Child Abuse: The Four Major Types of Abuse, Statistics, Prevention and Treatment
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This is a 3 page paper discussing child abuse. The four types of child abuse: physical, sexual, emotional and neglect affects over 879,000 children in the United States on an annual basis. In the past decade, it has been found that over 3 million suspected cases are reported each year. Perpetrators of the abuse are parents, caregivers, babysitters, relatives, and foster parents among others. While the rates of male and female children are around the same, female children suffer four times the rate of sexual abuse than males. In addition to the annual rates of abuse, approximately 1,200 children die each year from abuse and neglect with 85% of child fatalities occurring in children under the age of six. Each year new prevention and treatment programs are developed on national and state levels in order to lessen the incidence of child abuse through support programs and education. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Child And Adolescent Development
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This 8 page paper responds to four specific questions that ask for the writer's opinions. These are provided along with citations for some. The questions address: how early childhood experiences affect adult development; intelligence testing; are stage theories universal; and who has the most influence over children and adolescents, parents or peers? The theorists cited are Freud, Erikson, and Piaget along with other authors. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Child And Adolescent Obesity
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This 11 page paper explores the issue of obesity in American youth, a condition that is increasing dramatically each year. Obesity poses numerous health risks for the youngster from the beginning of coronary artery disease to diabetes. Research offers a number of verified causes for obesity in children and adolescents that range from genetic factor to television to diet and a lack of activity. The writer reports the research, then makes an argument for one alleged cause as the most valid. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Child Development
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An 8 page paper that discusses cognitive development, social-emotional development and physical development as related to an 8-year-old child. The writer discusses Piaget and Vygotsky's thoughts on cognitive development and Erikson for social emotional development. Height and weight ranges as well as other physical developmental characteristics are provided. A hypothetical observation of an 8-year-old girl is reported. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Child Development In Psychology
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10 pages in length. The psychological twists and turns that children face in their maturation years can be both thrilling and traumatic at the same time. In her book entitled "The Magic Years : Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood," Selma Fraiberg's approach to first recognizing and then addressing these stressful yet magical years is quite refreshing from a reader's perspective. The forty years that have worn wear upon this title do not negatively reflect upon current psychological issues that exist in child development; rather, they have helped to preserve Fraiberg's unique, entertaining and informational book much like a fine wine. The writer discusses childhood development in psychology with emphasis upon self-esteem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Child Development Theories
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A 5 page paper discussing the grand and notable dichotomy in much of the psychological research surrounding child development. It would seem that many psychological researchers would fully discount any correlation between practical experience and empirical research. Increasingly, early theorists such as Rotter, Piaget, Montessori and Winnicott are being supported by the same empirical method that earlier condemned many of their theories as being invalid. The use of child development theories requires application of common sense as much as it does the empirical method, as this paper argues. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Child Development Theories
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A five page paper which looks at theories of child development from Freud to Bronfenbrenner, showing the ways in which models of development have moved away from an emphasis on biological factors and towards a greater understanding of how socio-cultural interaction affects developmental achievements. Bibliography lists 13 sources
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Child Development, Birth to 2 Years
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A 3 page research paper that discusses child development, which is typically evaluated according to three interrelated areas, which are the physical, cognitive and social/emotional domains. The following examination of these three domains over the course of the first two years of life demonstrates the complex ways in which these areas overlap. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Child Development: Recent Theories
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This 3 page paper discusses the book "Children" by J.W. Santrock, the theories of Albert Bandura and Erik Erikson and how they relate to the book "Raising Cain" by Kindlon and Thompson. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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