ABUSE

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ABUSE
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ABUSE

• Intentional physical, emotional, sexual, and/or
  verbal maltreatment or injury of one person to
  another.

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Three types of abuse

• Emotional, Physical, Sexual

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Emotional Abuse

• Makes you feel worthlessness
• Interferes with a persons mental health and
  social development
• Examples yelling, naming calling, put down

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Physical Abuse

• Inflicting bodily harm on someone
• non accidental injury to another
• Examples hitting, kicking, shaking

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Physical Abuse of a child child abuse

• Who inflicts
• Abuse on a child
• A CLOSE FAMILY
• MEMBER
• It is rarely a
• stranger

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Facts

• 3 million reported cases of child abuse in the US
  each year. They estimated the number is actually
  3 times greater
• 1,500 children die every year from child abuse.
  About 4 children every day
• (3 out of the 4 are under age 4)

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• 1/3 of neglected children will later abuse their
  own children
• 36.7 of women and 14.4 of men in prison (in the
  US) were abused as a child
• Childhelpusa.org

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Warning signs of emotional abuse

• Loyalty to parents, fear of punishment,
• Use of drugs/alcohol

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Indicators of physical abuse

• -Facial injuries
• -Bruises, welts
• -Bite marks, burns
• -Fracture/lacerations
• -Child wears torn,
• Stained, or bloody
• Clothes
• -fear of person

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Indicators of neglect

• Malnutrition (weak, thin, fainting, dry skin)
• Developmental delays in speech and motor skills
• Height and weight below normal
• Dirty, unkept, smells

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Sexual abuse of a child

• Any sexual act between an adult and child
• Children who are sexually abused are 2.5 times
  more likely to abuse alcohol

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Sexual abuse

• Examples fondling, intercourse, pornography,
  prostitution
• Warning signs stomach aches, nightmares,
  regression, trauma to body
• Of reported rapes under the age of 12, 90 knew
  their perpetrator.

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Behavioral indicators of abuse

• Aggressive in play, ignoring boundaries
• Depressed
• Hurtful to animals and small children
• Complains of unexplained pains and aches
• Drug and alcohol abuse
• Poor self image and self hatred
• Delinquent behavior (stealing, vandalism)
• Sleep disorders
• Speech disorders

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What to do

• Suspicion is all that is needed
• Call local law enforcement or child welfare
  agency
• Information may be given anonymously
• Name, gender, age, school, address is helpful to
  give

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Dating Violence
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Types of Violence

• Verbal
• Emotional
• Physical
• Sexual
• Financial
• IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE

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Teen Dating Violence Statistics

• 1 in 5 high school girls is physically or
  sexually hurt by a dating partner
• 1 in 3 teens experience some kind of abuse in
  their romantic relationships
• Only 33 of teens who have been in an abusive
  relationship have told someone about it

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• More than half the victims say they have
  compromised their own beliefs to please their
  partner
• Many teens think it is normal
• Teens report dating abuse via cell phone is a
  serious problem

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• Cell phone calls and texting mean constant
  control, 1 in 3 teens say they are text messaged
  10, 20, 30 time an hour by a partner keeping tabs
  on them
• The majority of parents of teen victims are
  unaware of the abuse
• Lindsay Ann Burke Memorial Fund

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Unhealthy Relationships

• Power and Control are at the center of an abusive
  relationship

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Warning signs of an Abusive Relationship

• Extreme Jealousy
• Controlling behavior
• Quick Involvement
• Unrealistic Expectations
• Isolation

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Warning Signs Cont..

• Blames others for their problems
• Verbal abuse
• Past battering
• Threats of violence
• Any force during an argument
• Breaking or striking objects
• Use of force in sex

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Effects of dating violence on the Victim

• Eating disorders
• Headaches
• Nervous
• Bruises/broken bones
• Self blame
• Guilt
• Shame

• Mistrust of self and others
• Low self-esteem
• Depression
• Suicidal
• Fear
• Central Nervous System disorders

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Victims of abuse can often suffer from this.
• The victim will have nightmares and/or flashbacks
• Other symptoms insomnia, helplessness,
  isolation, self-harm, substance abuse, avoid
  talking about it, feeling detached, explosive
  anger

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Battered Womens Syndrome

• They are brainwashed through mind control and
  manipulation
• Believe violence is their fault
• Inability to place responsibility for violence
  elsewhere
• Fear for her life (or childrens lives)
• Irrational belief that the abuser is omnipresent
• Feel worthlessness and that they are not a good
  person

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Why dont theyLeave?

• Fear for their lives
• Learned helplessness
• Approach and Avoidance theory
• Approach the positives in the relationship and
  avoid the abuse
• Traumatic bonding theory
• A strong emotional bond develops during the
  abusive relationship.

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National Domestic Violence Hotline[phone]-SAFE

• It can happen to anyone