Emotional Abuse. Persistent emotional ill treatment of a child / children can cause severe and persistent adverse effects on their emotional development. Can involve telling the child / children that they are unloved, worthless, inadequate or valued insofar as they meet the needs of another person. It may make children frequently feel frightened or in danger. It may involve the exploitation or corruption of children.
Emotional Abuse. Emotional abuse is the persistent emotional maltreatment of a child such as to cause severe and persistent adverse effects on the child’s emotional development. It may involve conveying to children that they are worthless or unloved, inadequate, or valued only insofar as they meet the needs of another person. It may feature age or developmentally inappropriate expectations being imposed on children. These may include interactions that are beyond the child’s development capability, as well as overprotection and limitation of exploration and learning, or preventing the child participating in normal social interaction. It may involve seeing or hearing the ill treatment of another. It may involve serious bulling, causing children frequently to feel frightened or in danger, or the exploitation or corruption of children. Some level of emotional abuse is involved in all types of maltreatment of a child, though it may occur alone. Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse involves forcing or enticing a child or young person to take part in sexual activities, including prostitution, whether or not the child is aware of what is happening. The activities may involve physical contact, including penetrative or non-penetrative acts. They may include non-contact activities, such as involving children in the looking at, or in the production of, sexual online images, watching sexual activities or encouraging children to behave in sexually inappropriate ways. (Child sexual exploitation is a form of child sexual abuse. It occurs where an individual or group takes advantage of an imbalance of power to coerce, manipulate or deceive a child or young person under the age of 18 into sexual activity (a) in exchange for something the victim needs or wants, and/or (b) for the financial advantage or increased status of the perpetrator or facilitator. The victim may have been sexually exploited even if the sexual activity appears consensual. Child sexual exploitation does not always involve physical contact; it can also occur through the use of technology).
Emotional Abuse. Emotional abuse may include a chronic attack on a child or youth’s self-esteem; it is psychologically destructive behavior by a person in a position of power, authority or trust. It can take the form of name-calling, threatening, ridiculing, berating, intimidating, isolating, hazing or ignoring the child or youth’s needs. Physical Abuse Physical abuse includes when a person in a position of power or trust purposefully injures or threatens to injure a child or youth. This may include but is not limited to slapping, hitting, shaking, kicking, pulling hair or ears, throwing, shoving, grabbing, hazing or excessive exercise as a form of punishment.
Emotional Abuse. This is the persistent emotional ill-treatment of a child such as to cause severe and long lasting effects on the child’s psycho-social development. It may include: screaming at, frightening, belittling, scapegoating, mocking, isolating or stigmatising a child.
Emotional Abuse. Willful infliction of mental or emotional anguish by threat, humiliation, intimidation or other abusive conduct, including but not limited to, frightening, or isolating an adult.
Emotional Abuse. Emotional abuse occurs when a child/vulnerable adult is not given love, help and encouragement and is constantly derided or ridiculed e.g. racial or sexual remarks.
Emotional Abuse this is the act of inflicting distressing or adverse effects on an individual either though verbal or nonverbal actions. Emotional abuse can be the presence of negativity, lack of positivity towards the individual or disproportional treatment of one over the others. Inappropriate use of social media and ‘banter’ are both considered in this section. Neglect – refers to the persistent or serve neglect of a child or failure to protect that individual from a dangerous situation or other forms of abuse. This includes, but is not considered exhaustive, weather conditions, food/diet, personal hygiene or health. PNECET activities encourage and educate parents in this section to avoid these situations.
Emotional Abuse. This refers to actual or likely severe adverse effects on the emotional and behavioural development of a child caused by persistent or severe ill treatment namely rejection. All abuse involves some emotional ill treatment; the areas of concern are; rejection lack of praise or encouragement lack of attachment lack of stimulation i.e. fun and play Lack of appropriate handling relative to age segregation punishment or given work tasks as a punishment.
Emotional Abuse. This type of abuse may include a lack of care and attention, humiliation, terror, intimidation and character assassination. Domestic violence may be a form of emotional abuse. Violence is terrifying loud and it leaves physical damage on bodies and property, and it can leave caregivers unable to tend to their children. If you are considering not reporting domestic violence, remember that violence is not an isolated event. How About Abuse in the Past, or in the Future? Suspected abuse must be reported past, present or future. For example, someone may have abused the Mentee in the past who is not currently around this individual, but they may be abusing other children elsewhere. In addition, if you hear or suspect that anyone might be harmed in the future, this is also reportable. How About Danger to Someone Besides My Mentee? Suspicion is also reportable even if it doesn’t concern your Mentee directly. Example: If your Mentee says, “My brother has a gun and he is thinking about robbing the 7-11!”--This is reportable. How a Report is Made: Again, we ask you to report any suspicion to program staff and they will help to decide if the incident is reportable. As a volunteer, you aren’t required by law to make a report, but program staff is. Although program staff will take the lead on making a report, if the incident is serious a Child Protective Services worker may want to ask you details on the incident. Staff has paperwork and reporting procedures, as required by law. What if I Ask Staff to Report, and S/he Fails to Do So? This is unlikely to happen, but if you feel that the program staff is not reporting something that you feel is reportable, the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) encourages you to make a report to the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS). In order to make a report to DFCS, you may consider one of the following protocols:
Emotional Abuse. Consists of a pattern of behavior that impairs a child’s emotional development and positive sense of self, possibly resulting in psychological damage. Emotional abuse includes the presence of a pattern of belittlement, criticism, rejection and threats and the absence of supporting behaviors such as praise, pride in the child and expressions of love and concern.
