• – Excessive harsh discipline and emotional or physical abuse of an ongoing or sustained nature inconsistent with care standards of time with identified severe psycho-social or medical impacts

• – Loss of family contact/identity

• – Multiple placements resulting in isolation and depersonalisation over a sustained period of time

• – Denial of rights including educational opportunities over a sustained period with long term social impacts leading to loss of opportunity

• – Sexual abuse of a sustained or severe nature (ongoing incidents) resulting in severe psychological trauma and/or social impacts

• – Possible need for counselling or other assistance on a long term basis

• – In care for 10++ years

• – Excessive harsh discipline and emotional or physical abuse of an ongoing or sustained nature inconsistent with care standards of time

• – Loss of family contact-identity

• – Multiple placements resulting in isolation and depersonalisation over a sustained period of time

• – Denial of rights including educational opportunities over a sustained period

• – Sexual abuse of a sustained or severe nature (single or ongoing incidents by a caregiver or someone authorised to supervise the child) resulting in severe psychological trauma and/or social impacts.

• – Counselling or other assistance likely to be required on an ongoing basis

• – In care 10+ years

• – Excessive harsh discipline and emotional or physical abuse of an ongoing or sustained nature inconsistent with care standards of time

• – Loss of family contact

• – Multiple placements resulting in isolation and depersonalisation over a sustained period of time

• – Denial of rights including educational opportunities over a sustained period

• – Sexual abuse of a sustained or severe nature or over a long period of time by a caregiver or someone authorised to supervise the child resulting in long term psychological harm

• – In care 8–10 years

• – Excessive harsh discipline and emotional or physical abuse of an ongoing or sustained nature inconsistent with care standards of time

• – Loss of family contact

• – Multiple placements resulting in isolation and depersonalisation over a sustained period of time

• – Denial of rights including educational opportunities over a sustained period

• – Sexual abuse advances which destroyed trust and innocence over a sustained period by a caregiver or someone authorised to supervise the child

• – In care 6–8 years

• – Excessive harsh discipline and emotional or physical abuse of an ongoing or sustained nature inconsistent with care standards of time

• – Loss of family contact resulting in ongoing psychological or social harm

• – Denial of rights including educational opportunities

• – Sexual advances of a mild or limited nature by a caregiver or someone authorised to supervise

• – In care 5–6 years

• – Excessive harsh discipline and physical abuse of an ongoing or sustained nature inconsistent with care standards of time

• – Denial of rights including, for example, loss of educational opportunities

• – Loss of family contact or identity for a sustained period of time

• – Moderate long term psychological, social or medical impacts

• – Sexual advances or abuse of a severe or ongoing nature by someone other than caregiver or person in authority

• – In care 4–5 years

• – Excessive and harsh discipline of a severe and ongoing nature inconsistent with care standard of [sic]

• – Denial of rights including, for example, loss of educational opportunities

• – Loss of family contact

• – Mild psychological or social impacts of an ongoing nature

• – Sexual advances or abuse of a limited or mild nature by someone other than caregiver or person in authority

• – In care 3–4 years

• – Excessive discipline/moderate physical abuse of an ongoing nature (multiple incidents/ongoing) inconsistent with care standards of time

• – Loss of family contact

• – Mild loss of rights, including educational opportunities

• – No allegations of sexual abuse

• – In care up to 3 years

• – Harsh discipline/moderate physical abuse inconsistent with care standards of time

• – Short period

• – Minimal ongoing psycho-social impacts

• – No allegations of sexual abuse

• – In care up to 2 years

• – Harsh discipline/mild physical abuse inconsistent with care standards of time

• – Limited period of placement

• – Minimal ongoing impacts

• – No allegations of sexual abuse

• – In care up to 12 months.

• Repeated, persistent incidents of anal or vaginal intercourse.

• Repeated, persistent incidents of anal/vaginal penetration with an object.

• One or more incidents of anal or vaginal intercourse.

• Repeated, persistent incidents of oral intercourse.

• One or more incidents of anal/vaginal penetration with an object.

• One or more incidents of oral intercourse.

• One or more incidents of digital anal/vaginal penetration.

• One or more incidents of attempted anal/vaginal penetration (excluding attempted digital penetration).

• Repeated, persistent incidents of masturbation.

• One or more incidents of simulated intercourse.

• One or more incidents of masturbation.

• Repeated, persistent fondling under clothing.

• One or more incidents of fondling or kissing.

• Nude photographs taken of the Claimant.

• The act of an adult employee or other adult lawfully on the premises exposing themselves.

• Any touching of a student, including touching with an object, by an adult employee or other adult lawfully on the premises which exceeds recognized parental contact and violates the sexual integrity of the student.

• Being singled out for physical abuse by an adult employee or other adult lawfully on the premises which was grossly excessive in duration and frequency and which caused psychological consequential harms at the H3 level or higher.

• Any other wrongful act committed by an adult employee or other adult lawfully on the premises which is proven to have caused psychological consequential harms at the H4 or H5 level.

Continued harm resulting in serious dysfunction.

Evidenced by: psychotic disorganization, loss of ego boundaries, personality disorders, pregnancy resulting from a defined sexual assault or the forced termination of such pregnancy or being required to place for adoption a child resulting therefrom, self- injury, suicidal tendencies, inability to form or maintain personal relationships, chronic post-traumatic state, sexual dysfunction, or eating disorders.

Harm resulting in some dysfunction.

Evidenced by: frequent difficulties with interpersonal relationships, development of obsessive-compulsive and panic states, severe anxiety, occasional suicidal tendencies, permanent significantly disabling physical injury, overwhelming guilt, self-blame, lack of trust in others, severe post-traumatic stress disorder, some sexual dysfunction, or eating disorders.

Continued detrimental impact.

Evidenced by: difficulties with interpersonal relationships, occasional obsessive-compulsive and panic states, some post-traumatic stress disorder, occasional sexual dysfunction, addiction to drugs, alcohol or substances, a long term significantly disabling physical injury resulting from a defined sexual assault, or lasting and significant anxiety, guilt, self-blame, lack of trust in others, nightmares, bed-wetting, aggression, hyper-vigilance, anger, retaliatory rage and possibly self-inflicted injury.

Some detrimental impact.

Evidenced by: occasional difficulty with personal relationships, some mild post-traumatic stress disorder, self-blame, lack of trust in others, and low self-esteem; and/or several occasions and several symptoms of: anxiety, guilt, nightmares, bed-wetting, aggression, panic states, hyper-vigilance, retaliatory rage, depression, humiliation, loss of self-esteem.

Modest Detrimental Impact.

Evidenced by: occasional short-term, one of: anxiety, nightmares, bed-wetting, aggression, panic states, hyper-vigilance, retaliatory rage, depression, humiliation, loss of self-esteem.

• claims of physical abuse or ill-treatment where the claimant has been unable to provide sufficient particulars, or where the claimant readily identifies a practice failure that did not result in abuse.