Spanking and Aggression in Young Children Can spanking really lead to aggressive behavior in young children? In my opinion, it can and usually does. Have you ever gotten a spanking from a parent or adult, but then were told “hitting and slapping are not okay,” by that same adult? You probably felt confused or angry and asked them, “why is it ok for you to slap me, but it’s not okay for me to slap you?” This is one of a few reasons why I do not believe spanking is an effective form of punishment and can lead to aggressive behavior in children. It can cause confusion, which can then lead to stress, which can then result in aggressive behavior from the child.
Unit 4222-205 Principles of Safeguarding and protection in health and social care (HSC 024) Physical Abuse Physical abuse can be defined as an act by an individual or group involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm. Actions could be physical such as hitting, pinching or kicking or it could be not giving a person their correct dosage of medicine, or enough to eat and drink. Physical abuse also covers such things as not allowing someone enough sleep, and subjecting them to cold or heat. Signs The most obvious sign that someone is being physically abused is bruises and cuts. Some other signs are less obvious, but can include weight loss.
Unit 4222-345 Understand How to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Children and Young People. Outcome 1 Understand the main legislations, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. 345.1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK home nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Policies and procedures for safeguarding and child protection in England and Wales are a result of the Children Act 1989 and in Northern Island of the Children (Northern Island) Order 1995. The Children Act 2004 introduced further changes to the way the child protection system is structured and organised in England and Wales.
Physical abuse This is when a child is being physically abused this could include hitting, smacking, punching, kicking or include objects being thrown at them. This causes pain to them and leaves marks- this type of abuse can even lead to death The signs and symptoms of abuse include- -marks on the body -refusal to undress -running away from home -fear of physical contact -distressed -not wanting to do any medical examination Some marks you see on children can be just genuine injuries as children are always bound to have accidents. However this does not mean that we can’t keep an eye on them. In my setting if a child has a mark on their body whether it being suspicious or not we ask the parent what they did- most parents tell you before you ask and the majority of the time you are like yes okay that fine sometimes you may thing that they are not telling you the truth. If we have a child having repeat marks on their body or suspicious marks then we body map this and store it.
Risk of significant harm means a child or young person who is at risk of suffering some kind of abuse Physical or mental and emotional harm damaging to a child’s wellbeing and development. 2. The types of child abuse are Physical – When a child has suffered or is at risk of suffering non accidental physical trauma or injury Emotional/Psychological- When a childs social.emotional or intellectual development is at risk and threatened Sexual- When an adult, stronger child or adolescent uses their power or authority to involve a child in sexual activities Neglect-When a childs basic necessities of life are not met and their health and development are affected 3. Physical - Long periods of vacant stares or frozen stares - cannot explain injuries or injuries are not consistent to explanation has burns, bruising, burns in different stages of healing - may flinch when touched unexpectantly Emotional /Psychological - Avoiding eye contact with mother or carer -Bullying, disruptive or aggressive behaviours towards peers - Mental or emotional development lags Sexual - Short attention span -Fear of home or a specific place excessive fear of women or men - Dramatic behavioural changes or sudden non participation in activities Neglect - Medical needs not attended to, frequent infections, illness,sores - Malnutrition consistent hunger hoarding food
STLS unit 202 CYPW unit 007 Safeguarding the Welfare of Children and Young People Outcome 3 (3.1) List some of the physical signs (what you might see on a child’s body) and the behavioural indicators (how a child might behave) that may raise concerns for a child’s welfare.| Emotional Abuse Emotional abuse is when a parent or carer behaves in a way that is likely to seriously affect their child's emotional development. It can range from constant rejection and denial of affection, through to continual severe criticism, deliberate humiliation and other ways of verbally "terrorising" a child. www.nspcc.org.uk/ Physical signs and symptoms·1 Sudden speech disorders ·2 Self-harm ·3 Developmental delay in terms of emotional progress ·4 Continual self-depreciation ('I'm stupid, ugly, worthless, etc') |Behavioural Indicators·5 Neurotic behaviour (rocking, hair twisting, self-mutilation) ·6 Being unable to play ·7 Fear of making mistakes ·8 Fear of parent being approached regarding their behaviour | Physical Abuse Physical abuse includes hitting, shaking, kicking, punching, scalding, suffocating and other ways of inflicting pain or injury to a child. It also includes giving a child harmful substances, such as drugs, alcohol or poison. If a parent or carer reports non-existent symptoms of illness in a child, or deliberately causes illness in a child, this is also a form of physical abuse.
Physical abuse “Physical abuse is when someone deliberately hurts or injures you. It can include hitting, kicking, and hair pulling, beating with objects, throwing and shaking. No one has the right to hurt you in this way.” (childline.org.uk). Physical abuse is an act of another person using physical contact to cause feelings of physical pain or injury. Physically abused children are at risk for later interpersonal problems involving aggressive behaviour and adolescents are more at risk of abusing substances.
In pregnancy an unborn child can be harmed by domestic violence. Ways to look out for this abuse are things such as; • Unexplained injuries • Unexplained bruises or marks • Unexplained burns or cuts • Injuries in places that are not normally exposed to falls or rough games • Reluctant to change for, or participate in games or
Unit 204: Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Know how to recognise signs of abuse There are several different types of abuse, such as physical abuse and financial abuse. Each type of abuse is carried out in different ways and has various impacts on the victim. Unfortunately many service users become victims of abuse, in its many forms. Physical abuse can be inflicted on a service user in a number of ways such as punching, kicking or pulling their hair. Physical abuse is the act of violence on an individual that causes pain.
P3 Child maltreatment can occur intentionally or unintentionally. Parents may intentionally maltreat their children for example causing them physical harm, emotional harm, sexual harm or psychological harm on purpose. It can also occur unintentionally this is when a parent fails to take interest or notice different signs in their children which could indicate harm from another party for example bullying. Different parenting skills can affect a child being maltreated. There are different indicators for child maltreatment for example indicators you would look out for in physical maltreatment would be bruising, unexplained injuries and soreness also infections, underweight and poor personal hygiene.