At the end of a gravel road in the Chippewa National Forest of northern Minnesota, a group of camp counselors has gathered to hear psychotherapist Tina Bryson speak about neuroscience, mentorship, and camping. She is in Minnesota by invitation...
It took four decades and her life savings, but in June Han Meimei at last held the piece of paper she wanted in her hand. After a lifetime of abuse, she was penniless and alone, but free of her violent husband. “The happiest thing in my...
What makes us the parents of our children? Is it the genes that we have passed on to them? But then what about adoptive parents, who, while not the biological parents, have provided all the care for their adopted...
2015 is here, along with the opportunity to positively impact the lives of individuals with serious mental illness and grow social justice in your local communities. While you were preparing for the holiday season, the National Alliance on...
Dr. Lee Pachter from the Department of Pediatrics, St Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Dr. Tina Cheng from the Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, are both members...
Hi and Happy 2015! I attach here a series of articles published last month in The Lancet on Violence against women and girls. These articles are focused primarily on the needs of low and middle income countries but it is a great overview...
Watch and share this two-minute video and Rich Gehrman, founder of SafePassageForChildren in MN and join us at invisiblechildren.org and support our documentary project bringing awareness to the people, policies, and programs impacting...
Watch and share this two-minute video interview of Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Brandon Stahl from KARA'S documentary on child protection and child abuse in Minneapolis, MN.
The Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board and the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan’s Violence Against Women Project developed a new in-service/roll-call training video for law...
Adults Molested as Children -- Links to resources and online e-groups, including co-ed groups, and groups for men, women and women who were molested by a female. Adult Children of Alcoholics -- Links to resources and...
Starting in a group, click invite others to this group link on the upper right corner of the ACEs Connection group site under ABOUT THIS GROUP . Type email address and add Personal Message (optional). Scroll down and click Send...
Go to the calendar page . (It’s a tab in the top blue navigation bar.) Then click the button on the far right that says Add Event. Then fill in the blanks. When you’re done, scroll to the bottom and click...
http://mchb.hrsa.gov/lifecourse/ http://cchealth.org/lifecourse/bibliography.php http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23955383
If a shaken baby is taken to a Pennsylvania hospital and doctors and police can't figure out who shook the child, it might not get reported as child abuse. If a teacher, child care provider or nurse is told of sexual abuse, they tell a...