This year, GNCRC will be celebrating Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month (CAAPM) under the theme of "Empower Children in Families and Society."
Throughout the month we will provide resources for children and parents to understand what is child abuse and where they can go when child abuse happens. GNCRC will be spreading information through online educational materials, media programs, and community outreach. GNCRC will hold a Fun Day to celebrate CAAPM month and provide pediatric services at La Sagesse playing field in St. David's at the end of the month.
Check out our events page (/events.html) for more information on dates and locations of the exciting things GNCRC is doing this month!
We hope that you can join us!
Throughout the month we will provide resources for children and parents to understand what is child abuse and where they can go when child abuse happens. GNCRC will be spreading information through online educational materials, media programs, and community outreach. GNCRC will hold a Fun Day to celebrate CAAPM month and provide pediatric services at La Sagesse playing field in St. David's at the end of the month.
Check out our events page (/events.html) for more information on dates and locations of the exciting things GNCRC is doing this month!
We hope that you can join us!
Child Abuse Awareness
What is child abuse?
Child abuse is typically divided into four types:
Detecting signs of this abuse is the first step in becoming aware. Some common symptoms of these abuses are:
Physical abuse
Child abuse is typically divided into four types:
- Physical abuse
- Neglect
- Sexual abuse
- Emotional maltreatment
Detecting signs of this abuse is the first step in becoming aware. Some common symptoms of these abuses are:
Physical abuse
- Unexplained bruises, burns, or welts
- Child appears frightened of a parent or caregiver
- Signs of malnutrition
- Poor hygiene
- Unattended physical or medical problems
- Pain, bleeding, redness, or swelling in anal or genital area
- Age-inappropriate sexual play with toys, self, or others
- Age-inappropriate knowledge of sex
- Extremes in behavior, ranging from overly aggressive to overly passive
- Delayed physical, emotional, or intellectual development
Child Abuse Prevention
How can we prevent child abuse?
More great resources can be found here:
http://www.preventchildabuse.org/publications/All_of_Us/index.shtml
- Be a nurturing parent. Children need to know that they are special, loved and capable of following their dreams.
- Help a friend, neighbor or relative.Being a parent isn’t easy. Offer a helping hand take care of the children,so the
- parent(s) can rest orspend time together.
- Help yourself. When the big and little problems of your everyday life pile up to the point you feel overwhelmed and out of control – take time out. Don’t take it out on your kid.
- It can be frustrating to hear your baby cry. Learn what to do if your baby won’t stop crying. Never shake a baby – shaking a child may result in severe injury or death.
- Get involved. Ask your community leaders, clergy, library and schools to develop services to meet the needs of healthy children and families.
- Help to develop parenting resources at your local library.
- Promote programs in school.
- Teaching children, parents and teachers prevention strategies can help to keep children safe.
- Monitor your child’s television and video viewing.
- Watching violent films and TV programs can harm young children.
- Volunteer at a local child abuse prevention program.
- For information about volunteer opportunities, call the GNCRC office at (473) 435-0944
- Report suspected abuse or neglect.
- If you have reason to believe a child has been or may be harmed, call your local police department.
More great resources can be found here:
http://www.preventchildabuse.org/publications/All_of_Us/index.shtml
Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month 2013
Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month 2013.
This year the Grenada National Coalition on the Rights of the Child observed CAAPM under the theme: “Empowering Children in Families and Society”. During the month of April, GNCRC focused on raising awareness of the continuous harm caused to our children, families, and society by the abuse and neglect of our nation’s children.
Our aim was to educate both parents and children on the importance of children being aware of their rights, and who to seek help from once their rights have been violated.
The safeguarding of our children must be everyone’s business; we must all be alert to the concerns of our children.
As citizens, we have a responsibility as a nation, once we suspect or become aware of child abuse to act by reporting, raising our voices and taking a stand.
Although the month of April has ended our work at GNCRC and as a society does not stop there. We need to be continually mindful that our children are precious and the hope for the future; therefore we should NEVER NEGLECT our duty to REPORT ANY FORMS OF CHILD ABUSE!!
The Grenada National Coalition on the Rights of the Child would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to Professor Landon, the media, police, principal, staff and students of the various schools who were part of our presentations. We would also like to thank the communities where we used the loud hailer to raise awareness.
This year the Grenada National Coalition on the Rights of the Child observed CAAPM under the theme: “Empowering Children in Families and Society”. During the month of April, GNCRC focused on raising awareness of the continuous harm caused to our children, families, and society by the abuse and neglect of our nation’s children.
Our aim was to educate both parents and children on the importance of children being aware of their rights, and who to seek help from once their rights have been violated.
The safeguarding of our children must be everyone’s business; we must all be alert to the concerns of our children.
As citizens, we have a responsibility as a nation, once we suspect or become aware of child abuse to act by reporting, raising our voices and taking a stand.
Although the month of April has ended our work at GNCRC and as a society does not stop there. We need to be continually mindful that our children are precious and the hope for the future; therefore we should NEVER NEGLECT our duty to REPORT ANY FORMS OF CHILD ABUSE!!
The Grenada National Coalition on the Rights of the Child would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to Professor Landon, the media, police, principal, staff and students of the various schools who were part of our presentations. We would also like to thank the communities where we used the loud hailer to raise awareness.