ZTC Course & Resource

Domestic Violence Recognition and Prevention

Course Discipline: Child Development and Early Childhood Education
Course Institution: Lemoore College
Created From ZTC Degree Grant Program

Resource

Child Abuse, Neglect, and Trauma

Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: PDF
Resource Platform: College Website
Resource License: CC BY-NC-SA
Author: Ana Leon - Lemoore College
Resource URL: https://lemoorecollege.edu/oer/documents/cd23.pdf
Resource Description:

This book provides an overview of child abuse and neglect, from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Topics include physical and emotional abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, reporting and investigation, case management and the legal response, treatment for survivors and perpetrators, and prevention of future child abuse and neglect. This textbook is designed for use by adult students, parents, medical professionals, teachers, care providers, case workers and other individuals who work with children.

This textbook is adapted from: Child Abuse and Neglect: Stopping the Maltreatment of Our Future Generations is shared under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Dana Rethwisch & Jennifer Marta (content editor). And Understanding Child Maltreatment by Jen Johnson and Susan Loosley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.