מעבדות

Israel and 330,000 of this population are described as at-risk children facing threatening circumstances. A recent epidemiological survey focusing on violence against children and youth reported that more than 18% experienced sexual abuse, 18% experienced physical abuse, and more than 10% suffered from physical neglect (Lev-Wiesel et al., 2016). The various stressful conditions that children experience include poverty and financial difficulties, an ill parent, the loss of a parent, academic problems, special needs, migration, maltreatment and dysfunctional parental care. These conditions prevent children from experiencing the security and protection that form part of their basic rights. Consequently, they develop problems in various social, emotional and academic domains, and it is often the case that these individuals drop out of normative systems and become delinquent.