Title: Interventions for Physically and Sexually Abused Children | Encyclopedia of Social Work
Headings: Interventions for Physically and Sexually Abused Children
Interventions for Physically and Sexually Abused Children
Summary
Keywords
Introduction
Definitions of Child Physical and Sexual Abuse
Prevalence and Incidence of Child Physical and Sexual Abuse
Sources of Information
Prevalence of Child Physical Abuse
Prevalence of Sexual Abuse
Trends in Incidence of Child Maltreatment
Incidence of Child Physical Abuse
Incidence of Child Sexual Abuse
Reporting Child Maltreatment
Investigation and Assessment
Investigation of Child Physical and Sexual Abuse
Assessment of Physically and Sexually Abused Children
Best Practices for Investigation and Assessment
Interventions to Help Physically and Sexually Abused Children
Case Management
Treatment of Physically and Sexually Abused Children
Conclusion
References
Other Resources

Content: A) the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct; or (B) the rape, and in cases of caretaker or inter-familial relationships, statutory rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children …” (CAPTA, 2010 ). Specific types of sexual abuse are the following: ( 1) non-contact behavior (e.g., voyeurism, exposure of private parts, sexual talk); ( 2) fondling of the private parts (genitals, breasts, buttocks); ( 3) digital, object, and penile penetration of the vagina or the anus; ( 4) oral sex (fellatio and cunnilingus, which may be required of the child or perpetrated on the child); and (5) sexual exploitation (prostituting the child or the use of the child in pornography) (Faller, 2003 ). Studies of sexual abuse may vary in which types are included in the definition, broader definitions including non-contact behavior. For a situation of physical abuse to become a child protection matter, it must be inflicted by the child’s caregiver.