Preventing Child Abuse In The United States

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` Child Abuse Rochelle Busier August 23, 2009 Axia Online College Professor Carla R. Byrd Com 220 When child abuse occurs it just does not happen in the home it occurs in places people may not even think it happens. There will be statistics and facts provided to those who don’t know the importance and unseen of child abuse. There is many different programs and different awareness to help prevent and recognize the seriousness of child abuse. In this information will be facts that will help you as a reader and those who are interest in learning the depths of this serious matter in the United States to have a better understanding and help prevent child abuse to rise in statistics and keep our children safe. There…show more content…
Mental abuse can cause a child serious behavioral, emotional, or even mental disorders, (medicinenet.com1999). Acts of the parent or caregiver just alone can make a child behave in a certain way. When a child is confined for punishment is a reason for a child to act out in a specific behavior. For example if a child is confined in a dark basement when locked every time they are punished it changes the way a child will behave. The child may behave in many different ways depending on the way they are abused. A child may act quiet and shy or be in a rage of anger and misbehave in a different environment due to not knowing how to act due to being…show more content…
Depending on the state you live in there is a different procedure and different organization that has to be the one you have to report the child abuse too. According to (The Encyclopedia of Child Abuse) National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information, National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth, American Foster Care Resources, INC the American Humane Association are places that can help those who want to report child abuse or even get help in a child abuse situation. Where you live also should have provided child service phone numbers to guide you in the right direction when putting in a child abuse case. Another way a person can report child abuse is by calling the local police station and they will help guide a person in the right

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