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 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 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. 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. Medium neglect, lack of supervision.
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. 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 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. Harm to a child’s emotional, intellectual, mental or psychological development. This may occur as an isolated event or on an ongoing basis. Emotional abuse includes but is not limited to any humiliating or degrading treatment (e.g., bad name- calling, threats, yelling/screaming/cursing at, teasing, constant criticism, belittling, persistent shaming, etc.), failure to meet a child’s emotional needs, and rejecting, ignoring, terrorizing, isolating or confining a child.
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. Harm done by persistent or severe emotional ill - treatment or rejection, such as degrading punishments, threats, bullying, and not giving care and affection, resulting in adverse effects on the behavior and emotional state of an individual or the behavior and development of a child or young person .12
