Child abuse

Child abuse is the physical or psychological maltreatment of a child by an adult or adults. Child abuse is often synonymous with the term child maltreatment or the term child abuse and neglect.

External links

• Child Abuse Types, Signs, Symptoms, Causes and Help
• Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources
• NSPCC report on child maltreatment in the UK (November 2000)
• The Safeguarding Children Partnership, a UK charity dedicated to child protection training.
• Ethical Treatment for All Youth
• http://www.afterfostercare.com - Canadians affected by foster care helping each other.
• Anti-sex hysteria in Wisconsin
• Child Abuse and the Handicapped Child
• Counseling Abused Children
• Teaching the Abused Migrant Child: What's a Teacher To Do?
• Classroom Strategies for Teaching Migrant Children about Child Abuse
• Therapeutic Child Protection Work
• Best Practices in Child Protection Investigation
• The Free E-Mail Journal of Therapeutic Child Protection Work
• National Association to Protect Children
• The Support Committee for Iran's Street Children
• DCFWatch - a non profit organization monitoring civil rights abuses by U.S. Child Protection Agencies
• National Coalition for Child Protection Reform
• 'What to do if You're Worried a Child is Being Abused', leaflet published by the UK Department of Health
• Hell is for Children - An on-line book that is autobiographical in nature and deals with a person's experience of child abuse and neglect.

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