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Child Welfare Information Gateway Language: English
Description: The Clearinghouse provides information products and technical assistance services to help professionals locate information related to child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues. The Clearinghouse can help you find research, statistics, State laws, and resources on such topics as prevention, child protection, out-of-home care, and permanency planning.
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International Center for Assault Prevention Language: English
Publisher: International Center for Assault Prevention
Description: This website has information on how to be a part of the International Center for Assault Prevention. It also provides information on definitions, statistics, signs of abuse, and what you can do to help children be safe. This project provides training and workshops for teachers, parents, and children in how to help prevent physical, verbal and sexual assault.
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National Foundation for Abused and Neglected Children Language: English
Publisher: National Foundation for Abused and Neglected Children
Description: The National Foundation for Abused and Neglected Children's principal mission is to enable people to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities.The foundation produces and distributes various publications, program materials, posters, and informational and policy reports on a variety of crime prevention and community-building subjects. The website provides information on child abuse, shaken baby syndrome, gangs, and tips for kids and parents.
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Victim Assistance Online Language: English
Description: This Website provides a variety of links for working with victims of violence. Includes lists of links by country and by topic area such as children's issues and sexual assault and abuse. Geared toward professionals but also contains many good resources for the general public.
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General Information

Beyond the Blues Language: English
Publisher: Iowa's Perinatal Depression Project
Description: This website provides information on postpartum depression and it's impact upon children. It includes definitions, how to talk to children about depression, and resources for children.
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CARING 4 Kids Child Care Training Series - Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Martin, Sally
Publisher: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (Feb 2009)
Description: This child care training module is designed to teach staff how to recognize signs of abuse and neglect, as well as how to report incidences of abuse and neglect.
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Child Abuse - The Hidden Bruises (El Maltrato Infantil: Los Golpes Ocultos) Language: Spanish, English
Publisher: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (March 2011 (Spanish version 2004))
Description: The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Pscyhiatry has provided this short, informative piece illustrating how to identify a child that has been abused, and what to do if you know a child has been abused. Child abuse is much more encompassing than solely physical abuse. Child abuse includes emotional, psychological, verbal, sexual abuse, and neglect. Child that have suffered from any type of abuse will need to seek some sort of psychiatric treatment to help cope with their traumatic experience. Also available in Spanish, El Maltrato Infantil: Los Golpes Ocultos at http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/informacion_para_la_familia/el_maltrato_infantil_los_golpes_ocultos_no_5.
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Child Abuse Prevention Month Resources Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Publisher: CYFERnet (2004)
Description: These resources will assist you in defining, recognizing, preventing and reporting child abuse.
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Child Sexual Abuse (El Abuso Sexual a los Ninos) Language: Spanish, English
Publisher: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (March 2011 (Spanish version 2004))
Description: The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has provided this piece on child sexual abuse to help teachers, parents, and providers identify, stop, and help the child to cope with any sexual abuse that has occured. Children are not able to psychologically cope with the emotional problems that result from sexual abuse and they need to be helped and guided along the path of counseling and healing. Also available in Spanish, El Abuso Sexual a los Ninos at http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/informacion_para_la_familia/el_abuso_sexual_a_los_ninos_no_9 (2004).
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Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey Language: English
Author: Finkelhor, David
Publisher: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (October 2009)
Description: This Bulletin discusses the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), the most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children’s exposure to violence to date. Conducted between January and May 2008, it measured the past-year and lifetime exposure to violence for children age 17 and younger across several major categories: conventional crime, child maltreatment, victimization by peers and siblings, sexual victimization, witnessing and indirect victimization (including exposure to community violence and family violence), school violence and threats, and Internet victimization. This survey is the first comprehensive attempt to measure children’s exposure to violence in the home, school, and community across all age groups from birth to age 17, and the first attempt to measure the cumulative exposure to violence over the child’s lifetime.
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Designing Systems that Match the Needs of Diverse Families: Focusing on Attachment, Culture and Trauma Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Ippen, Chandra Ghosh
Publisher: CYFERnet Editorial Board (May 2009)
Description: Chandra Ghosh Ippen examines how attachment, culture and trauma serve as key contextual forces that shape human development and perspective, and the need for practitioners to learn effective ways to work with children and families from multiple ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds in today's increasingly culturally diverse society. Her presentation includes a review of theoretical models, core concepts and examples central to working with diverse populations.
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Preventing Child Maltreatment Language: English
Author: Paxson, Christina
Publisher: The Future of Children (Fall 2009)
Description: The Future of Children has released its latest publication, Preventing Child Maltreatment (Vol. 19, No. 2). Accompanying the journal is an Executive Summary and two related Policy Briefs. Contributors to this volume present the best available research on policies and programs designed to prevent child abuse and neglect. They examine a gradual shift in the field of child maltreatment toward prevention and explore how insights into the risk factors for maltreatment can help target prevention efforts. They assess whether programs such as community-wide interventions, parenting programs, home-visiting, drug and alcohol treatment, and school-based educational programs on sexual abuse, can prevent maltreatment. They also explore how the Child Protective System might take a more active role in prevention.
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Responding to a Disclosure of Child Abuse Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Reilly, Jackie
Description: This fact sheet from Nevada Cooperative Extension is aimed at child care providers and providing tips for how to respond and report suspected child abuse or maltreatment.
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State Toll-Free Child Abuse Reporting Numbers Resource Listing Language: English
Publisher: Child Welfare Information Gateway (August 2007)
Description: This website provides a list of toll-free numbers for reporting child abuse in each state.
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Programming Resource

Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Children: Consequences of Emotional Neglect in Childhood (Formacion de Vinculos y el Desarrollo de Apego en Ninos Maltratados) Language: Spanish, English
Author: Perry, Bruce
Publisher: Child Trauma Academy (July 2001)
Description: This article is one in a series developed by the ChildTrauma Academy to assist parents, caregivers, teachers and various professionals working with maltreated and traumatized children. Also available in Spanish (Formacion de Vinculos y el Desarrollo de Apego en Ninos Maltratados) at http://www.childtrauma.org/ctamaterials/Attach_ca_sp.asp.
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Child Abuse and Child Care Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Oesterreich, Lesia
Publisher: Iowa State University (1999)
Description: This fact sheet defines physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse. A list of possibe physical signs and changes in behavior that may be associated with abuse are included. The author also provides information on how to respond to child abuse.
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Child Abuse: A Painful Secret Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Brand, Gail
Publisher: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cooperative Extension (revised in 2008)
Description: This article examines causes and prevention of child abuse. It includes information on signs of abuse and what to do if you suspect abuse.
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Creating Safety Zones For Child Care Providers Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Reilly, Jackie
Publisher: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Service (1995)
Description: This fact sheet provides suggestions for preventing child abuse and accusations of child abuse in programs serving children and youth. The authors address specific considerations for those working with infants/toddlers and those working with youth.
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Parents Anonymous, Inc. Language: English
Description: This is the Web site of Parents Anonymous, a national organization dedicated to strengthening families and preventing child abuse. They offer parent education and support groups. The site includes articles and tips on parenting and a listing of local support groups.
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Prevention and the Child Protection System Language: English
Author: Waldfogel, Jane
Publisher: The Future of Children (Fall 2009)
Description: This article is part of a Journal on Preventing Child Maltreatment from the Future of Children. The nation’s child protection system (CPS) has historically focused on preventing maltreatment in high-risk families, whose children have already been maltreated. But, as Jane Waldfogel explains, it has also begun developing prevention procedures for children at lower risk—those who are referred to CPS but whose cases do not meet the criteria for ongoing services. Preventive services for lower-risk families often focus on increasing parents’ understanding of the developmental stages of childhood and on improving their child-rearing competencies. The evidence base on the effectiveness of these services remains thin. Most research focuses on home-visiting and parent education programs. Studies of home visiting have provided some promising evidence. Little is as yet known about the effects of parent education.
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The Role of Home-Visiting Programs in Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect Language: English
Author: Howard, Kimberly
Publisher: The Future of Children (Fall 2009)
Description: This article is part of a Journal on Preventing Child Maltreatment from the Future of Children. Kimberly Howard and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn examine home visiting, an increasingly popular method for delivering services for families, as a strategy for preventing child abuse and neglect. They focus on early interventions because infants are at greater risk for child abuse and neglect than are older children. Theorists and policy makers alike believe strongly that home visiting can be a beneficial and cost-effective strategy for providing services to families and children.
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Research

Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect with Parent Training: Evidence and Opportunities Language: English
Author: Paxson, Christina
Publisher: The Future of Children (Fall 2009)
Description: This article is part of a Journal on Preventing Child Maltreatment from the Future of Children. Researchers have identified four common co-occurring parental risk factors—substance abuse, mental illness, domestic violence, and child conduct problems—that lead to child maltreatment. The extent to which maltreatment prevention programs must directly address these risk factors to improve responsiveness to parenting programs or can directly focus on improving parenting skills, says Richard Barth, remains uncertain. Barth begins by describing how each of the four parental issues is related to child maltreatment. He then examines a variety of parent education interventions aimed at preventing child abuse.
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The Child Trauma Academy Language: English
Publisher: Child Trauma Academy (Fall 2009)
Description: The ChildTrauma Academy focuses on service, training and research in the area of child maltreatment. Resources are available to the public.
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