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Child abuse and neglect: Training needs of student teachers
During the exercise of their activity, education professionals are well placed to make an early detection of child abuse and to identify possible risk cases. However, sometimes, teachers and educators in general claim lack of knowledge and training to perform these tasks. That is why, in this work we wish to insist on the necessity of analysing the training of future education professionals in child abuse, both within and outside the family, and regardless of whether it is caused by adults or other children. It should be noted that early identification of violent behaviour and, obviously, the implementation of strong prevention strategies presuppose good training in this sense. For this reason, we have performed a pilot study to analyse the formation that students of the degree in Pedagogy have on child abuse, using a questionnaire that we have designed specifically for such purpose. We carried out the pilot study of the instrument with a sample of 24 students (girls and boys) enrolled in the 4th year of the degree in Pedagogy. Among the conclusions reached we highlight that, after analysing the data derived from the pilot study, it can be concluded that future pedagogues consider this specific training necessary, because at present they consider it insufficient and too limited to cope with their professional responsibilities in the future.Los profesionales de la educaci贸n se encuentran, en su ejercicio profesional, en una posici贸n privilegiada para realizar una detecci贸n precoz del maltrato infantil y para identificar posibles casos de riesgo. Sin embargo, en ocasiones, maestros y educadores en general aducen falta de conocimiento y formaci贸n para realizar dichas tareas. Es por ello que, en este trabajo deseamos insistir en la necesidad de analizar la formaci贸n de los futuros profesionales de la educaci贸n en torno al maltrato infantil, tanto en el seno de la familia como fuera de ella, y ya sea ejercido por un adulto o por otros menores. No olvidemos que la identificaci贸n temprana de comportamientos violentos y, por supuesto, la puesta en marcha de estrategias s贸lidas para su prevenci贸n requieren disponer de una buena capacitaci贸n. Por esta raz贸n, hemos realizado un estudio piloto que nos permitiera conocer la formaci贸n que los estudiantes del Grado de Pedagog铆a tienen sobre el maltrato infantil, utilizando un cuestionario que hemos dise帽ado espec铆ficamente para alcanzar tal prop贸sito. En la realizaci贸n de un estudio piloto contamos con una muestra de 24 alumnos y alumnas del 4潞 curso del Grado de Pedagog铆a. Entre las conclusiones alcanzadas destacamos que, tras analizar los datos derivados del pase piloto, podemos concluir que los futuros pedagogos consideran necesario tener formaci贸n espec铆fica al respecto, una preparaci贸n que, mayoritariamente, consideran insuficiente y muy limitada para poder afrontar sus responsabilidades profesionales en el futuro