Questions and Phrases to Assess Child Abuse and Neglect in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on learning how assess child abuse and neglect in Spanish. This is a delicate topic requested by a community member who wanted to know the best vocabulary to talk about child abuse and neglect in Spanish with Spanish speaking parents (and children) in a respectful way that doesn’t intimidate or offend.
When discussing and assessing the health and safety of a child, the stakes are high for the child, the parents, and the family unit as a whole. You need to have a critical listening skills to be able to understand what people are saying and read between the lines. This is not a conversation that you would ever want to just “wing it” and do your best if your Spanish isn’t up to par. Please be quick to use professional Spanish interpreters to ensure accuracy.
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Conversaciones con padres / Conversations with Parents
Conversaciones con niños / Conversations with Kids
Signos y síntomas de alerta / Red Flags
When talking to families, and probably when you were needing transition into getting some outside help to the family and you might want to point out things you are worried about, these phrases would be useful.
Factores de riesgo de abuso / Risk Factors for Abuse
Temas de conversación con los padres / Conversation Topics with Parents
This is a list of questions that might open some of these topics and help you begin the conversation.
Pregunta sobre heridas/lesiones
To be able to understand the answers for these questions, you need a high level of listening comprehension in Spanish.
Conversaciones con niños / Conversations with Children
These questions are similar to the questions above, but they are directly for the children.
Conversaciones con niños sobre abuso sexual / Conversations with Children About Sexual Abuse
These are some ways to open the conversation and require a lot of delicacy as you move forward.
Vocabulario de anatomía y abuso / Anatomy and Abuse Vocabulary
Consejos para padres con respecto a la casa / Advice for Parents Regarding the House
Consejos para prevención de negligencia / Advice for Prevention of Negligence
Here are some examples of the subjunctive you need to learn and understand.
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