective custody in a group home or foster care is often necessary. Effecting counseling for the child, family,and the abuser is essential to deal with the associated emotional and psychological stress and trauma.

13. Child Abuse In Puerto Rico

14. Who abuses children? According to the statistics in P.R. the majority of perpetrators of child mistreatment (77%) are parents and another (11%) are relatives of the victim. Parental risk factors include young or single parents. These can be abused as children or endured a severely dysfunctional home life. An 61% of perpetrators are female. Some of this parents use drugs, alcohol and have psychiatric disease.

15. Who abuses children? The sexual abuse is most often associated with male offenders. Some of this people are under age 40. In Puerto Rico the case of child’s or teenagers being abused start at less than 1 year old and that represent the 67%. The statics in Puerto Rico and violence are ascending every year that is coming….more violence and murdered children