What is child abuse or neglect? What is the definition of child abuse and neglect?
Just as there are various types of abuse and neglect, the symptoms of abuse and neglect may vary from child to child. Child Welfare Information Gateway (formerly, the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse), a service of the Children’s Bureau, has a fact sheet that may be of interest to you: Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect: Signs and Symptoms: http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/signs.cfm Other national organizations, such as the one listed below, have included information on some of the more common characteristics/symptoms of children who may be victims of child sexual abuse: • National Children’s Advocacy Center (http://www.nationalcac.org/ )See: Physical and Behavioral Indicators of Abuse at http://www.nationalcac.org/families/for_workers/abuse_indicators.html (Please Note: Posting the resource above does not constitute an endorsement by the Children’s Bureau nor does it guarantee the content of t
