Research Paper on:
Domestic Violence, Children, and Department of Social Services

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show that in America, a child is reported abused or neglected every thirteen seconds, which equates to more than two point seven million children each and every year. This  figure, more than three times as many as was reported in 1980, reflects a disturbing trend toward uncontrolled acts of domestic violence (Leigh et al, 1995). Employing the interventionist  services of the Department of Social Services (DSS) as a means by which to circumvent further physical and emotional destruction is imperative if the child is going to develop a  healthy sense of self. When the student discusses specific interventions provided by the DSS, it will be important to mention therapy programs meant to help the child work out his  or her issues through the process of talking. One particular method utilized for children is that of play therapy, "a technique whereby the childs natural means of expression, namely  play, is used as a therapeutic method to assist him/her in coping with emotional stress or trauma" (Anonymous, 2002) - is employed so that the child can be free to  express himself in the natural state of release that children innately understand. The fact that children do not possess a strong command of language during their toddler years creates  overwhelming pressure when their parents train them to use expressive communication through a verbal approach, which is a method of communicating that children have yet to master. Discouraged from  acting out their various needs for communication, such as through play with inanimate objects and other children, they soon learn to repress their natural instincts and become unable to express  themselves at all (Axline, 1947). Axlines (1947) use of play therapy in the 1940s served as a precedence setting breakthrough in the field of abnormal behavior, inasmuch as it