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CHILD ABUSE

Child abuse happens when a person – adult or child
– harms a child. It can be physical, sexual or emotional,
but can also involve a lack of love, care and attention.
Neglect can be just as damaging to a child as physical or
sexual abuse. Children may be abused by:
• family members
• friends
• people working or volunteering in organisational or
community settings • people they know
• or, much less commonly, by strangers.
Children suffering abuse often experience more than
one type of abuse. The abuse usually happens over a
period time, rather than being a single, isolated incident.
Increasingly, abuse can happen online.
PHYSICAL SIGNS EMOTIONAL SIGNS
Bruising, cuts, human bite marks, Withdrawal behaviour,
cigarette burns, or scalding, broken depression, fear of adults, fear
bones, bald patches, aches and pains, of going home, unable to play
signs of self-harm, unexplained bandaging, or engage with others, low
signs of bleeding, or torn clothing. self-confidence and fear of
making mistakes, lack of
concentration, fear of getting
POTENTIAL changed or use the gym.
SIGNS OF NEGLECT SIGNS OF
Extreme hunger, loss of CHILD ABUSE
weight, dirty, smelly, and
other signs of lack of hygiene, SIGNS OF SExUAL ABUSE
torn, dirty or unsuitable Inappropriate sexual knowledge, fear
clothing, lack of appropriate of certain people, sudden behavioural
supervision, untreated and personality changes, Itching,
medical conditions or injuries, bleeding, aches and pains or bruising
signs of lack of sleep. around private parts.
CHILDLINE 0800 1111
www.childline.org.uk
STOP IT NOw 0808 1000 900
www.stopitnow.org.uk
NSPCC (NI) 028 9035 1135
www.nspcc.orguk
MOSAC 0808 980 1958
www.mosac.org.uk Barnardos 028 90672366
PARENTING NI 0800 8010 722 www.barnardos.org.uk
www.parentingni.org
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