1) Are Leah’s symptoms and the autopsy findings consistent with shaken baby syndrome? Explain your answer.
ANS: Leah, a 4 month old was found to suffer from brain hemorrhage. She was claimed to be fussy and vomited for three days straight. She also suffered from Subdural Hematoma as well as brain swelling. According to her autopsy report, there were multiple hemorrhages in Leah’s brain and right eye. All these symptoms as well as the autopsy report are consistent with Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS).
Shaken Baby Syndrome occurs, when a baby is violently shaken. Not when bouncing a baby or shaking the baby lightly or even when a baby accidentally falls down. The neck muscles, nerves and blood vessels of a baby are unable to take the extreme force
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The Millers wanted a daughter badly after having 7 sons. And when they had one, they were extremely happy. There was no complaint of child abuse. This suggests that there were no previous cases of child abuse in the Miller Family. All the kids were fine and none of them had unnatural complications to deal with.
Lt. Olson, police officer, claimed to have seen bruises on one of Leah’s brothers. The boy kind of outgrew it. This matches the claim of Dr. Naswani. He claimed that Leah might have had some kind of genetic liver disease. In the Amish families, genetic diseases are quite common since they don’t have much knowledge about modern medical science and practice things that causes them to pass down the diseases without trying to prevent it. Genetic liver diseases inhibit the natural functioning of blood clotting factors. Thus weakening the body and causing easy bruising.
Leah’s brother was active and got bruised easily when he was young. Similarly, Leah, a 4 month old also had the same problem. This suggests that the Millers might have had some kind of genetic liver disease that was passed down to Leah and her brother. Her brother was able to outgrow it but poor Leah’s situation was too severe to outgrow
“Tutorial 7 · Recognizing and Addressing Trauma in Infants, Young Children, and Their Families.” Trauma Signs and Symptoms, 3 Dec. 2017, www.ecmhc.org/tutorials/trauma/mod3_1.html.
I feel like the Jeannette’s father was sexually, physically or emotionally abused by his own family as a child growing up. From the way how Rex Walls became abusive to his family after he consumes alcohol drinks (Rex Walls wasn’t exactly abusive to the kids but he was abusive to his wife sometimes).
The afflicted was not just Abigail Williams, Betty Paris, Ruth Putnam, Mary Warren and the other neighborhood girls. According to historical depiction, older women and men came forth as being afflicted. Miller also got rid of Tituba’s husband John
Sanders’ was a young boy when his father became an alcoholic. He recalls going into the shed and finding bottles of all kinds of different type of alcoholic beverage that his father was trying to hide from them. He talks about how he remembers his father pulling into the drive and stopping with whatever they were doing to watch him stumble by barley making it to the front door, he remembers his dad and mom getting into fights where he heard his mom crying horrifically from the words that her husband had said to her. “Eventually he wakes with a grunt, Mother slings accusations at him, he snarls back, she yells, he growls, their voices clashing” (182). Sanders’ dad would never hit his wife or Sanders. Sanders’ would try anything he could to help his dad not drink. Whenever they would go to the gas station he would try and go everywhere his father went to make sure he did not buy anything to get drunk off of. His dad knew what he was up to, he would cuss at them to stay in the car or he would hit him. His father never hit him however, he always threatened though. Sand...
Reviewing the 12 Core Concepts of the National Child Trauma Stress Network, James is suffering from three of the 12 concepts. Number 1 core concept, Traumatic experience are inherently complex. Traumatic experiences are inherently complex no experience are the same varying degrees of objective life threat, physical violation, witnessing of an injury or death. The victim perceives their surroundings and decides what is best for them now safety and self-protection. Number 4 core concept, A child or adolescent can exhibit an extensive range of reactions to suffering and loss. Number 9 core concept, the developmental neurobiology triggers a youth’s reactions to traumatic experience. In this paper, we will be covering another trauma that affects the social worker or case worker who works on these cases of
Ward, H. et al, 2012. Safeguarding babies and very young children from abuse and neglect. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. P 205.
From a very young age, Bone was sexually abused by her step-father, Glen Waddell. Like Bone, Dorothy Allison also suffered abuse from her step-father, starting at the young age of five years-old. During the time of the novel, and until recent years, it was unthinkable to speak of any sort of abuse outside the household. Throughout history, children have been victims of abuse by their parents or other adults, and fo...
There are designated classes to take, so people can be aware of the effects of SBS and what to do when a baby has been shook. Even if you’re not a parent, it is still encouraged for any caregiver or babysitter, or anyone who deals with infants on a daily basis, to take this class to be aware. Most times, SBS occurs when a baby is 6 months or younger. What happens when you shake a baby? When you shake a baby there will be bleeding of the brain or bleeding in the retina’s.
The “Ashley Treatment” also referred to as “Pillow Angel” was based on the controversial set of medical procedures undergone by the Seattle child named Ashley X. Ashley was born in 1997 and was diagnosed with static encephalopathy of unknown etiology. She’s able to breath on her own, sleeps, awaken, and response to environmental stimuli; however, due to the cause of her severe developmental disabilities, Ashley is unable to raise her head, sit up, holds an object, walk, talk, and must be fed through a gastrostomy tube. Also, according to Robert W. Newsom, 2009, “ Ashley is able to experience the cognitive and emotional life of, at best, a typical 3-to-6 month old child.”
Shaken Baby Syndrome is, “a condition of whiplash-type injuries, ranging from bruises on the arms and trunk to retinal hemorrhages or convulsions, as observed in infants and children who have been violently shake; a form of child abuse that often results in intracranial bleeding from tearing of cerebral blood vessels” (Jacobs & Jacobs, 2004, p. 214).
The Millers appear to be permissive parents; therefore, the Millers seem to support Kevin in his behavior and his maladaptive ways of coping. Permissive parents are high on warm; subsequently, they are low in setting demands, rules, and guidelines. Kevin is obliviously gifted and talented, and
In the essay "Overcoming Abuse - My Story", Shawna Platt talks about her childhood with her alcoholic parents and her struggles. She has experienced neglect, domestic, emotional and sexual abuse. She also talks about how she overcame all the abuse, the way the abuse effected her mental health, and how she broke the cycle with her children. While reading this essay, the one incident stood out the most was that her parents left Shawna alone with her newborn sister. At the time, Shawna was only ten years old.
Twenty five to thirty percent of babies shaken die (National Shaken Baby Syndrome). Immediate medical attention can help reduce the impact of shaking, but many children are left with permanent damage from the shaking. The treatment of survivors falls into 3 major categories. Those categories are medical, behavioral, and educational. In addition to medical care, children may need speech and language therapy, vision therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and special education services. (Showers, 1997) Many incidents of Shaken Baby Syndrome are not reported out of fear. It is important to seek immediate and early medical attention. Serious complications and even death can be avoided.
When Deborah was only sixteen she became pregnant with her first child by Cheetah and boy she liked when she was younger. Cheetah and Deborah got married and then had their second child. Deborah became very unhappy in the marriage because Cheetah started drinking and doing drugs. He started abusing Deborah. Cheetah pushed Deborah so much she almost killed him if it wasn’t for Bobbette. Deborah’s brothers Sonny and Lawrence were doing well except for Joe. Joe was another case. Joe went to the military, and the family was hoping that would do him good; but he came out worse than when he went in. Joe was threatened and beaten up by a boy named Ivy. Joe was in so much rage he went and stabbed him and killed him. Joe eventually turned himself in to the law, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced fifteen years in prison.
The babies were given up for adoption, because they came from an unwed mother; such babies became troubled youth, who were encouraged to drop out of high school and were sold to prostitution. “In the 1950s, psychiatrists dismissed incest reports as Oedipal fantasies on the part of children” (Dyk 96). Now children are safer as compared to in the past. In the past, 11-year-olds became gang members, 12-year-olds were prostitutes and middle class wives abused drugs; some of it might still be true, but a lot has changed because of policies and women rights and child protection laws.