Texas Type of abuse Definitions
Abandonment
The leaving of a child in a situation where the child would be exposed to a
substantial risk of physical or mental harm, without arranging for necessary
care for the child, and a demonstration of an intent not to return by a
parent, guardian, or managing or possessory conservator of the child.
Emotional Abuse
Mental or emotional injury to a child that results in an observable and
material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological
functioning.
Medical Neglect
The failing to seek, obtain, or follow through with medical care for a child,
with the failure resulting in or presenting a substantial risk of death,
disfigurement, or bodily injury or with the failure resulting in an observable
and material impairment to the growth, development, or functioning of the
child.
Neglectful Supervision
Placing the child in or failing to remove the child from a situation that a
reasonable person would realize requires judgment or actions beyond the
child's level of maturity, physical condition, or mental abilities and that
results in bodily injury or a substantial risk of immediate harm to the child.
Physical Abuse
Physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child, or the genuine
threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child, including an
injury that is at variance with the history or explanation given and excluding
an accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or managing or
possessory conservator that does not expose the child to a substantial risk
of harm.
Physical Neglect
The failure to provide the child with food, clothing, or shelter necessary to
sustain the life or health of the child, excluding failure caused primarily by
financial inability unless relief services had been offered and refused.
Refusal to Accept Parental Responsibility
The failure by the person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare
to permit the child to return to the child's home without arranging for the
necessary care for the child after the child has been absent from the home
for any reason, including having been in residential placement or having
run away.
Sexual Abuse
Sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental, emotional, or physical welfare.
Or a failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent sexual conduct harmful
to a child.
http://tx.rand.org/stats/health/childabuse.defs.html
Abandonment
The leaving of a child in a situation where the child would be exposed to a
substantial risk of physical or mental harm, without arranging for necessary
care for the child, and a demonstration of an intent not to return by a
parent, guardian, or managing or possessory conservator of the child.
Emotional Abuse
Mental or emotional injury to a child that results in an observable and
material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological
functioning.
Medical Neglect
The failing to seek, obtain, or follow through with medical care for a child,
with the failure resulting in or presenting a substantial risk of death,
disfigurement, or bodily injury or with the failure resulting in an observable
and material impairment to the growth, development, or functioning of the
child.
Neglectful Supervision
Placing the child in or failing to remove the child from a situation that a
reasonable person would realize requires judgment or actions beyond the
child's level of maturity, physical condition, or mental abilities and that
results in bodily injury or a substantial risk of immediate harm to the child.
Physical Abuse
Physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child, or the genuine
threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child, including an
injury that is at variance with the history or explanation given and excluding
an accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or managing or
possessory conservator that does not expose the child to a substantial risk
of harm.
Physical Neglect
The failure to provide the child with food, clothing, or shelter necessary to
sustain the life or health of the child, excluding failure caused primarily by
financial inability unless relief services had been offered and refused.
Refusal to Accept Parental Responsibility
The failure by the person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare
to permit the child to return to the child's home without arranging for the
necessary care for the child after the child has been absent from the home
for any reason, including having been in residential placement or having
run away.
Sexual Abuse
Sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental, emotional, or physical welfare.
Or a failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent sexual conduct harmful
to a child.
http://tx.rand.org/stats/health/childabuse.defs.html
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