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What is child abuse? |
WHAT IS CHILD ABUSE? Child abuse is the harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare which can occur through non-accidental physical or mental injury ... |
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS? A child who's being abused may feel guilty, ashamed or confused. He or she may be afraid to tell anyone about the abuse, especially ... |
CHILD ABUSE - PHYSICAL We find out about physical abuse when children tell us that they have been abused and through other indicators of abuse. Indicators .... |
CHILD ABUSE - EMOTIONAL Psychological abuse of a child is a pattern of intentional verbal or behavioral actions or lack of actions that convey to a child the message ... |
CHILD ABUSE - SEXUAL Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse that includes sexual activity with a minor. A child cannot consent to any form of sexual activity ... |
CHILD ABUSE - NEGLECT Child neglect is "negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child, including the failure to provide adequate food, medical treatment ... |
HUMAN LABOR TRAFFICKING The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, ... |
HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act ... |
EFFECTS? Every child who has experienced abuse or neglect will have their own response to the trauma. While some children have ... |
