"As Mr. Farragher described the companion volumes, “the first book described the formidable barriers to providing effective mental health and social services to our clients and issued a call for reform and recovery. This new volume takes...
"Over the years, I have heard and told the stories of numerous men and women who were molested as children.... "Every time I talk to one of these survivors of child sex abuse, it strengthens my conviction that we need to change these statute of...
"Richard Weissbourd..., director of the Human Development and Psychology Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said an important part of the solution to bullying involves creating social norms where kids “don’t feel powerful...
"Across the country and here in the Kansas City metropolitan area, organizations are considering adopting trauma-informed practices and policies in order to improve outcomes for those they serve, and improve outcomes for their staff.... "One thing was...
"Maybe we didn’t go about it in the right way, as my commitment to staying home with my daughters brought us to a financial crisis. But my gut told me my daughter needed peaceful one-on-one contact with me, a lot of communication and both...
"Missouri prosecutors could use evidence of past criminal behavior in child sex abuse prosecutions under a measure given preliminary approval Wednesday by the state House. "House members gave the constitutional amendment first-round...
"More than 5,000 child sex offences, including rape and other serious sex attacks, were recorded by police in the last three years where the abuser was under 18, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act showed. "At least three forces...
LAST month Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, promised that he would soon sign an international agreement requiring the return of abducted children to their home countries. Japan is among the few industrial countries that has not joined The...
The New York City Police Department has embarked on a novel approach to deter juvenile robbers, essentially staging interventions and force-feeding outreach in an effort to stem a tide of robberies by dissuading those most likely to commit them....
"Ruben Rosario has been using the printed word to tell the stories of Minnesotans for more than 20 years in his column in the Pioneer Press newspaper, but on Sunday he told his own story in a front page column . "He began to sexually abuse me, of...
"Kosair Children's Hospital says they're seeing more cases of child abuse and want to raise awareness about the serious issue. "Last Wednesday, doctors at Kosair saw four children who had non-accidental trauma. "One of them, a 6-month-old girl named...
"The Utah Division of Child and Family Services spent approximately $153.2 million during its 2012 fiscal year to investigate 18,831 child abuse complaints, 35 percent of which were found to be supported cases. "The division, which...
"Crime victim advocates are launching a new program aimed at reducing the number of children who are sexually abused in our area. "The Crime Victims Assistance Center was selected as one of 3 pilot sites in New York State to introduce a campaign...
"Perhaps Heather (a pseudonym) slipped through the cracks in the foster care system. Maybe she was a runaway, or a girl struggling with identity and self-esteem issues. Maybe she was just trying to escape from a home where domestic violence, drug use...