Assertion: child | /r/HasProperty | abused
Facets:
value: sexually
type: MANNER
value: physically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: What should you do if you suspect that a child is being abused?
text: The California Department of Education’s Child Abuse and Reporting Guidelines outline four different categories of child abuse that must be reported by mandated reporters across the state: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect.
text: There is considerable overlap among children who are abused, with many suffering a combination of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or neglect.
text: It is not always easy to recognize when a child has been abused.
text: A child who has been abused needs special support and treatment as early as possible.
text: In most cases, children who are abused or neglected suffer greater mental health than physical health damage.
text: Not all children who are abused have severe reactions.
text: If you suspect your child has been abused, get help immediately through your pediatrician or a local child protective agency.
text: If your child has been abused, you may be the only person who can help him.
text: CPS typically takes cases where a child has been abused or is believed to be at risk of abuse by someone who has care giving responsibilities for that child.
text: Determine if a child has been abused or neglected
text: Some children may have been abused, mistreated, constantly subjected to surveillance and lived in a perpetual “panopticon” in their childhood environment, while others might have had a greater range of freedom.
text: Courts don't like interfering with matters of family lifestyle; however, if the children are being abused or neglected, courts will intervene to seek the best interest of the children.
text: Professionals having knowledge of or reasonable cause to suspect that a child is abused or neglected, or has died as a result of abuse or neglect, must make a report of the circumstances.
text: Any person having reasonable cause to suspect that a child is abused or neglected, or has died as a result of abuse or neglect, may report such circumstances
text: When compared with children in intact married homes, children raised by single parents are more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems; be physically abused; smoke, drink, and use drugs; be aggressive; engage in violent, delinquent, and criminal behavior; have poor school performance; be expelled from school; and drop out of high school.
text: An educator or other mandated reporter does not have to be physically present at the time of the abuse, witness the abuse or have definite proof that a child has been abused.
text: What Parents Need to Know About Sexual Abuse, describes what disclosure is, what you should do if you suspect your child has been sexually abused, what to do if children take back the disclosure, and how to cope with your feelings.
text: It is hard to hear your child has been abused, and your initial reactions may be to not believe or show shock or horror, but it is important to support the child and help him/her to disclose.
text: Regardless of how the child discloses, recognizing the possibility the child is being abused, believing the child, and discussing the situation with him or her further will, in most cases, bring out further details.
text: Even though your child may be disclosing terrible things that may have happened at the hands of a family member or friend, the child may still love that person and may only just be beginning to recognize that he/she was being abused.
text: If you suspect that your child or another child is being abused, report it to the proper authorities.
text: If you suspect that your child or another child is being abused, report it to the proper authorities.
text: If you suspect a child is being abused or neglected, call the police or your local child welfare agency.