Monday, July 20, 2009


Physical Abuse

· Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, pain, injury, or other physical suffering or harm. This includes hitting, slapping, pushing, kicking, and misuse of medical/chemical restraint or inappropriate sanctions.
· The type of maltreatment that refers to physical acts that caused or could have caused physical injury to the child. Which is non-accidental physical injury of a child inflicted by a parent or caretaker which ranges from superficial bruises and welts to broken bones ...
· Physical punishment of a child by an adult that is unreasonable in light of the age, condition, and disposition of the child and other surrounding circumstances. And includes but is not limited to any case in which the child exhibits evidence of skin bruising, bleeding, malnutrition, failure to thrive, burns, and fracture a any bone, soft tissue swelling or even death.

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