When identifying neglect, be sensitive to:
Issues of poverty vs.
neglect
Differing cultural expectations
and values
Differing child-rearing
practices
The following was adapted from the Massachusetts Department of Social Services Investigation Training manual, Evidence and Indicators of Maltreatment.(1)
Indicators
of Lack of Supervision
Indicators
of Environmental Neglect (Including Failure to Provide Food/Fluids)
Indicators
of Medical Neglect
Physical Indicators: Environmental Indicators:
|
Child Behavioral Indicators: Caregiver Behavioral Indicators: |
Indicators of Environmental Neglect (Including Failure to Provide Food/Fluids)
Physical Indicators: | Environmental Indicators: |
Failure to thrive
or low weight/height |
Broken glass
or missing doors |
Child Behavioral Indicators: | Caregiver Behavioral Indicators: |
Delinquency or
stealing |
Depression or
apathy |
Physical Indicators: | Environmental Indicators: |
Child has a medical
condition which needs attention |
No medical records
available |
Child Behavioral Indicators: | Caregiver Behavioral Indicators: |
Excessive crying |
Doesnt make
or keep doctor appointments |
References:
(1) Massachusetts Department of
Social Services. Investigation Training: Evidence and Indicators of Maltreatment.
March 2002.
(2) U.S. Department of Justice. Portable Guides
to Investigating Child Abuse: Child Neglect and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
September 1996.
(3) U.S. Department of Justice. Portable Guides
to Investigating Child Abuse: Recognizing
When a Childs Injury or Illness is Caused by Abuse. June 1996.
(4) Kendall-Tackett KA, Williams
LM, Finklehor D. Impact of sexual abuse on children: a review and synthesis
of recent empirical studies. Psychol Bull, 1993; 113:164-80.
(5) Friedrich WN, Fisher J, Broughton D, Houston
M, Shafran CR. Normative sexual behavior in children: a contemporary sample.
Pediatrics, 1998; 101(4):E9.
(6) Cavanaugh Johnson T. Understanding the sexual
behaviors of young children. Siecus Report, August/September.
Adams Classification
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February 7, 2004
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