PSYC 356 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Delayed Milestone, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Direct Instruction
20 Sep 2017
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Physical abuse: the spanking law: section 43 of canadian criminal code, as long as the punishment is not overly severe for the thing done wrong it"s ok. Emotional abuse: not treating the kid right but not any of the above, gas-lighting making someone feel like you"re going crazy. But remember that parents were children too. Overall incidence of child maltreatment is approximately 14 per 1000 children in canada (2010) Primary caregiver maltreatment breakdown reported in canada (2008: exposure to intimate partner violence 34, neglect 34, physical abuse 20, emotional maltreatment 9, sexual abuse 3% See more externalizing in physically abused kids, but more internalizing in sexually. Males most common perpetrator of sexual abuse. Effects of age: younger children more at risk for physical neglect, toddlers, preschoolers, and young adolescents more at risk for physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse more common in children >12.
