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Child Help USA Language: English
Publisher: Childhelp (2011)
Description: This site provides information on child abuse, a national child abuse hotline, and other related resources. This organization is one of the largest and oldest national non-profit organizations dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children.
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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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Child Welfare League of America Language: English
Publisher: Child Welfare League of America (2011)
Description: This organization is the oldest and largest national nonprofit organization developing and promoting policies and programs to protect America's children and strengthen America's families. This site has information on advocacy, child welfare programs, conferences, and publications. If you are searching for information about child welfare this is a good site to visit.
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International Center for Assault Prevention Language: English
Publisher: International Center for Assault Prevention (2011)
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 Center for Missing and Exploited Children Language: English
Publisher: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (2008)
Description: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children serves as a focal point in providing assistance to parents, children, law enforcement, schools, and the community in recovering missing children and raising public awareness about ways to help prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation. Resources are available to help keep children safe and provide guidance on the issues of missing and exploited children.
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National Foundation for Abused and Neglected Children Language: English
Publisher: National Foundation for Abused and Neglected Children (2008)
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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Prevent Child Abuse America Language: Spanish, English
Description: Prevent Child Abuse America's mission is to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nations children. This web site provides information about the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and how you can help.
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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
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Young Children in the Child Welfare System: What Every Policymaker Should Know Language: English
Author: Cooper, Janice
Publisher: The National Center for Children in Poverty (September 2010)
Description: This issue brief explores what we currently know about the prevalence of young children (ages birth to 5) in the child welfare system, how the occurrence of maltreatment or neglect affects their development, and the services currently offered versus needed for these young children. It is based on the “Strengthening Early Childhood Mental Health Supports in Child Welfare Systems” emerging issues roundtable convened by NCCP in New York City in June 2009.
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After Abuse: Early Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers Language: English
Author: Scarborough, A.
Publisher: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Aug 2008)
Description: By law each state is required to ensure that all substantiated cases of maltreated infants and toddlers are referred to Part C early intervention services. This news brief discusses findings on why many maltreated infants and toddlers may not be receiving the child development services they need.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services commissioned a report by to gather information to address these challenges and propose solutions.
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Child Abuse and Neglect: Effects on child development, brain development, and interpersonal relationships Language: English
Author: Becker-Weidman, Arthur
Publisher: International Adoption Articles Directory (Nov 2005)
Description: This study give a brief overview of the effects of child abuse and neglect on brain development, attachment, and relationships.
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Child Abuse Prevention Month Resources
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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Designing Systems that Match the Needs of Diverse Families: Focusing on Attachment, Culture and Trauma
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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Helping Children Exposed to Shocking Events Language: English
Author: Wipfler, Patty
Publisher: Hand in Hand (2012)
Description: This article discusses thoughts about caring well for our children and ourselves during difficult times, like violence or other trauma.
Also available in pdf at http://www.handinhandparenting.org/uploads/news/id32/Shocking%20Events%202012.pdf.
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How to Talk to Kids About Violence: A Response from Parenting Press Language: English
Publisher: Parenting Press, Inc. (2012)
Description: This website provides resources for parents, media, and parent educators about how to talk to children about violence.
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Persistent Fear and Anxiety Can Affect Young Children’s Learning and Development Language: English
Publisher: Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University (Feb 2010)
Description: Science shows that early exposure to circumstances that produce persistent fear and chronic anxiety can have lifelong consequences by disrupting the developing architecture of the brain. Unfortunately, many young children are exposed to such circumstances. While some of these experiences are one-time events and others may reoccur or persist over time, all of them have the potential to affect how children learn, solve problems, and relate to others. This report from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child summarizes in clear language why, while some of these experiences are one-time events and others may reoccur or persist over time, all of them have the potential to affect how children learn, solve problems, and relate to others.
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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
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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Responding to Sexual Abuse (Respondiendo al Abuso Sexual a los Ninos y Adolescentes) Language: Spanish, English
Publisher: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (March 2011)
Description: The following piece has been provided by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as a guide for parents, care givers, and teachers regarding how to respond to a child that discloses that they have been sexually abused. It is extremely important not to make judgmental comments or to place blame on the child, but simply to listen and help them out. Also available in Spanish, Respondiendo al Abuso Sexual a los Ninos y Adolescentes at http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/informacion_para_la_familia/respondiendo_al_abuso_sexual_a_los_ninos_y_adolescentes_no_28 (2004).
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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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Take a Stand! Lend a Hand! Stop Bullying Now! Language: English
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (August 2007)
Description: This website sponsored by U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services provides information for children and adults about bullying. You can learn all about bullying and what you can do to stop it. It features information, interactive games and webisodes so you can practice what to do in case you see or are part of bullying.
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The Role of Educators in Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect Language: English
Publisher: National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information (2003)
Description: This manual, designed to examine the roles that teachers, school counselors, school social workers, school nurses, special education professionals, administrators, and other school personnel have in helping maltreated children, provides the basis for the involvement of educators in combating the problem of child abuse and neglect. It also may be used by other professionals involved in child abuse and neglect interventions, such as child protective services, mental health, law enforcement, health care, and early childhood professionals, to gain a better understanding of the role of educators in child protection.
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Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development Language: English
Publisher: Child Welfare Information Gateway (Nov 2009)
Description: This bulletin provides basic information on brain development and the effects of abuse and neglect on that development. The information is designed to help professionals understand the emotional, mental, and behavioral impact of early abuse and neglect in children who come to the attention of the child welfare system.
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Professional Development
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: An Early Childhood Educator's Handbook to Increase Understanding and Improve Community Responses Language: English
Publisher: Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System (2002)
Description: This 32-page handbook for early childhood educators contains definitions of important terms; important facts; The Power and Control Wheel; research findings; how children are impacted by domestic violence, including information about how they are impacted at various ages; signs of exposure to domestic violence; responding to and strategies for difficult behaviors; working with parents who are victims of domestic violence; and responding to disclosures from children.
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The Role of Educators in Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect Language: English
Publisher: National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information (2003)
Description: This manual, designed to examine the roles that teachers, school counselors, school social workers, school nurses, special education professionals, administrators, and other school personnel have in helping maltreated children, provides the basis for the involvement of educators in combating the problem of child abuse and neglect. It also may be used by other professionals involved in child abuse and neglect interventions, such as child protective services, mental health, law enforcement, health care, and early childhood professionals, to gain a better understanding of the role of educators in child protection.
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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
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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Dealing with Child Abuse Isn't Easy
Language: English
Author: Douglas, Becky
Publisher: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension (1999)
Description: This Connections newsletter article discusses the legal and ethical responsibility of child care professionals to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Providers are given suggestions for helping parents who are having difficulty responding appropriately to difficult behavior from their child.
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Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Cases: Guidelines for Policy and Practice. Recommendations from the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Family Violence Department Language: English
Author: Schechter, Susan
Publisher: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (1999)
Description: This 134-page book provides a guide for policy-makers in developing effective intervention programs for domestic violence and child abuse. Note: This is a large PDF file and may take a long time to load depending on your Internet connection speed.
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Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect: Summary of State Laws Language: English
Publisher: National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information (March 2005)
Description: This article defines professionals that are legally mandated to report child abuse. Includes information on legality of reporting, disclosure of reporter's identity, etc.
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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 Impact of Abuse and Neglect on the Developing Brain Language: English
Author: Perry, Bruce
Publisher: Colleagues for Children (1997)
Description: Each year in the United States alone, there are over three million children that are abused or neglected. These destructive experiences impact the developing child – increasing risk for emotional, behavioral, academic, social and physical problems throughout life. The purpose of this article is to outline how these experiences may result in increased risk – by influencing the development and functioning of the child’s brain.
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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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Understanding the Effects of Domestic Violence: A Trainers Manual for Early Childhood Educators Language: French, English
Publisher: Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System (2001)
Description: This is a training package to be used to educate early childhood professionals about the effects of domestic violence on children. You can download and print a free copy of the handbook and manual in PDF format or order a printed copy for the cost of printing and postage. The videos referenced in the handbook are available for purchase as well.
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Research
After Abuse: Early Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers Language: English
Author: Scarborough, A.
Publisher: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Aug 2008)
Description: By law each state is required to ensure that all substantiated cases of maltreated infants and toddlers are referred to Part C early intervention services. This news brief discusses findings on why many maltreated infants and toddlers may not be receiving the child development services they need.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services commissioned a report by to gather information to address these challenges and propose solutions.
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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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