Sentences with phrase «neglected or abused children»

In many studies, aggression and antisocial behavior problems have been found in neglected or abused children and adolescents.

Responsible to assist child welfare specialist to foster care arrangements, protect neglected or abused children and with adoption placement

Those with the misfortune to live with neglectful or abusive guardians, just like neglected or abused children, suffer.

Similarly, «grandparent» volunteers who massaged neglected or abused children were less stressed (as measured by cortisol levels in their urine), needed to make fewer trips to the doctor and reported higher self - esteem.

(Note: this does not apply to parents who neglect or abuse their children.

Not exact matches

Ed Bridge, fourth - generation leader of Ben Bridge Jeweler, one of several Berkshire jewelry store chains, has helped raised millions of dollars for children who are victims of catastrophic illness, abuse, or neglect.

Finally, disorganized attachment occurs when parents are unable to discern their children's needs or if the child experiences trauma, abuse, or neglect.

One of Wallerstein's surprising and encouraging findings was that even people who had suffered terrible abuse or neglect in childhood could still form happy and satisfying «rescue» marriages — marriages that healed the hurts of the past and enabled people to raise their children lovingly and well.

p. 409) Knowing that his or her confession of child abuse or neglect will be reported, the offending party will not make confession or seek counseling.

«A person commits an offense,» the code reads, «if the person has cause to believe that a child's welfare has been or may be further adversely affected by abuse or neglect and knowingly fails to report in accordance with Section 34.02 of this Code» (Section 34.04) This is augmented by another section that describes who is exempt from the provisions:

Finally, notice that the code requires the minister to disclose any information on suspected child abuse or neglect in «any proceeding.»

Indeed, the Texas attorney general handed down a legal opinion last summer stating that state law required him to prosecute clergy and church workers who failed to report suspicion of child abuse or neglect.

In any proceeding regarding the abuse or neglect of a child or the cause of any abuse or neglect, evidence may not be excluded on the ground of privileged communication except in the case of communications between attorney and client [Sec. 34.07].

This past September Maine became one of many states that require clergy to report signs of possible child abuse or neglect that they may learn about in the course of their work.

If a child is being beaten, neglected or otherwise abused, that child SHOULD have the right to get help.

Supports and promotes court - appointed volunteer advocacy so every abused or neglected child in the United States can be safe, have a permanent home and the opportunity to thrive.

I have to break confidentiality and report when there is child or elder abuse / neglect, a reasonable chance a client is suicidal, or a reasonable chance a client is homicidal.

A Garner elementary school teacher works to provide local abused or neglected children with new pajamas and books.

But while it is true that behaviors like neglect and abuse can exert a disturbingly powerful influence on children, it is also true that the effect of some detrimental parental behaviors can be diminished or even reversed if those behaviors change.

These were parents, in other words, who had been found to have abused or neglected children in the past and now had a new baby to care for.

Federal legislation provides guidance to States by identifying a minimum set of acts or behaviors that define child abuse and neglect.

Child abuse in sports can arise in a number of different contexts: emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect.

People who are getting all offensive about animals saying other people need to give them away or that this and that is animal abuse and neglect need to grow up and honestly never have kids because i've seen it before and have no doubt they will be child abuser and neglect their children.

The well meaning advice and thoughts of naysayers just don't bother me anymore... well, okay sometimes they do... like when they insinuate that my choices on vaccines or positive discipline border on child abuse or neglect... then I have a few choice words to say.

Most of these children have been abused, neglected or abandoned.

Even if children are being reared in very poor living conditions, no one has a right to take the children away from their parents unless the situation fits the criteria of abuse or neglect.

There are many uses for such a questionnaire, such as: a) helping place at - risk children (e.g., abused, neglected, diagnosed) with safe and nurturing parents, b) potentially reducing the number of failed adoption placements, c) protecting children from at - risk adults, and d) screening foster / adoptive families to reduce the possibility of abuse and / or neglect.

Over and above negative developmental outcomes, is the pain and suffering experienced by children whose fathers neglect or abuse them, or who neglect or abuse their mothers.

Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is usually the result of a disruption of or trauma to the attachment process such as a history of physical or sexual abuse, neglect and / or frequent change in caregivers within the first three years of a child's life.

We know from the ACE study that for 95 % of children exposed to domestic violence, there is also substance abuse, mental illness, neglect, abuse, or incarceration within their home.

Courts usually back the rule that what a parent does when she is with her child is her business, no one else's, other than when true abuse and / or neglect is present.]

Although PMT has most often been used to help parents with children engaged in seriously disobedient or destructive behavior, the approach has also helped many families struggling with child abuse and neglect.

Massage is not recommended for children with heart defects, brittle bones or a history of seizures, but it's a good option for infants with neonatal problems, abuse or neglect.

More than 3 million American children are investigated for child maltreatment each year, and 800,000 children — about one in every hundred — are identified by state agencies as having been abused or neglected.

As long as no one's children are at risk of being neglected or abused (or their choices affect the well - being of your children), live and let live — just don't talk about it.

From those investigations, 800,000 children are identified as abused or neglected.

States have also established criminal sanctions to be imposed against parents who abuse, neglect, abandon, or fail to financially support their children.

[Note: Unless there is a case of proven abuse or neglect, you do not have control over how your ex will parent your child.

Gershoff notes too that the US Department of Health and Human Services (2001) indicated that 13 of every 1000 children are abused or neglected.

This policy change requiring adopted children to be seen by a physician and a dentist annually is expected to ensure that they are seen by someone in a position to recognize any signs of abuse or neglect.

... Differences in anxious attachments were also noted between those children who primarily experienced abuse and those who experienced neglect or marginal maltreatment.

''... Patricia Crittenden (1988) found that among children who experienced abuse, neglect, or both, only 5 percent to 13 percent manifested a secure attachment.

A court in the District of Columbia assumes that joint custody is in the best interests of the child unless there's a history of child abuse, neglect, parental kidnapping or family violence.

Children usually enter foster care due to abuse and / or neglect, but there are several other reasons that a child may enter foster care.

An infant or child abandoned by the birth mother; neglected in the orphanage; sometimes abused or injured; then put in the arms of complete strangers from a different culture is going to be traumatized.

Even when abuse or neglect has occurred in a child's past, many children still love their birth parents.

When the subject of «postpartum depression» (PPD) comes up in the news, it is often accompanied by misinformation and erroneously linked to mothers who commit infanticide, abuse or neglect their children.

Be observant for any signs of child neglect or abuse.

A child with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) has been subject to neglect or abuse and fails to establish the expected bond with his primary caregivers, resulting in irritability, sadness, fearfulness and difficulty interacting with adults or peers.

When parental attachments don't form properly (as a result of abuse, neglect or harmful parenting), the child is less likely to develop a strong sense of independence.