"North Texas Children’s Advocacy Center’s in Fannin, Grayson, Dallas, Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro and Tarrant counties have joined together to raise awareness of child abuse during the month of April. April is National...
Abstract OBJECTIVES: We investigated the relationship between parental incarceration history and young adult physical and mental health outcomes using Wave 1 and Wave 4 data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.......
The Children’s Center in Salt Lake City has been working with young children who have been exposed to trauma. Now, a four-year grant will evaluate which evidence-based practices work best to heal these children. Vonda Jump, senior research...
"As many as 1.5 million adults may have stumbled upon child sexual abuse on the internet, but more than half do not know how to report it, new research has warned. "A ComRes poll conducted for the Internet Watch Foundation found that 91 per cent of...
"The history is that there has been a long-running conflict between the state and the counties, which individually run child welfare programs and have fought hard against any further state authority. And from our discussions last week with the...
"The state of Georgia is expanding its war on child sex trafficking with a new campaign targeting the men who buy sex with children, aiming to make law enforcement’s message as loud as the massage parlor billboards on the interstate....
A blog post I shared after the holidays but since it is related to ACE's I am sharing it here after an encouragement to do so by Jane Stevens. Thank you Jane! ------------------------------ I am feeling tired after the holidays but overall, it was...
BAD NEWS SELLS. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers, based partly on data (ratings and circulation) and partly on the gut instincts of producers and editors. Wars, earthquakes, plagues, floods, fires, sick children, murdered spouses — the more suffering and mayhem, the more coverage. But now that information is being spread and monitored in different ways, researchers are...
Wanted to share some of our success in Iceland with awareness and education on Child Sexual Abuse prevention. We feel that we have a model that can easily be duplicated in other communities. If anyone is interested in learning more please...
"The Internet Watch Foundation said 83% of those polled were worried about the websites, 73% by terrorist material and 68% by violent pornography. "Hate or suicide material and those encouraging eating disorders were also cited in the poll of 2,058...
"Eleven people of varying backgrounds came forward following a hikoi [Maori march/protest] in Kaitaia against child abuse on Wednesday to organise ongoing events and initiatives in the Far North town. "Hikoi organiser Anahera Herbert-Graves, chief executive of Te Runanga-a-iwi o Ngati Kahu, said the new group hoped to meet next week to strategise and plan its next steps. F"uture initiatives could include workshops and making the hikoi an annual event...."...
"Beckley-Stratton Middle School’s after-school program invited Just For Kids executive director Scott Miller to teach them more about child abuse, a topic they have already been learning and creating a video about.... "But as of July 2012, any...
"Child abuse is an epidemic. Children are tortured right here. Probably on your street a child is suffering from abuse right now. It might not be the kind that leaves bruises, or shows up on X-rays, and those kinds of injuries might actually be easier...
"Sometimes the only thing standing between a domestic violence victim and the freedom to escape an abusive relationship is the ability to maintain economic security. While the workplace can be a haven for some victims, it can be a scary place for...
"The center’s role is to create a safe environment for abused children and their families. It also offers supportive services for its clients and the community through intervention, treatment and prevention.... "In the 100 Women...