K3 Types of abuse including domestic, neglect, physical, emotional and sexual, and know how to act to protect children and colleagues
Read the following NSPCC leaflets which provide further information about the signs and symptoms of abuse:
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Presentation
- Reading Materials
- ‘What is child abuse?’ from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
- ‘Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework
- ‘Child abuse concerns: Guidance for practitioners’ from the Department for Education.
- Find and read your settings policies and procedures on dealing with concerns about children's safety and welfare.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Reading Materials
- ‘The effects of abuse and neglect on child development’ from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Children Partnership Board
- Laser reading text: ‘Abuse and ACEs in the early years’
- Presentation
- Presentation
- Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on ‘Whistleblowing'.
- 'Whistleblowing advice line' from the NSPCC
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- In the ‘Child abuse and neglect’ section of the NSPCC learning website you can find out about the different types of child abuse, especially domestic, neglect, physical, emotional and sexual. The information will help you to recognise the signs in children and how people who work with children, parents and carers can prevent and respond to abuse.
- 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 section of the Victim Support website about Domestic Abuse. You may also want to use the internet to find out more about the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.
- This article from the Barnardo’s website looks at ‘Children affected by domestic abuse’.
- This information from the UK Council for Internet Safety covers ‘Safeguarding children and protecting professionals in early years settings: online safety guidance for practitioners’.
- Read this article from the Professional Association for childcare and early years (PACEY) on ‘British values and the Prevent duty’. It explains the British values and what they mean.
- ‘Child sexual exploitation: definition and guide for practitioners’ has been produced by the Department for Education. Read ‘Section A’.
- Think And Challenge
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