Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a baby or child has been or is at risk of serious harm or abuse
Read the following NSPCC leaflets which provide further information about the signs and symptoms of abuse:
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused: Advice for practitioners’ from HM Government
- 'What to do if a child reveals abuse’ from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
- ‘Case review process in UK nations’ from NSPCC Learning
- Laser Reading Text: Signs, symptoms, indicators and behaviours that may cause concern
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- The NSPCC has published practical resources to help adults who work with children better respond to disclosures of abuse. Key points include: help the young person open up by giving your full attention and reassuring them; slow down - let the child go at their own pace; reflect back what the child has said to show you understand.
- Read the following NSPCC leaflets which provide further information about the signs and symptoms of abuse:
- Bruises on children:
- Emotional neglect and emotional abuse in pre-school children:
- Head and spinal injuries in children:
- Fractures in children:
- Oral injuries and bites on children:
- Thermal injuries on children:
- Read this leaflet published by Victim Support about Domestic Violence:
- Click on the icon to read this resource from the NSPCC which looks at the different types of abuse, including child trafficking, grooming, female genital mutilation and child sexual exploitation.
- Think And Challenge
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