Child neglect is a social problem that has increased over the years according to statistics. It occurs across all social classes and backgrounds. Stress, unemployment, and lack of education or awareness of child development needs are contributing factors. Strategies to address this issue include educating the community through workshops and distributing informational brochures at various local places like libraries and doctors' offices.

1. Presented By:
Isbah Khan
Monica Catana
Amna Mohammad
Burcu Guder Acar
Miranda Pollard
Hira Khara
Mira Mongoush

2.  Individual Acts:
Actions that people do in regard to the social problem
 Ideologies:
Personal beliefs that people have and that affect their
thoughts about the problem
 Structure That Maintain:
Small and big groups of people that contribute in
maintaining the social problem

3.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ROIGfGGx80U&feature=relmfu

4.  We are using the Iceberg Model
Individuals
Ideology Structure
Global Citizenship
School of Advancement, C. C. (2013).GNED 500 global citizenship: from social analysis to social action (4th custom ed.). Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions .

5.  Teen parents are irresponsible parents.
 Single, poor, divorced parents, new immigrants,
refugees are busy with breadwinning.
 First Nation, alcoholic, drug addicted parents are
careless about their children.
 Divorced parents are busy looking for a new life-
partner, or arranging relationship with a new
partner.

6.  Not enough is been done currently because of :
 Lack of sufficient research
 Social workers, reporting these cases of neglect are not
qualified professionals.
 Pediatricians do not receive specific training
 Specific risk factors and lack of education
 The consequences of child neglect are not recognized to
be as severe as physical or sexual abuse.
 Abused children depend on others to
 report on their behalf.

7. The most of teen parents are irresponsible due to of their
developmental milestones.
Although single parents are the only breadwinners, they need to
be recognized as “normal”.
During transition divorced parents can be inconsistent in
responding to children’s needs.
Immigrant families are different.
Children of middle class and rich families are neglected due to
of lack of time and parenting skills.
Mentally and physically ill or addicted parents
cannot provide consistency in childrearing.

8.  FACTS:
 Child abuse can also occur in any social class and in all ethnic,
religious or economic background. Economic disadvantage and poverty
are risk factors for child abuse too.
 One of the causes for child neglect are stress and unemployment.
 Mostly the pre-schoolers and infants are neglected by families.
 In some extreme cases of neglect, the children led to developmental
delays and even death of the children
 OPINIONS:
 Mostly people think that child abuse and neglect does not happen in
good families and it only happens in the poor families or bad
neighbourhoods.

9.  “In 2008, there were 235, 842  There has been an increase of
maltreatment cases investigated child neglect throughout the
within Canada.” (Stats Canada) years
 “6 out of 10 children and youth
victims of family violence were
assaulted by their parents.”
(Stats Canada)
Chart:
Statistics Canada. (2011). Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile: Chart
2.2. Retrieved on October 20, 2012, from
<http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-224-x/2010000/ct007-eng.htm>
Facts:
Sinha, M. (2012). Section 3: Family Violence Against Children and Youth.
Retrieved on October 20, 2012, from
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2012001/article/11643/11643-3-
eng.htm
Statistics Canada. (2011). Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile:
Highlights: Family Violence in Canada. Retrieved on November 7, 2012
from
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-224-x/2010000/aftertoc-aprestdm2-eng.htm

10.  Public health nurses visits
 Management information system
 Trauma adapted family connection
STRATEGIES WE CAN USE:
 Educate people on a broader and smaller level
 Hold workshops

11.  Gather information through observations of children
 Find reliable resources and pertinent information.
 Making a brochure.
 Find places in the community to distribute the brochure.
(libraries, community centers, doctor offices)
 Post the brochure in the daycare and distribute it to all
parents.

12. Chart:
 Statistics Canada. (2011). Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile: Chart 2.2. Retrieved on
October 20, 2012, from
 <http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-224-x/2010000/ct007-eng.htm>
Facts:
 Sinha, M. (2012). Section 3: Family Violence Against Children and Youth. Retrieved on October 20,
2012, from
 http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2012001/article/11643/11643-3-eng.htm
 Statistics Canada. (2011). Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile: Highlights: Family Violence
in Canada. Retrieved on November 7, 2012 from
 http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-224-x/2010000/aftertoc-aprestdm2-eng.htm
Global Citizenship
 School of Advancement, C. C. (2013).GNED 500 global citizenship: from social
analysis to social action (4th custom ed.). Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions
 Shimoni, R., & Baxter, J. M. (2012). Working with families (5TH ed.). Toronto:
Pearson Addison Wesley.