Safeguarding Children

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The importance of Safeguarding children in line with the current legislation, the role of the practitioner to safeguard the child.

This essay will aim to investigate theories on why children are abused, it will aim to examine some case histories of abused children as well as looking at what effects abuse have on children’s holistic development and learning. The essay will aim to do this with close scrutiny of the legislation in Great Britain (Children Act 1989, Education Act 2002, Children Act 2004, Children Act 2006). Ways of protecting children will be evaluated including strategies to teach children how to protect themselves, this will be done in the form of a leaflet that will be aimed at children in the age group of 7year old. The …show more content…

(NSSPCC,2016b). Child abuse is any action by another person this could be and adult, child, they could be causing significant harm to a child. The abuse can be physical, sexual or emotional, and can as often be about lack of love, care and attention. It is known that neglect whatever form it takes, can be damaging to a child’s as physical abuse. (NSPCC, …show more content…

Theorist such as Bowlby(19889 stated that ‘at root, most behavioural systems organise and direct behavioural sequences that affect the individuals ability to survive and reproduce. As human infants are extremely vulnerable and highly dependant, it is essential that they secure the interest and availability of adults who are both stronger and wiser.’ (Howe. 2005). Supported by (Crittenden and Anisworth, no date) as they go on saying ‘anxious (or insecure) attachment is a critical concept in regard to both the origin of family maltreatment and the rehabilitation of families’ The biological capacity to bond and form attachments is most certainly genetically determined. The drive to survive is basic in all species. Infants are defenseless and must depend upon a caregiving adult for survival. It is in the context of this primary dependence, and the maternal response to this dependence, that a relationship develops. This attachment is crucial for survival. (Bruce D. Perry , M.D., Ph.D.,

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