Causes of Maltreatment

What will be an ideal response?

Cultural and social factors: cultural attitudes, poverty, social isolation

Parental factors: ineffective parenting skills, dysfunctional marriage, and may have been maltreated themselves

Child factors: very young and ill children more often targets as are stepchildren

Psychology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Dr. Dare works with children who are truant from school. When students attend class, she gives them tokens to be redeemed for candy at the end of the day. Dr. Dare is using the ____ approach.?

a. ?psychodynamic b. ?behavioral c. ?cognitive d. ?humanistic

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