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This document defines key terms related to child abuse, including the different types of child abuse and neglect, symptoms, appropriate responses, and the responsibilities of mandated reporters. It outlines child abuse as intentional harm or mistreatment, child neglect as failure to provide necessary care, and non-accidental physical abuse as injury leaving marks or broken bones. Emotional abuse includes rejecting, terrorizing, or isolating a child, while sexual abuse is any inappropriate sexual act or exposure by an adult or older child.

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This document defines key terms related to child abuse, including the different types of child abuse and neglect, symptoms, appropriate responses, and the responsibilities of mandated reporters. It outlines child abuse as intentional harm or mistreatment, child neglect as failure to provide necessary care, and non-accidental physical abuse as injury leaving marks or broken bones. Emotional abuse includes rejecting, terrorizing, or isolating a child, while sexual abuse is any inappropriate sexual act or exposure by an adult or older child.

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Terms Definitions

What is child abuse?

child abuse An intentional injury or mistreatment done to a child

child neglect
Failure of parents or caretakers to provide needed, age
appropriate care including food, clothing, shelter, protection
from harm

Injury of a child that leaves marks, scars, bruises, or broken


non-accidental physical
abuse bones

emotional abuse Rejecting, terrorizing, berating, ignoring, or isolating a child

sexual abuse
Any inappropriate sexual exposure or physical touch by an
adult or older child to a younger child

incest
Sexual abuse by a relative

molestation
Sexual abuse by someone outside the family

symptom
A sign that something may be true or may have happened

charge A formal accusation that someone is responsible for a crime,


such as child abuse or neglect

Appropriate responses

mandated reporter
Persons who work with children and are required to report any
suspicion of child abuse or neglect

documenting Preparing a written record of an event or situation that occured


liable To be legally responsible

resilience Having coping skills to overcome hardhips; the ability to


bounce back

The value a person places on himself/herself


self-worth

predictable Knowing what to expect

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