1. CHILD ABUSE NICOLE HENDERSON & PAIGE HOLLENBECK

2. WHY DO THEY DO IT?

3. TYPES OF ABUSE & AGE IT’S MOST COMMON

4. “ ROUGHLY SIX AND A HALF MILLION AMERICAN CHILDREN GROW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH AT LEAST ONE ALCOHOLIC IN THE FAMILY” (LEARN THE FACTS). NINE OUT OF TEN CHILD ABUSE CASES INVOLVED ALCOHOL, SIMILARLY TWO IN EVERY FIVE CHILDREN HAVE ABUSIVE PARENTS WHO ARE ALCOHOLICS.

5. “IN FEBRUARY 2011, A COUPLE FROM CANADIAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA WERE ARRESTED FOR LOCKING THEIR THREE ADOPTED CHILDREN IN CAGES AND LOCKED THEM INSIDE THEIR STORM SHELTER. THE ONLY REASON THE FOSTER PARENTS ADOPTED THESE THREE CHILDREN WAS TO CLAIM $1,500 A MONTH FOR ADOPTING SIBLINGS TO HELP CARE FOR THEM.

6. A CHILD CALLED “IT”

7. TWO DAYCARE WORKERS FORCE FEED A TODDLER (13 MONTHS) HABANERO SAUCE.

8. “IN 2005, 3.3 MILLION REPORTS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT WERE FILED. ABUSE AND NEGLECT INCLUDED 12.1 PER 1,000 CHILDREN, 1,460 (4 CHILDREN/DAY) DIED IN 2005 AS A RESULT OF INFLICTED TRAUMA WITH MORE THAN 77% OF THOSE DEATHS IN CHILDREN LESS THAN 4 YEARS OF AGE” (ADAMEC).

9. “ SIXTY - SEVEN PERCENT OF ABUSED CHILDREN ARE LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. “ REPEATED ABUSE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO OCCUR MORE THAN 50% OF THE TIME.” A THIRD FACTOR INCLUDES CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AS WELL AS SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS.

10. A FOURTH FACTOR THAT CONTRIBUTES TO CHILD ABUSE IS CHILDREN BORN WITH CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES (MALFORMATIONS) AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS. ADOPTED AND FOSTER CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE HIGHER RATES OF ABUSE.

11. NOT ALL THE DATA COLLECTED IS ONE- HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE. “VERY YOUNG CHILDREN ARE INCAPABLE OF VERBALLY COMMUNICATING THE HARM INFLICTED ON THEM. OTHER FACTORS, SUCH AS FEAR, GUILT, OR CONFUSION ABOUT THE ABUSER’S ERRATIC BEHAVIOR MAY ALSO HINDER YOUNGER CHILDREN FROM INFORMING ON THEIR ABUSER” (MERSCH). THEREFORE, MANY CASES GO UNNOTICED AND UNCHECKED.

12. PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE