Date
8-20-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Human Services: Emphasis in Trauma, Resilience, & Self-Care Strategies
Department
Human Services
Abstract
Child abuse is very common termonology across the entire globe, states, communities, and even rural and urban areas. This writing will cover many topics within child abuse that discusses the impact that child abuse has on children through physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, exposure to domestic violence and how it causes substantial adverse health, educational, and behavioral consequences throughout the child lifespan. The goals will to be to explore different types of abuse and how it impacts the child's brain, development, and stages throughout their lifetime. This writing was aimed to review the most comprehensive studies of the prevalence of child maltreatment and appraise the methodologies to review future studies. It shall integrate personal experiences and academic knowledge to provide rational for the negative effects child abuse holds on billions of children across the globe. In addition, this writer will acknowledge the need for additional research and studies to be conducted surrounding the topic of child abuse to ensure that human service professionals are equipped with enough knowledge to support their daily work with children and families across the globe.