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Child Abuse Mayra B., Tatiana M. , Christina G. Daisy R. Sean H. Survey Analysis. Introduction Demographics Findings Community Needs Analysis Solutions: Community-Based Organizing Strategies. Presentation Outline. Research Questions. What is child abuse?
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Child Abuse Mayra B., Tatiana M. , Christina G. Daisy R. Sean H. Survey Analysis
Introduction Demographics Findings Community Needs Analysis Solutions: Community-Based Organizing Strategies Presentation Outline
Research Questions • What is child abuse? • How has child abuse affected you? • What has been helpful in overcoming it?
Demographics • 40 Survey’s in total • 53% Female • 48% Male • Of those surveyed, average age was 18. • Surveyed in Ygnacio Valley High School, family members, friends, and BART.
Demographics • 45% Latinos • 28% White • 15% African-American • 58% Spoke English • 42% Spoke Spanish
What is Child Abuse? • Who abused you? • 55%- Father • 47%- Mother • What was the reason? • 65%- Anger • 50%-Previous Abuse • 35%-Stress
What is Child Abuse? • Father son abuse • This shows some very graphic scenes of verbal and physical child abuse. • We’ll show about 3 minutes of the video. If you feel uncomfortable, you may step outside until the video is over. • The father was arrested and did go to jail.
What is Child Abuse? • When did it start? Between 6-7 • When did it end? Between 8-12 • What type of abuse was it? • 79%- Physical • 41%- Verbally • 23%- Sexually • On a scale of 1-10, how much did this affect your life? • 62% voted 9 or 10
How Has Child Abuse Affected You? • People who feel helpless believe talking does not help • There is a need to focus on people who feel helpless
How Has Child Abuse Affected You? • People who isolate themselves believe it greatly changed their lives • There is a need to help people who isolate themselves
How Has Child Abuse Affected You? • There’s a relationship between how much it affected their life and the age at which it stopped • There is a need to stop child abuse before the age of 12
What Has Been Helpful in Overcoming It? • There is a relationship between the severity of the abuse and advocacy
What Has Been Helpful in Overcoming It? • People who talked to 2 or more people believe that therapy helps • There is a need for therapists to help people who do don’t have anyone to talk to 10 0
Help parents with anger issues • Some parents don’t know how to deal with their anger issues. • For example • 65% said anger was the cause of Child Abuse
Have someone they can talk to and feel connected to • If they don’t feel comfortable they wont open up about the issue. • Those who were abused talked to people and rated that therapy helped. • Those who didn’t talk to people therapy didn’t help as much
Better parenting skills • Not many parents know how to raise children. • They don’t know the difference between discipline and child abuse. • They don’t know any other way of raising a child.
Addressing Community Needs • Strategy 1:Work with parents/guardians who have anger issues c • Offer free food to attend PTA meetings • In these meetings teach how to let out anger in a non-violent way. • Teach techniques on how to control anger before it gets more serious
Addressing Community Needs • Strategy 2: Have a retreat that focuses on child abuse intervention strategies for councilors/therapists in schools. • Volunteers to tell their story with child abuse • Bring in recent research on child abuse interventions • Volunteers with facilitation experience
Addressing Community Needs • Strategy 3: Hold monthly meetings on how to discipline and raise children. • In the monthly meetings, teach parents/guardians how to discipline their children without physically hurting them. • Have volunteers visit teen pregnancy facilities and give the young future mom’s and dad’s knowledge on raising their child.
Closing Statements • Child Abuse is something that needs to be a priority • Anger is a main factor behind child abuse • We discovered parent needs for anger management and better parenting skills • Those abused need more people to talk to • Our chosen strategy is to have PTA meetings that focus on how to manage anger