Across
- 1. abuse includes inappropriate behavior toward or with a child including touching, sexual acts, and exposure to pornography
- 4. exploitation the misuse of an older adult adult's financial resources, property, or possessions
- 5. neglect failure to conform to a state's legal requirments to provide for a child's education or special education needs
- 8. Protective Services the primary agency that investigates claims of elder abuse and neglect
- 11. involves behaviors committed by the older adult that endanger his or her health, safety and overall well-being
- 12. abuse involves any act that threatens or harms the health or well-being of an older adult
Down
- 2. neglect involves a failure to meet a child's emotional needs or to provide psychological care, or to allow to use alchohol or drugs
- 3. abuse involves threatening to or inflicting harm on a child
- 6. to the delinquency of a minor any action by an adult encouraging illegal behavior by a minor under the age of 18, or that places children in situations where they are exposed to illegal activities
- 7. abuse involves inflicting injury through beating, hitting, shaking, biting, punching, kicking or other means
- 9. when a person who has assumed responsibility for the care of an older adult of child deserts, or leaves, the older adult or child
- 10. neglect involves a failure to provide necessary treatment for injuries, illnesses, or other health conditions