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Child Maltreatment: A Global Issue

Contact author: Carol Westby, PhD, 1808 Princeton NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106. E-mail: carol_westby{at}att.net

Purpose: This article explains why children with speech and language impairments are at increased risk for having experienced abuse, neglect, and trauma and how maltreatment may vary across cultures.

Method: International literature on maltreatment is reviewed in order to provide frameworks for identifying what constitutes maltreatment across cultures; how cultural variations in discipline practices impact maltreatment; and professionals' roles in treatment when they encounter children who have experienced abuse, neglect, or trauma.

Conclusion: Speech-language pathologists and audiologists are required to document and report any instance of suspected child abuse. To intervene effectively with children and families from diverse cultures who experience maltreatment, professionals must understand when a practice causes harm and be able to modify childrearing practices in culturally acceptable ways.

KEY WORDS: abuse, neglect, culture, discipline, identification

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