speak up Speak out

1. SILENCE DESTROY LIVES
Wanda Scott
EDU363: Education & Social Justic (BYE418DS)
Instructor: Barry Dotson

2.  Social justice means that every person is
entitled to the same rights and services;
However social justice fail to recognize
children who are neglected and abused.
These children have no voice if we (society)
do not speak for them.
 Children die from maltreatment everyday and
neglect associated with poverty leads to
children deaths. A cry for needed help and
services for the voiceless will draw attention
to the injustice these children encounter.

3.  Who speaks for this child?
 A baby early stage of development is strengthen
by the kind of care and stimulus he recieves.
Poor attachment and little interaction can affect
the childs’ brain and development.

4.  Neglect can negatively affect a child's academic performance. Studies
have found that:
 Children placed in out-of-home care because of abuse or neglect have
below-average levels of cognitive capacity, language development, and
academic achievement.
 Neglected children demonstrated a notable decline in academic
performance upon entering junior high school.
 Children who were physically neglected were found to have significantly
lower IQ scores at 24 and 36 months and the lowest scores on
standardized tests of intellectual functioning and academic achievement
in kindergarten when compared with children who had experienced
either no maltreatment or other forms of maltreatment.
 Neglected children, when compared with nonmaltreated children, scored
lower on measures of overall school performance and tests of language,
reading, and math skills.
 Neglected boys, but not girls, were found to have lower full-scale IQ
scores than physically abused and nonmaltreated children. 82

5.  He does not know how to tell you with words.
 That is why it is so important to advocate for
the voiceless

6.  The Child Abuse Prevention and
 Treatment Act (CAPTA) provides a minimal definition for all child
maltreatment that focuses on
 harm levels in lieu of specific factors or types. It defines child
maltreatment as, “any act or failure to
 act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death,
serious physical or emotional harm,
 sexual abuse or exploitation, or any act or failure to act which
presents an imminent risk of harm” 42
 U.S.C. A 5106g. State statutory definitions vary in specificity and
content.

 Child neglect – particularly chronic neglect – is highly correlated
with poverty,
 lhttp://www.americanhumane.org/assets/docs/advocacy/child-
welfare-policy-1.pdf.

7.  11 children found neglected and abused in Texas
home as some- including a blind 5-year-old girl
and two other toddlers- were 'tied up to their
beds'
 By MEGHAN KENEALLY
 UPDATED: 04:01 EST, 22 February 2012
 Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-
2104301/11-children-neglected-abused-Texas-
home.html#ixzz33cJF9SxC

8.  anyone who suspects that a child is being
abused or neglected has a legal obligation to
report it. Professional reporters such as
(teachers or school leaders) are required to
report suspicion of abuse or neglect within
48 hours.

11.  Enlarge the team of influence for social
workers by placing child advocates in local,
state and federal offices.

14.  Child Protective Services (CPS)
 Case workers
 Community
 School System
 Early Head Start http://ensnrc.org
 Project Safe Care
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-
res/parenting/childMAl-briefing.pdf
 Parenting Empowerment Program
http://montekids.org/program/cpc

15.  It is important that we all take a stand and be
the voice for the children who are unable to
speak for themselves. Speak up and Speak
out. The children will have a better chance at
advancing through this life with a good
education, and a happier way of life.