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Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ - day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? - 1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? - Child
Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ - 10 seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years - Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological
capicaty of a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person
responsiible for the child's welfare - Child abuse
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that results in
injury or harm to the child. - Physical Abuse
Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes
indecent exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy,
exploitation, and showing pornography. - Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or
teasing child. - Verbal Abuse
Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution
where the person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a
private school, public or private child care center, residential home, institution, program,
or agency or any other person at such institution responsible for the child's care. -
Institutional abuse and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision. -
Neglect
Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal living
experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to function
normally in performance and behavior. - Emotional neglect