Title: Assess the effects of child abuse and neglect on the child, parents, other family members, and society.
Course: Child Development and Parenting (19255-36)

Assessment should include

- causes of abuse and neglect, such as adverse childhood experiences
- permanent physical damage
- impairment of mental health and abilities
- impairment of brain development
- inability to self-regulate or control one's behavior
- inability to trust or love others
- lack of self-esteem
- failure in school
- violent and/or other antisocial behavior
- death.

Teacher Resources:

- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), CDC
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
- The Trauma Informed Care Project, Orchard Place/Child Guidance Center
- Toxic Stress, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University.
- Advancing Trauma-Informed Care Through Innovative Research, Justice Resource Institute
- Trauma Center, Justice Resource Institute
- What Does “Trauma-Informed” Mean? – Trauma Basics, ChildSavers

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is the cost to society of child abuse or neglect?
- What are the legal, ethical, and moral challenges brought about by child abuse and neglect?
- What are the statistics for the incarceration of men and women who were abused or neglected as children?

Communication

- What are potential long-term societal consequences of child pornography on the Internet?
- What values are disregarded by parents who abuse or neglect their children?

Leadership

- What are appropriate penalties for child abusers? Should abusive behavior be treated as a mental illness?
- What leadership skills will help parents to choose positive parenting over abusive or neglectful behavior?
- How can community leaders cope with the outcomes of child abuse and neglect?

Management

- What information does society need to understand the outcomes of child abuse and neglect?
- What steps can parents take to break the cycle of their own abusive behavior?