The thesis called Second Grade Elementary School Students' Knowledge about Children Abuse is divided into two parts. The theoretical part, which consists of one main chapter, deals with the forms of Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) syndrome, its manifestations and consequences. Each of the forms listed is supplemented by a typical behaviour of the children who have been victims of CAN. The thesis also summarizes the development of CAN syndrome term and possible causes of abuse. The thesis includes information on basic children rights and abuse prevention. The final part of the thesis emphasizes authorities responsible for safeguarding children. The practical part of the thesis contains research results. The objective of this part was to find out the depth of the lower secondary pupils' knowledge on physical and psychological abuse. The research suggests that the pupils were equally aware of physical and psychological abuse. The method used for the research was a questionnaire followed by data comparison. Furthermore, the research has observed that the pupils have personal experience with physical and psychological abuse and punishment. Pupils are punished primarily by their mothers for insolence and back talking. The most frequent kind of punishment is that the children are forbidden the use a PC or...

This master dissertation is focused on specific problems about social cooperation with a family. The main aim of the master dissertation is to describe specifics which are experienced by social workers while cooperating with families who are treating their children badly, some of them are even abusing or negleting them. Teoretical part is mainly focused on existing family itself and its characteristics, then on reasons of rising violence are mentioned as well as procedure and law adjustment of administrative authorities of protection of children. Description of individual specifics of social work is mentioned, too. In the practical part I carried out semistructured interview with workers of administrative authorities of protection of children in The Region Vysocina. This was done in order to aim rising up of the quality of my research. During the research there was found out that the most used specific teories and techniques are interview, observing and active listening which is being considered as the basics of their work. The other results show that workers work while using the specific methods of approach focused on their tasks and attitudes to the client. We can see this simply in the answers of the workers who admited their listening to the client and having a real interest in him or her while working with him/her step by step. They also help their clients to work on their tasks and problems which are being solved and the aim is to be implemented. We can also find using the psychosocial approach in their answers. This approach is focused on social conditions and the way they work with a client, which means they try to solve the problem by the client himself/herself. In accordance with these facts there is learnt that it is not possible to specify a theory or a method which would be the most effective while working with a family. Some of the theories are used at the same time together, they are also conected very closely or are followed by each other. Having done all this can give the worker's job better and complex view on situations in which the client lives and so there is an option of solving the state of affairs.

Subject: Abused children in Czech republic - law aspects of abused children, phenomenon. In my master thesis I focused my mind on the CAN syndrome. The work has two parts: theory and research. In the theoretical part I describe the CAN syndrome, its possible impact on child's general development and last but not least what legislation offers for solving this problem. In the research part I used interviews with 200 people to find out public knowledge about his phenomenon, what is their attitude to this problem and what solutions they can think of. The results of the research are described and supplanted by graphs.

L’abandon d’enfant est un phénomène ancien qui a traversé les siècles. Au XXIème siècle, force est de constater qu’il est protéiforme. L'abandon d'enfant entraîne des effets importants sur les liens familiaux qui se verront bouleversés, eu égard au comportement adopté par l'auteur de l’abandon et au moment où l’abandon s’est produit. Ainsi, l’enfant peut être abandonné par son ou ses parents à la naissance, ce qui empêche la création du lien de filiation entre ces derniers. Le mineur ne sera donc pas rattaché juridiquement à sa mère et/ou à son père. Par ailleurs, après l’établissement du lien filial, l’enfant et les parents vont nouer des liens familiaux qu’ils vont développer au fil du temps, mais un certain nombre de facteurs peuvent altérer ces relations familiales qui se seront tissées entre les membres d’une même famille, aboutissant dans certains cas à l’abandon de l’enfant. Dès lors, la victime est toujours l’enfant qui est vulnérable et sans défense. Le législateur doit donc tout mettre en œuvre pour protéger le bien-être et l’intérêt de ce dernier. Toutefois, le droit positif en vigueur peut mettre en échec la création ou la poursuite du lien familial entre l’ascendant et le descendant. Par conséquent, ne serait-il pas opportun, pour certains types d’abandon, de réadapter les mesures et sanctions en vue du maintien des liens familiaux ? A l’inverse, le cadre normatif est-il suffisant et efficace pour sanctionner les comportements d’abandon des parents ? Notre objectif a donc été de proposer diverses mesures pour pallier ces difficultés, en mettant l’accent sur la préservation du lien parental lorsque l’intérêt de l’enfant le commande. / Child abandonment is an old phenomenon that has spanned centuries. In the 21st century, it should be noted that it has become a multi-sided issue. Child abandonment has a significant impact on family relationships which are likely to be disturbed given the behaviour of the abandoning parent and the moment when the abandonment occured. A child may thus have been abandoned by his or her parent(s) at birth, which hinders the creation of a child-parent relationship. Therefore this minor will not be legally attached to his/her mother and/or father. Furthermore, once the filiation has been established, the child and his parents will weave family bonds that they will develop over time, but a certain amount of factors may impair the family ties that will have been created among family members, leading, in some cases, to child abandonment. Subsequently the vulnerable and helpless child is bound to be a victim. Lawmakers should hence do their utmost to protect the well-being and the interest of the latter. Nervertheless the positive law in force may compromise the creation or the continuation of the family relationship among the lineage. As a result, would it not be appropriate, in some cases of abandonment, to readjust measures and sanctions (civil penalties) with a view to maintaining family bonds ? Conversely is the legal framework sufficient and effective to punish abandoning parents ? Therefore our objective consisted in suggesting various measures to overcome those difficulties while emphasizing the protection of family relationship when required by the child’s interest.