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Sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect are attributable to a lack of appropriate parental care. When one of these problem is serious enough to adversely affect the progress and enjoyment of a child’s life it is defined as what?
  1. Emergency removal
  2. Significant harm
  3. Poor parenting
  4. Medical neglect
Explanation
Answer: B -Significant harm is the main component that justifies intervention in the best interest of a child. There are no absolute criteria to rely on when judging the extent. A single violent episode may constitute significant harm, but usually it is the accumulation of events that leads to damage in a child’s development.
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