Child+Abuse

- Each year hundreds of thousands of child abuse cases are reported. - Child abuse is the physical or psychological mistreatment of children. - There were more than 906,000 victims in 2007, and it is estimated that 1,500 children died of abuse and neglect with thousand more suffering from permanent physical or emotional injuries. - Physical Abuse: refers to non-accidental injury inflicted by a caretaker. - Physical neglect: involves the deliberate neglect or extraordinary inattentiveness to a child's physical well-being. - Sexual Abuse: refers to the involvement of children or underage adolescents in sexual activities. - Emotional Abuse: Children who are emotionally abused are chronically belittled, humiliated, or rejected, or they have their self-esteem attacked.

Websites that may help:

http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/educator/index.cfm

http://helpguide.org/mental/child_abuse_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm