Even if you are not a mandated reporter and you suspect that a child is being emotionally abused, report it to child protective services. A child who might be experiencing abuse needs to be evaluated by social services. Meanwhile, if you're a parent and think your child is being emotionally abused by someone else—such as a teacher, a pastor, or coach—take steps to intervene.
You might need to enlist professional help to keep your child safe. If you have emotionally abused your child, or if a partner is emotionally abusive, it's important for both your mental health and your child's that you ask for help. Working with a therapist can be beneficial for you and your family.
Then, appropriate treatment can begin. Examples of treatment can include individual therapy, parenting classes, and social services. Those who have experienced emotional abuse can benefit from therapy with a licensed mental health professional. Once they have processed what they went through emotionally, they can learn healthy coping mechanisms, social skills, and conflict resolution. Although coping with the effects of emotional abuse can take some time, there are some factors that can have a protective effect, such as having a positive relationship with another adult.
For example, a nurturing parent, grandparent, or the support of a teacher or coach can buffer some of the negative effects of emotional abuse. If you have a relationship with a child who has experienced abuse, you can help them cope by being a supportive and caring adult in their lives. Speak into their lives by spending time with them, encouraging them, and reminding them of their value and worth.
Help them see that they are not defined by the words and actions of the person abusing them. Instead, empower them to see their strengths and to set goals for the future. If you know a child who is being emotionally abused, or you suspect emotional abuse, it's important to let someone know your concerns, so that an investigation can be conducted. In the meantime, do what you can to be an encouraging and supportive person in that child's life.
Much of the damage caused by emotional abuse can be offset by the kind and empowering actions of others. Let the child know they are loved and believed in. If they learn to identify what they are good at and set goals, they can learn to offset the negative words and actions of others.
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Broad Characteristics Briggs and Hawkins note that by 'the very nature of adult-child relationships and cultural influences, most adults will have inflicted emotional abuse on children, probably without realising it' , p. Terminology One of the main issues in defining emotional abuse is the search for agreement on the most accurate term to describe it. Defining Emotional Abuse The identification and professional recognition of the three major forms of child abuse - physical, sexual and emotional - has evolved over time Browne Under this definition, 'psychological maltreatment' is classified into five behavioural forms: rejecting: behaviours which communicate or constitute abandonment of the child, such as a refusal to show affection; isolating: preventing the child from participating in normal opportunities for social interaction; terrorising: threatening the child with severe or sinister punishment, or deliberately developing a climate of fear or threat; ignoring: where the caregiver is psychologically unavailable to the child and fails to respond to the child's behaviour; corrupting: caregiver behaviour which encourages the child to develop false social values that reinforce antisocial or deviant behavioural patterns, such as aggression, criminal acts or substance abuse.
It was concluded that the psychological maltreatment of children and youth: ' Legal Definitions Nowhere is the need for clarity of definition more important than in child protection policy and legislation. Australian Definitions There is currently no national, legal definition of child abuse and neglect in Australia.
For example, under Section 63e of the Victorian Children and Young Persons Act , a child is in need of protection in cases of emotional abuse if: 'The child has suffered, or is likely to suffer, emotional or psychological harm of such a kind that the child's emotional or intellectual development is, or is likely to be, significantly damaged and the child's parents have not protected, or are unlikely to protect, the child from harm of that type.
In an attempt by the courts to clearly define the latter, Justice O'Bryan declared in the Supreme Court of Victoria that: 'In my opinion, in choosing the word significant the legislature intended that harm to the child's emotional or intellectual development will be more than trivial or insignificant but need not be as high as serious The provisions of the Act have been interpreted to identify emotional abuse as: ' Prevalence Emotional abuse does not leave physical injuries and its ongoing nature usually means there is no crisis which would precipitate its identification by the health, welfare or criminal justice systems Oates Source: Calvert As Goddard and Carew note: 'Even a cursory glance at this table reveals extraordinary differences in how abuse is defined, with almost half Table 2: Percentage of cases substantiated as emotional abuse by State and Territory, In a paper reviewing the protection of children exposed to domestic violence in the United Kingdom, Carroll concluded that: ' Types of Emotional Abuse Verbal Abuse Verbal abuse is, perhaps, the core emotionally abusive behaviour.
Non-organic Failure to Thrive Non-organic failure to thrive is one of the few forms of emotional abuse that generates observable physical symptomology for the child, and has produced a specific body of literature, particularly in the medical field. Witnessing Domestic Violence There is growing recognition that domestic violence and child physical and sexual abuse are strongly associated e.
Systems Abuse Systems abuse may be defined as the 'harm done to children in the context of policies or programs designed to provide care or protection. Schools A particular form of systems abuse that is not frequently mentioned in the literature, is emotional abuse within educational settings. Implications It is contended that the promotion of negative stereotyping of children and young people is directly and indirectly emotionally and psychologically abusive.
Prevention Although there is evidence that emotional abuse has longstanding and serious impacts on children's development and social functioning, public intervention in these cases is limited Daro Family Support Many of the strategies suggested to prevent emotional abuse are adaptations of more generalist family support programs.
Community Education Despite the growing acknowledgment of child maltreatment as a societal problem, it is often difficult to convince those in the broader community that they, themselves, may be part of the problem.
Support Networks for Children Social support plays an important role in ameliorating the effects of emotional abuse. Future Research Directions The need for research into emotional abuse is self-evident. Conclusion Garbarino contends that as the 'study of children-at-risk matures References Angus, G.
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