CFD 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Child Protective Services, Domestic Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: UCM
• Department: Child and Family Development
• Course: CFD 1010
• Professor: Frank R Peterson

Document Summary

Child protective services for children who have been maltreated. Steps taken to place them in foster families. Interparental violence: millions of children exposed to intimate partner violence, most common is spousal abuse, women more likely to be victims, both batterer & victim likely to be young. The abuser also is likely to be a substance abuser: parental unemployment (especially fathers) is frequently linked to interparental violence. The impact of interparental violence on children"s development: at risk for physical symptoms such as headaches or stomach aches, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Infants & young children: irritability, sleep disturbances, emotional distress, fears of being alone, regression in toileting behavior & language. School-aged children and adolescents: compromises their ability to regulate emotions, show empathy, and attend to increasingly complex cognitive material: adolescents: increases the risk of being a victim of bullying (especially for girls. Domestic violence: referring battered women and their children to community services.