Identifying and addressing childhood trauma and abuse in school settings

Traumatic Events

How to identify a child going through abuse or neglect

Within the school district there are many students who have gone through and others are still going through traumatic events. Some of these traumatic events are sexual, physical, mental abuse and issues of abandonment. There are various ways that can be used to identify children who are going through traumatic experiences.one indicator is any change in behavior. If a child's behavior has suddenly changed or their performance has gone down then they might be going through a traumatic event. Another way to identify a child going through traumatic events is if they have learning problems or simply cannot concentrate which can not be linked to particular physical or psychological causes. Children going through traumatic events are always watchful as though they are always preparing for a bad thing to happen. They are also passive, compliant or withdrawn (Child welfare information gateway, 2007).

Traumatic events, delinquency and crime

The abuse that children go through has often been linked to delinquency and crime development in these children. This is because the abuse and neglect ends up leaving lasting scars in the child. Some of the scars are emotional and they damage the child's sense of self and their ability to function. They end up developing high risk behaviors such as drug abuse which lead to crime. This is because they will need money to satisfy their drug problems and thus get involved in crime so as to get this money. There are other children who the abuse makes brings a change in behavior such that they become very aggressive. Such children end up being serial killers or even sex offenders.

Intervention on child abuse

There are various ways through which child abuse and neglect can be dealt with. There is the child abuse prevention and enforcement act came to the conclusion that in majority of the cases financial assistance is required to help prevent and report any incidence of child abuse and neglect. This financial assistance is also used to establish programs for education as well as the prevention of child abuse. If funds are accessible then there will be success and efficiency in prevention and bringing an end to child abuse (Avvo Inc., 2013). Different families vary in their emotional and physical resources and they react differently under stressful circumstances. Some resort to violence to a child in cases of a family crisis. The seesaw model brings these elements together to a point at which intervention is required to lead to a restoration in balance within the family. This model tries to alleviate the immediate stress by removing the child temporarily from the home and offering counseling to them.

Problem of youth suicide

There are many pressures, emotional, family and social issues which lead to youths developing suicide thoughts. The suicide warnings include substance abuse, behavior problems, withdrawing from friends and family, emotional distress, risk taking behaviors, making statements of wanting to die, threatening to commit suicide and so on. Proactive plans should be put in place so as to deal with this issue of youth suicide. This include listening to the person, encouraging them that things will be better, and ensuring that the person gets enrolled in stress management program so that they can deal with their issues,