Title: Determine methods to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Course: Child Development and Parenting (19255-36) > Section: Evaluating Parenting Practices That Are Detrimental to Human Growth and Development

Determination should include

- recognizing signs of child abuse and neglect
- identifying community resources for prevention of child abuse and neglect and community assistance for abusive parents
- listing beliefs that encourage the problem of child abuse or neglect
- suggesting goals for family formation that help prevent child abuse and neglect

- summarizing parents’ and caregivers’ legal, moral, and ethical responsibilities for the safety and security of children
- summarizing the role of a mandated reporter.

Process/Skill Questions

Thinking

- What could be done to prevent child abuse?
- What can a parent do to keep from being abusive?
- What responsibility do other family or community members have?
- What can a child be taught to do to keep from being abused?

Communication

- What are some alternatives to hitting a child?
- How can parents who were victims of abuse as children break the cycle?

Leadership

- Do you believe that children need their parents even if the parents are violent? Do you believe that child abuse is mostly a problem in low-income minority families? What is the effect of these beliefs on children, on parents, on society, and on one’s own well-being?
- Why do child abuse and neglect continue to be a problem?
- What are the rights of children? What can society do to ensure that these rights are respected?

Management

- What are some community organizations for prevention of child abuse and neglect? What are the mission and goals of these organizations?
- What behaviors will you engage in to guide your future children?
- What information will you need to establish developmentally appropriate rules?
- What skills will you need to communicate clearly and use positive reinforcement? How does one develop or improve these skills?