Physical Abuse

Nonaccidental injury caused from physical aggression. This includes but is not limited to:

Beating, slapping, or hitting

Pushing, shaking, or throwing

Pinching, Biting, or Choking

Burning, Suffocation, or Poisoning

Neglect

The failure to provide for a child's basic needs. Examples would be:

Physical - failure to provide food, shelter, supervision

Medical - failure to provide medical or mental health treatment

Educational - failure to educate a child or attend to special education needs

Emotional - failure to provide psychological care, permitting a child to use drugs or alcohol

Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse is defined by CAPTA (Child Abuse. Prevention and Treatment Act) as “the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct; or the rape, and in cases of caretaker or interfamilial relationships, statutory rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children”(42 U.S.C. § 5106g(a)(4)).

Emotional

(aka Psychological abuse) stemming from neglecting a child's emotional development or sense of self-worth. This could stem from:

Constant criticism

Threats

Rejections

Withholding Love, Support, or Guidance

Other Forms of Abuse:

Abandonment

Parental Substance Use

Human Trafficking