2. LESSON OUTCOME
pupils will be able to explain and show
example of child abuse
pupils will be able to differentiate between
different kind of child abuse
4. What you see in the picture?
In your understanding of the picture what is
going on between the child and the father
Use the following worksheet to answer the
question here
5. Okay today’s lesson is about child
abuse
• As you saw in the picture the father had abuse
his daughter physical and emotional.
• First of all we will explain what is child abuse?
child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional
mistreatment or neglect of the child.
1. Physical abuse is an act of another party
involving contact intended to cause feelings of
physical pain, injury, or other physical suffering
or bodily harm.
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2. Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in
which an adult or older adolescent uses a child
for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual
abuse include asking or pressuring a child to
engage in sexual activities.
3. emotional abuse or mental abuse, is a form of
abuse characterized by a person subjecting or
exposing another to behaviour that may result
in psychological trauma
7. Where does all these form of abuse
taking place?
• They is no specific place where abuse can
occur, however most of the time child abuse
can occur in a child's home, or in the
organizations, schools or communities the
child interacts with.
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4. Neglect is a passive form of abuse in which a
perpetrator is responsible to provide care for a
victim who is unable to care for himself or
herself, but fails to provide adequate care.
Neglect may include the failure to provide
sufficient supervision, nourishment, or medical
care, or the failure to fulfill other needs for
which the victim is helpless to provide for
himself or herself.
9. the following pie chard show the statistics of child
abuse in 2009
• What are your views
after seeing the pie
chard, do you think the
child abuse will increase
in ten years to come?
use the worksheet here
to answer your question
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• Promote programs in school.
Teaching children, parents and teachers
prevention strategies can help to keep children
safe.
• Report suspected abuse or neglect.
If you have reason to believe a child has been or
may be harmed, call your local department of
children and family services or you local police
department
11. How can we prevent child abuse from
increasing as the community?
• Be a nurturing parent.
Children need to know that they are
special, loved and capable of following their
dreams.
• Get involved.
Ask your community leaders, clergy, library and
schools to develop services to meet the needs of
healthy children and families
12. Risk factors for child abuse
• While child abuse occurs in all types of families—even
in those that look happy from the outside—children
are at a much greater risk in certain situations.
• Domestic violence.
seeing domestic violence is frightening to children and
emotionally abusive. Even if the mother does her best to
shield her children and keeps them from being physically
abused, the situation is still extremely damaging. If you or
a loved one is in an abusive relationships, getting out is
the best thing for protecting the children.
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• Alcohol and drug abuse.
staying with an alcoholic /addict is very problematic for children and
can easily lead to abuse and neglect. Parents who are drunk or high
are unable to care for their children, make good parenting
decisions, and control often-dangerous impulses. Substance abuse also
commonly leads to physical abuse
Lack of parenting skills.
Some caregivers never Acquire the skills necessary for good parenting.
Teen parents, for instance, might have unrealistic probability about
how much care babies and small children need. Or parents who were
themselves victims of child abuse may only know how to raise their
children the way they were raised. In such cases, parenting
classes, therapy, and caregiver support groups are great resources for
learning better parenting skills
14. Recognising Child Abuse
• As educators, you will often be the first to
notice the change in behaviour of a child. This
change could be the result of child abuse and
it is vital that you recognise the signs and
what constitutes child abuse.
15. Where victims can find help?
They are organization who offer counseling to
those who had experience any form of abuse
like child help or they can call 0800 055 555
child line
17. References
• http://www.helpguide.org/mental/child_abus
e_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm
• Quinn K. The credibility of children's
allegations of sexual abuse. In: Behavioural
Sciences and the Law. Vol 6. 1988:181-199
• Heger AH, Emans SJ. Evaluation of the Sexually
Abused Child: A Medical Textbook and
Photographic Atlas. NY: Oxford University
Press; 1992
