IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING CHILD
ABUSE AND NEGLECT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
✔✔ Physical Abuse
Definition: The intentional mistreatment of a child by someone responsible for
their care, which results in physical injury or harm.
Impact: ✔✔ Impairs the child's physical health or development.
✔✔ Sexual Abuse
Definition: Involves any sexual activity or contact between a child and an adult or
older child. This includes indecent exposure, inappropriate touching, rape, sodomy,
sexual exploitation, and exposing the child to pornography.
Impact: ✔✔ Harms both the mental and physical well-being of the child.
✔✔ Emotional Neglect
Definition: The failure to provide a child with emotional support, attention,
affection, or supervision, which results in the child struggling to function normally
in areas such as learning, behavior, and social interaction.
Impact: ✔✔ Leads to emotional and behavioral difficulties.
✔✔ Child Neglect
Definition: A caregiver’s failure to provide basic necessities and emotional care,
including:
✔✔ Food
✔✔ Clothing
✔✔ Safe shelter
, ✔✔ Medical care
✔✔ Proper supervision
✔✔ Emotional support and acceptance
✔✔ Attention and warmth
✔✔ Normal developmental experiences
✔✔ Examples of Child Neglect:
✔✔ Leaving a child unsupervised
✔✔ Leaving a child in an unsafe environment
✔✔ Failing to provide emotional attention
✔✔ Not giving appropriate food, clothing, or shelter
✔✔ Ignoring medical needs
✔✔ Failing to enroll a child in school or ensure attendance
✔✔ Not protecting a child from known dangers or hazards
physical indicator of physical abuse
- unexplained bruises or welts
- unexplained burns
- unexplained broken bones
- unexplained lacerations or abrasions
-domestic violence
behavioral indicator of physical abuse
- wary of adult contact
- apprehensive when other children cry
- behavioral extremes: aggressive or withdrawn
- frightened of parents
- afraid to go home
- reports injury by parents
, - shows anxiety about normal activities (napping, eating, etc.)
- easily startled
- wearing long sleeves/pants in warm weather
- banging, hitting, or threatening play
physical indicator of physical neglect
- consistent hunger, poor hygiene, over/under dressed for the climate
- consistent lack of supervision, especially in dangerous activities over long
periods of time
- unattended physical problems or medical needs (anemia, urinary infections,
diarrhea, malnutrition)
- abandonment
behavioral indicator of physical neglect
- begs for, steals food
- extended stays at school (early arrival, late departure)
- constant fatigue, listlessness, or falling asleep in class
- alcohol or drug abuse
- delinquency (thefts)
- states there is no caregiver
physical indicator of emotional abuse/neglect
- speech and language disorders
- lags in physical development
- failure to thrive
behavioral indicator of emotional abuse/neglect
- habit disorders (sucking, biting, rocking)
- conduct disorders (antisocial, destructive)
- neurotic traits (sleep disorders, inhibition of play)
- psychoneurotic reactions (hysteria, obsession, compulsion, phobias)
-behavior extremes (compliant/passive, aggressive/demanding)
- overly-adaptive behavior (inappropriate adult, inappropriate infant)
- developmental lags (mental, emotional)
- self-destructive behavior or attempted suicide
physical indicator of sexual abuse
ABUSE AND NEGLECT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
✔✔ Physical Abuse
Definition: The intentional mistreatment of a child by someone responsible for
their care, which results in physical injury or harm.
Impact: ✔✔ Impairs the child's physical health or development.
✔✔ Sexual Abuse
Definition: Involves any sexual activity or contact between a child and an adult or
older child. This includes indecent exposure, inappropriate touching, rape, sodomy,
sexual exploitation, and exposing the child to pornography.
Impact: ✔✔ Harms both the mental and physical well-being of the child.
✔✔ Emotional Neglect
Definition: The failure to provide a child with emotional support, attention,
affection, or supervision, which results in the child struggling to function normally
in areas such as learning, behavior, and social interaction.
Impact: ✔✔ Leads to emotional and behavioral difficulties.
✔✔ Child Neglect
Definition: A caregiver’s failure to provide basic necessities and emotional care,
including:
✔✔ Food
✔✔ Clothing
✔✔ Safe shelter
, ✔✔ Medical care
✔✔ Proper supervision
✔✔ Emotional support and acceptance
✔✔ Attention and warmth
✔✔ Normal developmental experiences
✔✔ Examples of Child Neglect:
✔✔ Leaving a child unsupervised
✔✔ Leaving a child in an unsafe environment
✔✔ Failing to provide emotional attention
✔✔ Not giving appropriate food, clothing, or shelter
✔✔ Ignoring medical needs
✔✔ Failing to enroll a child in school or ensure attendance
✔✔ Not protecting a child from known dangers or hazards
physical indicator of physical abuse
- unexplained bruises or welts
- unexplained burns
- unexplained broken bones
- unexplained lacerations or abrasions
-domestic violence
behavioral indicator of physical abuse
- wary of adult contact
- apprehensive when other children cry
- behavioral extremes: aggressive or withdrawn
- frightened of parents
- afraid to go home
- reports injury by parents
, - shows anxiety about normal activities (napping, eating, etc.)
- easily startled
- wearing long sleeves/pants in warm weather
- banging, hitting, or threatening play
physical indicator of physical neglect
- consistent hunger, poor hygiene, over/under dressed for the climate
- consistent lack of supervision, especially in dangerous activities over long
periods of time
- unattended physical problems or medical needs (anemia, urinary infections,
diarrhea, malnutrition)
- abandonment
behavioral indicator of physical neglect
- begs for, steals food
- extended stays at school (early arrival, late departure)
- constant fatigue, listlessness, or falling asleep in class
- alcohol or drug abuse
- delinquency (thefts)
- states there is no caregiver
physical indicator of emotional abuse/neglect
- speech and language disorders
- lags in physical development
- failure to thrive
behavioral indicator of emotional abuse/neglect
- habit disorders (sucking, biting, rocking)
- conduct disorders (antisocial, destructive)
- neurotic traits (sleep disorders, inhibition of play)
- psychoneurotic reactions (hysteria, obsession, compulsion, phobias)
-behavior extremes (compliant/passive, aggressive/demanding)
- overly-adaptive behavior (inappropriate adult, inappropriate infant)
- developmental lags (mental, emotional)
- self-destructive behavior or attempted suicide
physical indicator of sexual abuse
