It is not easy to recognize and notice an abused child, and the recognition of the type/form of abuse depends on the observed consequences for the child. The three main forms of abuse are emotional, sexual and physical abuse, with neglect as the fourth form of bad behaviour with children. Cruel discipline, rejection and ignoring of the child, social-emotional neglect, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, neglect of educational needs, and inadequate supervision, as well as unrealistic and inappropriate expectations of the child, create a negative and unhealthy atmosphere that affects the child and leads to various bad consequences and outcomes. To reduce the rate of abused children, prevention programs were established, one of which is CAP (Child Assault Prevention). Prevention and early intervention programs have the main goal of detecting and stopping violence. Educators, as well as other educational workers, must be sufficiently educated and aware of of themselves and others in order to succeed in preventing child abuse. The role of the educator is to recognize an abused child, to react adequately in such a situation, and to help the child cope with the challenges of everyday life in kindergarten after experiencing the trauma of abuse. In the event of suspicion of abuse or neglect, the educator has the obligation to inform the director of the preschool institution, who then informs the competent services. However, apart from cases of already existing abuse, the educator also plays an important role in various prevention programs.