Types of Abuse & Neglect
The type of abuse that relates to "the use of a child for the sexual gratification of an adult” (Crosson-Tower, 2019, p. 147)
What is sexual abuse?
True or False: More than one-quarter (26.6%) of CAN victims are in the age range of birth through 2 years old.
What is True: from (Child Maltreatment 2023, 2025, p. 26).
When a report is made, which service investigates and organizes the case?
NCANDS collects data on this number of types of services.
What is 26 types of services (Child Maltreatment 2023, 2025, p. 80).
True or False: In order to leverage our knowledge and advocacy for preventing CAN, we should increase collaboration between our systems, use our current infrastructure to our advantage, and encourage the use of multiple systems of funding.
What is True: from (Risser et al., 2020)
Name three physical symptoms of physical abuse.
What is... (bruises, bite marks, fractures, burns, scalds, head injuries, or internal injuries)?
What are two of the biggest risk factors relating to caregivers that can increase the likelihood of CAN?
What is Drug Abuse (Caregiver) (24.9% of victims) & Domestic Violence (Caregiver) (25.1% of victims) as according to NCANDS 2023 data from (Child Maltreatment 2023, 2025, p. 26).
Give three examples of a mandated reporter.
What are teachers, counselors, social workers, physicians, etc.
This therapy model is most often used in the treatment of abused and neglected children.
What is Trauma-focused CBT (Crosson-Tower, 2019, p. 357).
True or False: School-based child abuse prevention programs are not effective for building knowledge on CAN in children and giving them the skills to protect themselves from CAN.
What is False: Gubbels et al.'s (2021) meta-analysis on school-based programs for CAN found that they were most effective for these areas.
True or False: Intervention is always how incest stops.
What is False: Crosson-Tower (2019, p. 199) describes that sometimes the victim is old enough to fight or leave home, as well as other ways in which incestuous relationships stop.
True or False: In 2023, American Indian or Alaska Native children had the lowest rate of victimization.
What is False: In 2023, American Indian or Alaska Native children had the highest rate of victimization at 13.8 per 1,000 children. Black or African American children have the second highest rate at 11.9 per 1,000 children.(Child Maltreatment 2023, 2025, p. 27).
Define mandated reporter.
What is "individuals who, in their professional relationship with the child and family, may encounter child maltreatment” and are thus required to report CAN (Crosson-Tower, 2019, p. 258).
True or False: There are no therapy treatment models for abusive parents.
What is False: Crosson-Tower (2019) gives two models: parent-child interaction therapy and alternatives for families cognitive behavioral therapy (p.357).
True or False: One way in which we can bolster child maltreatment prevention is through parenting interventions in which we garner community-wide parenting support.
What is True: from (Prinz, 2016)