The document discusses child abuse, including defining it as any form of maltreatment by an adult that is violent or threatening to a child. This includes physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. Common symptoms of child abuse are discussed, such as sleep problems, withdrawal, and mental health disorders. Prevention strategies proposed include offering children love and attention, proper supervision, and teaching children how to stay safe. UNICEF focuses on implementing child protection legislation and preventing separation of children from families through rehabilitation services.

1. CHILD ABUSE
DR SUSHMA SINGH

2. AGENDA
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INTRODUCTION
PRIMARY GOALS
AREAS OF GROWTH
TIMELINE
SUMMARY

3. INTRODUCTION
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What is child abuse?
Child abuse is not just physical violence directed at a
child. It is any form of maltreatment by an adult, which
is violent or threatening for the child. This includes
neglect.
When child abuse occurs in the home and the abuser
is, for example, the child’s parent or care-giver, this is a
form of domestic Violence.

4. OVER VIEW
PHYSICAL ABUSE
SEXUAL ABUSE
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
NEGLECT.

5. TYPES OF CHILD ABUSE
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6. GENERAL TYPES CHILD ABUSE
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Physical abuse: all
forms of physical
violence;
Emotional or
psychological
abuse: an adult
regularly berates
the child, acts in a
dismissive and
hostile manner
towards the child
or intentionally
scares the child.
Physical neglect:
the child does not
receive the care
and nurturing that
it needs.
Emotional or
psychological neglect:
continuous lack of
positive attention for
the child. Ignoring
the child’s need for
love, warmth and
security. This
category also covers
cases in which
children are
witnesses to violence
between their
parents or caregivers.
Sexual abuse:
sexual contact
which an adult
forces upon a
child.

7. “ANY INTENTIONAL HARM OR
MISTREATMENT TO A CHILD UNDER 18
YEARS OLD IS CONSIDERED CHILD
ABUSE. CHILD ABUSE TAKES MANY
FORMS, WHICH OFTEN OCCUR AT THE
SAME TIME.”
DR SUSHMA SINGH
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8. SYMPTOMS
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SLEEP
PROBLEMS AND
nightmares
AN APPARENT
lack of supervision
FREQUENT
ABSENCES
from school
REBELLIOUS OR
defiant behavior

9. MENTAL/EMOTIONAL HEALTH
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EATING
DISORDERS
Withdrawal
ANXIETY
DISORDERS
Suicide attempts or self-
injury
PERSONALITY
DISORDERS
Low self-esteem
ATTACHMENT
DISORDERS
Withdrawal
BEHAVIOUR
DISORDERS
maintaining relationships
(PTSD)
Post-traumatic stress
disorder
DEPRESSION
Inability to cope with stress
and frustrations
TROUBLE
SLEEPING
(INSOMNIA)
and nightmares

10. PREVENTION
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Offer your child
love and
attention
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Don't respond in
anger
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Think
supervision
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Emphasize when
to say no.
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Teach your child
how to stay safe
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11. SOLUTIONS TO END VIOLENCE, ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION
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Ending child marriage
in India: Drivers and
strategies
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Supporting
adolescent transition
to adulthood
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EVAC Strategy India
(Ending Violence
Against Children)
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UNICEF and its India
partners are working
together to ensure
that children are
protected from work
and exploitation,
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UNICEF joins hands
with government,
civil society
organizations and
other partners

12. AREAS OF FOCUS
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UNICEF
UNICEF also focuses on
implementation of key
child protection legislation
and promotion of
practices that protect
children from violence,
abuse and exploitation.
UNICEF INDIA
UNICEF focuses on
services to prevent
separation of children
from families and on
rehabilitative services for
deinstitutionalized
children and care leaving
youth.

13. HOW WE
GO THERE
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Educate yourself and others. Simple support for
children and parents can be the best way to prevent
child abuse. After-school activities, parent education
classes, mentoring programs, and respite care are
some of the many ways to keep children safe from
harm. Be a voice in support of these efforts in your
community.
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Volunteer your time. Get involved with other parents
in your community. Help vulnerable children and
their families. Start a playgroup.
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Teach children their rights. When children are taught
they are special and have the right to be safe, they
are less likely to think abuse is their fault, and more
likely to report an offender.

14. SUMMARY
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Child abuse is doing something or failing to do
something that results in harm to a child or puts a
child at risk of harm. Child abuse can be physical,
sexual or emotional. Neglect, or not providing for a
child's needs, is also a form of abuse. Most abused
children suffer greater emotional than physical
damage.."

15. THANK YOU
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION GNCT OF DELHI, LADLI FOUNDATION, PRINCIPAL