{"id":6158,"date":"2017-05-22T10:04:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T09:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/?p=6158"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:19:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:19:38","slug":"forms-of-child-neglect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/forms-of-child-neglect\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Different Forms of Child Neglect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Child neglect is the inability of a parent or carer to meet the fundamental needs of a young person, infant or child.<\/strong>\u00a0It is one form of child abuse alongside physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. This article will look at the four different forms of child neglect and the signs that indicate neglect is happening.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NSPCC,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nspcc.org.uk\/preventing-abuse\/child-abuse-and-neglect\/neglect\/child-neglect-facts-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">child neglect is the most common form of child abuse<\/a>. The are four different types of neglect, these are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical neglect<\/li>\n<li>Educational neglect<\/li>\n<li>Emotional neglect<\/li>\n<li>Medical neglect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Neglect can be intentional or inadvertent, and<strong> there are many reasons why child neglect happens<\/strong>. The primary causes of child neglect are often poverty, substance abuse, depression, a lack of support, poor social skills and unloving relationships, former abuse, and misunderstandings about child development.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tip__box\">\n<div class=\"tip__title__container\">\n<div class=\"tip__title__text\">\n<div class=\"tip__title__icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/expert-tip-icon.png\" alt=\"expert icon\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Need Safeguarding Training?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/courses\/safeguarding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safeguarding training courses<\/a> aims to provide you with the required knowledge to carry out your work whilst meeting safeguarding requirements. Take a look at our full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/courses\/safeguarding\/\">Safeguarding Course library<\/a>, where you&#8217;ll find everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/courses\/safeguarding\/designated-safeguarding-lead-training-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Designated Safeguarding Lead<\/a>\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/courses\/mental-health\/child-mental-health-training\/\">Child Mental Health training<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What is Physical Neglect?<\/h2>\n<p>A parent or carer has a duty to take care of a child\u2019s basic needs, which includes providing food, shelter and clothes, and keeping the child clean and hygienic. A failure to meet these basic needs is physical neglect.<\/p>\n<p>The inability to provide a child with food may manifest in the child seeming thin and hungry or coming to school having had no breakfast, with no packed lunch and no money to buy food at school. The consequences can be very harmful; malnourishment in babies and young children can cause lasting damage to brain development, resulting in lower brain functioning.<\/p>\n<p>The physical neglect of a child may lead to inadequate levels of hygiene, or they could turn up to school on a cold day with no warm layers of clothing. Their clothes may be unwashed, poorly fitting or may have holes. Their home environment may be dirty and unhygienic, or cold and damp.<\/p>\n<p>Failing to keep a child safe from danger also counts as physical neglect. For example, if a parent were to let a young child walk around town on their own, or if they were to leave them home on their own unsupervised, this is classed as physical child neglect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/What-Is-Physical-Neglect.jpg\" alt=\"young child looking downcast\" width=\"685\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What is Educational Neglect?<\/h2>\n<p>Depriving your child of an education is against the law, so if a parent fails to send their child to school, or fails to take action to prevent truancy, they could be guilty of educational neglect.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s not illegal to take a child out of school if the parents or carers are providing them with an alternative education; that is, teaching them at home and having told the child\u2019s school of their intentions (and the council, if the child is in a special\u00a0educational needs school).<\/p>\n<p>Local councils may make regular informal checks on parents who are homeschooling their child to ensure that parents and carers are meeting the child\u2019s educational needs; if the council finds evidence of educational neglect, they can issue parents with a school attendance order.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6164 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/educational_neglect.jpg\" alt=\"young child drawing\" width=\"685\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What is Emotional Neglect?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/emotional-needs-of-a-child\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A child has emotional needs<\/a> as well as physical and educational, and if parents and guardians don&#8217;t meet these requirements, it\u2019s known as emotional neglect. Emotional neglect could mean that a child isn\u2019t getting the amount of attention, stimulation or affection that they need from a parent or carer, but it can also be more calculated than that.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, a parent or carer may routinely scare the child, or humiliate them, or lock them away without human interaction. Emotional neglect can result in long-lasting mental health problems and can lead to issues maintaining healthy relationships with partners, friends or even their children when they reach adulthood. Unfortunately, emotional neglect is tough to prove, because it&#8217;s often one person\u2019s word against another.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6165 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/emotional_neglect.jpg\" alt=\"young child sad due to being left alone\" width=\"685\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What is Medical Neglect?<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s the responsibility of a parent or carer to ensure that a child receives adequate health and dental care; failure to do so is a form of neglect.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a child\u2019s injuries, health issues or dental problems may go untreated, or the child may suffer from repeated illnesses and conditions such as skin sores, ringworm or rashes. They may be anaemic or always tired, and they may not receive the medication they need for a particular condition. They may be small for their age and could lag behind their peers with literacy and social skills.<\/p>\n<p>Medical neglect also includes ignoring the advice of a doctor or dentist, refusing to allow a child to be treated and not taking children to routine appointments such as vaccinations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6166 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/medical_neglect.jpg\" alt=\"young child at dentist\" width=\"685\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Child neglect can have a devastating impact on a person\u2019s life, even after they\u2019ve left their childhood years behind. It&#8217;s crucial that we learn to recognise and understand the common signs of child neglect so we can work to eliminate it.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Further Resources:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/signs-abuse-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Signs of Abuse in Children<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/safeguarding-children-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Safeguarding Children Definition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/disclosure-child-abuse\/\">Understanding Why Children May Stay Quiet About Abuse<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/courses\/safeguarding\/introduction-to-safeguarding-children-training-course\/\">Safeguarding Children Level 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the different forms of child neglect? 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