Which term matches non-accidental injury or sexual battery by a caregiver?

• A. Child abuse
• B. Sexual abuse
• C. Harm
• D. Inadequate supervision

Answer: (A)

Understanding how to label harm to a child in a caregiving context helps you recognize when protective action is needed. Non-accidental injury or sexual battery by a caregiver falls under the term child abuse. This umbrella describes harm inflicted on a child by an adult in a caregiving role, and it includes both physical harm (non-accidental injury) and sexual harm (sexual battery). Sexual abuse is a specific type of abuse, but it isn’t limited to caregivers and doesn’t automatically cover all cases of physical injury. Harm is too broad a word to identify the specific scenario of abuse by a caregiver, and inadequate supervision refers to neglect-related risk rather than the broader spectrum of abusive acts.