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DCF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT (CAAN)
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DCF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT (CAAN)Three children die as a result of child abuse in the home in the United States each____.
- Answers-Day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? - Answers-
1/3
What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four and younger? -
Answers-child abuse and neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the United States every____. -
Answers-10 seconds
True or False: Strangers pose the greatest risk of sexual abuse to children. - Answers-
False, most children are abused by people they know.
True or False: Child molesters get their sexual gratification only from children. -
Answers-False, many child molesters also have sexual relationships with adults.
The average age that child molesters first attack a child is when the molesters
are_____. - Answers-In their teens
When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing,
exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe heating, or unsanitary housing conditions. -
Answers-lack of adequate shelter
When a child suffers, or is likely to suffer, from physical or
emotional health conditions resulting from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene, and
uncleanness. - Answers-lack of adequate clothing/good hygiene
When the caretaker has regularly failed to provide, or make
available, adequate food to the child, which can cause malnutrition over a long period of
time. - Answers-Lack of adequate nutrition
When a medical or dental condition is left untreated, possibly resulting in serious or
long-term harm to the child. - Answers-lack of dental/medical care
When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most
interactions as a method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support, emotional
care,
or love can cause the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth percentile for age.
- Answers-lack of love and attention (failure to thrive)
When education is not enforced by the parents, thereby
, contributing to the child's absence from school - leading to the lack of education and
leading to truancy. - Answers-Lack of providing access to education
Operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, toll free telephone number 800-962-2873. -
Answers-Florida Abuse Hotline
Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting "in good faith." -
Answers-Immunity
What are the three types of child abuse? - Answers-1. Physical
2. Sexual
3. Emotional
1. Harms and/or impairs a child's physical health.
2. Harms and/or impairs a child's mental health.
3. Harms and/or impairs both a child's mental and physical
health. - Answers-1. Physical abuse
2. emotional abuse
3. sexual abuse
The following are examples of _______ abuse:
• Conveying messages that a child is worthless, unwanted,
or unloved
• Terrorizing a child
• Witnessing domestic violence
• Demeaning, ridiculing, or belittling a child
• Not allowing the child to have friends
• Name calling
• Not letting a child eat, drink, or use the bathroom - Answers-Emotional abuse
The following are examples of _____ abuse:
• Using a child in pornography
• Having intercourse or oral sex with a child
• Fondling a child's genitals
• Having sex in front of a child
• Having a child touch another person's genitals
• Showing x-rated material to a child - Answers-sexual abuse
The following are examples of _______ abuse:
• Scalding a child with hot water
• Slapping, hitting, shaking, or shoving a child
• Beating with a belt, shoe, or other object
• Pulling a child's hair
• Burning a child with a lighter, matches, cigarettes, iron, or other hot object
• Breaking a child's bones
• Restraint or imprisonment
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