Abuse
Name 2 types of abuse
Sexual, physical, verbal and emotional
What is the difference between sexual abuse and sexual assault
Sexual abuse involves a caregiver or someone in power. Sexual assault is by another non-caregiver, and this can include peers.
What are some reasons children don't tell about physical abuse?
Scared, don't want their parent to get in trouble, think it's ok, don't know its breaking the law, fear of being separated
True or False?
Sexual abusers are usually a stranger to the child?
False, 90% of time, the abuser is someone the child and parent knows and trusts
What are some outcomes of emotional abuse?
Lack of trust, low self-esteem, insecurity
What is physical abuse?
Hitting, kicking, punching, or anything that causes harm to someone's body
True or False: Children never get over trauma
False--With treatment, children may not forget what happened, but they can go on to have normal lives and healthy relationships
Share 2 good reasons
a child would avoid
telling about sexual abuse
He/she might worry about being believed or judged, might blame self for the abuse or for “not telling sooner”, might fear threats from the abuser, might worry about upsetting parents or others in family. Sometimes the kid “puts off telling” just like we procrastinate doing any yucky job.
What is the rate of sexual abuse for girls before the age of 18
Approximately 1 in 4 girls
What are two feelings that children who witness domestic violence may experience
What is sexual abuse?
Any time an adult does a sexual activity with a child. Physical contact is not required for it to be considered sexual abuse.
What are DV abusers trying to get?
Domestic violence is about abusers using their power to control, or try to control others.
How might grownups (parents, grandparents, caregivers, etc.) feel when a child has been sexually abused?
Sad, protective, worried, wanting things to be different. Anything else?
What percent of kids never tell
about
the abuse they experience?
40% never tell a soul, even when they grow up. Most who do tell wait until they are adults to share this information.
Trauma affects children's views of themselves, their caregivers and the world
What is emotional abuse?
Using emotions and words to hurt someone, such as making them feel shame, blame, embarrassment, or criticized.
What are causes for Domestic Violence?
Many things, including seeking power. Alcohol, drugs, stress and mental illness can go along with it.
When kids aren’t believed
when they first tell about sexual abuse,
what impact does this have
on the likelihood they will tell again?
Most choose never to tell again. This makes it extremely difficult for them to get the help they need and the abuse is likely to continue
How many kids experience some form of abuse or neglect?
1 in 7 children
True or False: Children often have mixed feelings about the person being violent
True--especially if that person is a parent. Feelings can be confusion, anger, love, fear and respect
What is complex trauma?
When a person experiences more than one type of trauma (this is the most common)
What is something that happens to the brain when a child has repeated exposure to traumatic situations?
Their brains learn to react very fast and scan the environment for danger--this leads to hypervigilance.
True or False: Most people can tell a person has been sexually abused and that is how it is found out.
False. Most people do not know when a child is being sexually abused. It is found out when the child/adult tells on accident or on purpose.
What 3 things do perpetrators
need to do to keep
sexual abuse a secret?
1)Get access to child
2)Set it up so child is not likely to tell
3)Set it up so if child does tell, he or she is not likely to be believed
Share two reasons kids
sometimes blame themselves
for sexual abuse.
Common worries kids have include: they feel guilty they didn’t stop the sexual abuse, because they didn’t tell or didn’t tell sooner, some of the ways the abuser touched them felt good or confusing to their bodies, they liked the attention or accepted the things the abuser gave them.