Child
Any person under the age of 18 years
Child Abuse
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological capacity of a child by the parent, adult household member, or othe
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Child
Any person under the age of 18 years
Child Abuse
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological capacity of a child by the parent, adult household member, or other person responsible for the child's welfare
Physical Abuse
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that results in injury or harm to the child.
Sexual Abuse
Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes indecent exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy, exploitation, and showing pornography.
Verbal Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling and/or teasing of a child. 6. Institutional Abuse or Ne
Neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision.
Emotional Neglect
Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision and normal living experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to function normally in performance and behavior.
Harm
Harm to a child's health or welfare can occur when any person:
a) inflicts, or allows to be inflicted, upon the child physical, mental, or emotional injury;
b) commits, or allows to be committed, sexual battery, or lewd or lascivious acts against a child;
c) allows, encourages, or forces the sexual exploitation of a child;
d) exploits a child, or allows a child to be exploited;
e) abandons a child;
f) neglects a child;
g) exposes a child to a controlled substance or alcohol;
h) uses mechanical devices, unreasonable restraints, or extended periods of isolation to control a child;
i) engages in violent behavior that demonstrates a wanton disregard for the presence of a child and could reasonably result in serious injury to the child;
j) negligently fails to protect a child in his or her care from inflicted physical, mental, or sexual injury caused by the acts of another;
k) has allowed a child's sibling to die as a result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect
Inadequate Supervision
When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their physical and emotional development level or when a child is left in the care of someone who does not provide adequate supervision.
Lack of adequate shelter
When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing, exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe heating, or unsanitary housing conditions.
Lack of adequate clothing/good hygiene
When a child suffers or is likely to suffer, from physical or emotional health conditions resulting from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene and uncleanness.
Lack of adequate nutrition
When the caretaker has regularly failed to provide or have available adequate food to the child, which can cause malnutrition over a long period of time.
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