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Leader Education for Child Safety Part Two – Children at Risk

Leader Education for Child Safety Part Two – Children at Risk. AroundLovina,eatingbakso_id_6972932823_CC_BY_ArianZwegers_67769030@N07 . All Children in Our World. Are people under the age of 18 H ave legal rights to protection from abuse H ave legal rights to protection from exploitation.

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Leader Education for Child Safety Part Two – Children at Risk

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  1. Leader Education for Child SafetyPart Two – Children at Risk AroundLovina,eatingbakso_id_6972932823_CC_BY_ArianZwegers_67769030@N07

  2. All Children in Our World • Are people under the age of 18 • Have legal rights to protection from abuse • Have legal rights to protection from exploitation

  3. Children at Risk • Are persons under the age of 18 who live in an environment where they lack food, shelter, education, healthcare, safety, or love. • These children at risk are more likely to suffer from abuse and exploitation.

  4. Children at Risk Where do children at risk live? • Slums and Streets • Brothels and Orphanages • Leper Colonies and Refugee or Internally Displaced Persons Camps • Garbage Dumps and Under resourced areas • Broken families

  5. Children at Risk How do you define abuse?

  6. Perceptions About Children at Risk In your culture: • Are children nurtured? • Are children abused?

  7. Perceptions About Children at Risk Nurture Abuse

  8. Perceptions About Children at Risk What does Scripture reveal? • Perilous times and perilous men (2 Timothy 3:1-5) • The man of God and Word of God (2 Timothy 3:6-9)

  9. This is a Spiritual Battle Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:11-12)

  10. Identification of Children at Risk Child abuse is: • Any ACTION that endangers a child’s physical or emotional health and development

  11. Identification of Children at Risk

  12. Identification of Children at Risk • Factors relating to the family • Social and economic factors • Children in difficult circumstances

  13. Identification of Children at Risk Consequences of abuse: • Physical Health • Mental Health • Emotional Health • Spiritual Health

  14. Identification of Children at Risk Effects on behavior: • Behavior changes may indicate abuse that is unseen • After abuse, the child will never be the same

  15. Issues Children at Risk May Face Bullying • Bullying is characterized by an individual behaving in a certain way to gain power and control over another person

  16. Bullying

  17. Bullying Teach children what to do if they are bullied: • Ignore • Avoid • Confront

  18. Bullying Teach children: • It is important for them to tell a trusted adult when they are being bullied • To be assertive

  19. Issues Children at Risk May Face Domestic Abuse • Physical, verbal, or emotional attacks in the home

  20. Domestic Abuse Physical abuse: • Hitting, kicking, punching, or hurting a person • Trying to control another person’s movement or personal freedom

  21. Domestic Abuse Verbal and emotional abuse: • Yelling, screaming, insulting, name calling, or using words to manipulate a person

  22. Domestic Abuse Child reaction to domestic abuse: • Helpless • Afraid • Upset • Sad • Responsible (Feelings) (Behaviors) Silence Withdraw

  23. Domestic Abuse Warning signs of domestic abuse • Behavioral • Physical and psychological

  24. Domestic Abuse Teach children: • The fight is not about them • How to stay safe • To talk to trusted adults FreeSadDirtychildid_3331437207_CC_BY_PinkSherbetPhotography_40645538@N00

  25. Issues Children at Risk May Face Child Sexual Abuse • Any sexual activity with a child under the age of 18

  26. Child Sexual Abuse • Who sexually abuses children? • Who is targeted by abusers? • What grooming techniques are used?

  27. Child Sexual Abuse Warning signs of sexual abuse: • Behavioral • Physical and psychological

  28. Child Sexual Abuse Teach children: • How to prevent abuse • How to recognize abuse • To talk to trusted adults Ahíviene_id_7126035387_CC_ND_BY_nicolee_camacho_30231478@N04

  29. Child Sexual Abuse Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): • Symptoms • Coping mechanisms

  30. Issues Children at Risk May Face Human Trafficking Buying and selling humans for profit Slavery

  31. Human Trafficking Who buys and sells people? • Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. (Philippians 3:2, NIV)

  32. Human Trafficking Who could be trafficked? • Men • Women • Boys • Girls • Anyone

  33. Human Trafficking Why? • Highly profitable • Vulnerable people available • Crimes often go unreported

  34. Human Trafficking Ordinary people can help by: • Acknowledging the problem • Educating the community • Holding evil doers accountable

  35. Human Trafficking Why don’t victims run away? • Torture • Severe trauma • Traumatic bonding Shattered2_id_8463682300_CC_ND_BY_kmgraeter_87821400@N02

  36. Issues Children at Risk May Face Girl Child Stigma • In many places in the world, women are viewed as being inferior to men • In many places in the world, girls are viewed as being inferior to boys

  37. Girl Child Stigma • Killed in the womb before birth • Killed after birth • Unequal chores for girls • Less education for girls • More likely to be malnourished

  38. Girl Child Stigma • Child marriage • Dowry deaths • Honor killings india-child-marriage-2011-5-7-14-51-7

  39. How God Views Women • Made in God’s image • Given dominion with man over creation • Both man and woman sinned

  40. Supporting Girl Child Advocacy • Recognize lies leading to unbiblical worldviews • Challenge patriarchal world system • Show all children their value in Christ

  41. Cycle of Change Change the belief  Change the values  Change behaviors  Change worldview

  42. Care for All Children at Risk • Assess needs • Immediate careand protection • Refer to appropriate social service • Follow up

  43. Know the Laws in Your Country Provisions regarding • Physical abuse of children • Sexual abuse of children • Prostitution • Child pornography • Human trafficking

  44. Know the Laws in Your Country Has your country ratified these international laws? • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) • Optional Protocol to the CRC on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography • Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime • ILO Convention No.182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labor

  45. Dr.KarlMenningerWhat'sdonetochildren,theywilldotosociety_id_8698424898_CC_BY_SYMPHONYOFLOVE_85608594@N00Dr.KarlMenningerWhat'sdonetochildren,theywilldotosociety_id_8698424898_CC_BY_SYMPHONYOFLOVE_85608594@N00

  46. End of part two

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