Emotional/psychological: Withdrawal, depression, Cowering and fearfulness, Change in sleep Patterns, Agitation, confusion, change in behaviour also Change in appetite/weight. Financial: Unpaid bills. Basic needs not being met, lack of cash on day to day Basis. Institutional abuse: Inability to make choices or decisions, Agitation if routine broken, Disorientation. Patterns of challenging
Cuts or markings caused by objects i.e belts, hands, unusual fractiors or scars, bit markes or burns. Injuries that have inconsistant explainations and have not had medical attention, Immobile babies with unexplained marks, withdrawn from thier peers, all of a sudden starting to wet them selfs, jumps when touched, frozen watchfulness, reinactes want has been happening to them, refusal to change for p.e or swimming. An adult making a child poorly by poisoning and giving them alcohol or drugs is also abuse. Neglect Neglect is the failure to meet the basic physical and phycological needs of the child. The basic needs are shelter, food, love, general hygiene and medical care.
• Tears or bruises in genital/anal areas. • Soreness when sitting. • Signs that someone is trying to take control of their body image, for example, anorexia, bulimia or self-harm. • Sexualised behavior. • Inappropriately dressed.
hand prints, belts or shoes. Burns bites and scars or unusual shaped scars and fractures. Neglect- undernourished, dirty skin and hair, dirty or soiled clothing, inappropriate clothing for the weather, hunger and stealing food, tiredness, being withdrawn, being left unsupervised and not being given any medical care. Sexual abuse- recurrent urinary infections, genital and rectal itching and soreness, inappropriate behaviour regarding age and ability, inappropriate level of sexual knowledge, and sexual abusive behaviour toward others, lack of trust, regression, become isolated and withdrawn. Emotional abuse, low self-esteem, attention seeking behaviour, nervous behaviour, continual rocking, hair twisting, delayed development, and self-mutilation.
| c Emotional/psychologicalabuse | Name calling, insulting, withholding affection, shouting, swearing, threatening, bullying, ignoring, humiliating, teasing, racial abuse, cultural abuse. | Withdrawal, obsessive/ ritualistic behaviour, over-compliance, anti-social/ destructive behaviour, loss of appetite or over-eating, comfort behaviour, deterioration of personal hygiene. | d Financialabuse | Theft, extortion or intimidation through threats, embezzlement, mismanagement of benefits/bank account. | Unexplained lack of funds, unexplained disappearance of individual’s possessions, unusual interest by another in the individual’s finances, unexplained withdrawal from accounts, individual borrowing/ stealing money from others. | e Institutionalabuse | Rigid routines imposed on individuals, individuals woken early/sent to bed early to suit workers or
| c Emotional/psychologicalabuse | Name calling, insulting, withholding affection, shouting, swearing, threatening, bullying, ignoring, humiliating, teasing, racial abuse, cultural abuse. | Withdrawal, obsessive/ ritualistic behaviour, over-compliance, anti-social/ destructive behaviour, loss of appetite or over-eating, comfort behaviour, deterioration of personal hygiene. | d Financialabuse | Theft, extortion or intimidation through threats, embezzlement, mismanagement of benefits/bank account. | Unexplained lack of funds, unexplained disappearance of individual’s possessions, unusual interest by another in the individual’s finances, unexplained withdrawal from accounts, individual borrowing/ stealing money from others. | e Institutionalabuse | Rigid routines imposed on individuals, individuals woken early/sent to bed early to suit workers or
Broken bones, bruises, pressure marks, abrasions and burns * Sexual abuse a Change in behavioural. Bruising around the breast or genital area, also unexplained bleeding around the genital area and pregnancy * Emotional / Physchologic abuse change in behaviour and unusual depression. Lack of interest in social contacts * Financial abuse illegal or unauthorised use of a person’s money, property and valuables * Self-neglect a behavioural condition in which an individual neglects to attend to their feeding, cloths, personal hygiene, and a medical condition if they have one. * Neglect by other a passive form of abuse in which a person is responsible to provide care for someone who is unable to care for them self’s and fails to provide the care to meet there needs. Neglect may
Emotional abuse: bullying, invoking threats or fear, devaluing individual self-esteem, verbal abuse and swearing, imposing inappropriate expectations, conveying feelings of worthlessness, exploitation. Financial abuse: theft of money or property, misappropriation or mismanagement of individuals’ finances, denying individuals access to their own finances, particularly with the elderly or individuals with learning difficulties. Self-neglect: individuals engaging in neglectful or self-harming behaviours including refusing to eat or drink, neglecting personal hygiene or toilet needs, causing actual bodily harm to self-including cutting. Neglect by others: not caring for the basic needs of individuals including neglectful practice in washing, toileting and personal hygiene. 1.2 Identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse.
Identifying signs could be swelling, redness, cuts, bruising tenderness and infections of the genitals or possibly infections of the mouth, blood stained underwear or torn underwear. Symptoms that are consistent with this form of abuse could include depression, isolation, tearful, behavioural changes and overtly sexualised behaviour or preoccupation with anything sexual and loss of sleep. * Emotional/Psychological abuse Emotional and/or psychological abuse is often the most difficult to identify. It consists of controlling behaviour, being ignored, intimidation and manipulation. There are no visible signs or indicators that a service user is a possible victim.
Second, Neglect: when a child is being neglected he and or she is consistently dirty and smells really horrid. The child could also have a problem with drugs or alcohol. If the parent neglects their child they are forced to steal or even beg for money or food. The child will be hungry and very skinny. When looking at the parent or talking to them they seem to be apathetic to very depressed.