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Engagement in Children’s Advocacy Centers’ multidisciplinary teams: Law enforcement perspective

Buchan, I. R. (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2019)

This study explores factors that facilitate or hinder the engagement of law enforcement officers in multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) at the core of Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs). CACs are a collaborative approach to ...

SAMPLE CODE OF CONDUCT

Darkness to LIght (Darkness to Light, 2019)

This is a sample code of conduct for staff and volunteers in organizations serving children.

Preventing Employee Sexual Misconduct Toward Students-Online training

Shakeshaft, C. (National Children's Advocacy Center, 2019)

Free online training discussing the prevention of abuse of students in schools by authority figures.

Heed Neglect, Disrupt Child Maltreatment: a Call to Action for Researchers

Bullinger, L. R., Feely, M., Raissian, K. M., & Schneider, W. (International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 2019)

Child neglect is the most common type of child maltreatment and neglect is present in 80% of the child fatalities attributed to maltreatment. The disruption of child maltreatment must then prioritize neglect prevention. ...

Children's suggestibility research: Things to know before interviewing a child

Hritz, A. C., Royer, C. E., Helm, R. K., Burd, K. A., Ojeda, K., & Ceci, S. J. (Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, 2015)

Children's testimony is often the only evidence of alleged abuse. Thus, the importance of conducting forensic interviews that are free from bias and misleading information is immense, as these could lead to false reports. ...

Benefits of Treatment Completion over Premature Termination: Findings from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Steinberg, A. M., Layne, C. M., Briggs, E. C., Liang, L. J., Brymer, M. J., Belin, T. R., ... & Pynoos, R. S. (Psychiatry, 2019)

Objective: To evaluate potential differences in therapeutic outcomes between youths who completed a full course of treatment as planned compared to youths who terminated treatment prematurely. Method: Using longitudinal ...

Supporting Those Who Provide Support-Work-Related Resources and Secondary Traumatic Stress among victim advocates

Benuto, L. T., Singer, J., Gonzalez, F., Newlands, R., & Hooft, S. (Safety and Health at Work, 2019)

Background/Aims Victim advocates are at risk of developing secondary traumatic stress (STS), which can result from witnessing or listening to accounts of traumatic events. This study investigated the relationship between ...

The utility and challenges of using ICD codes in child maltreatment research: A review of existing literature

Scott, Debbie ; Tonmyr, Lil ; Fraser, Jenny ; Walker, Sue ; McKenzie, Kirsten (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2009)

Objective: The objectives of this article are to explore the extent to which the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) has been used in child abuse research, to describe how ...

Toward a World Free from Violence: Global Survey on Violence Against Children

United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children (United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, 2013)

All children are at risk of violence, but the Global Survey confirms that today, as in 2006, the most vulnerable children are those at greatest risk of violence: those with disabilities, those who migrate, those who are ...

Violence against children in Latin America and the Caribbean: What do available data reveal about prevalence and perpetrators?

Devries, Karen ; Merrill, Katherine G. ; Knight, Louise ; Bott, Sarah ; Guedes, Alessandra ; Butron-Riveros, Betzabe ; Petzold, Max ; Peterman, Amber ; Cappa, Claudia ; Maxwell, Lauren ; Williams, Abigail ; Kishor, Sunita ; Abrahams, Naeemah (Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2019)

Objective: To describe the prevalence of recent physical, sexual, and emotional violence against children 0 - 19 years of age in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by age, sex, and perpetrator. Methods: A systematic ...

How to conduct good quality research on violence against children with disabilities: key ethical, measurement, and research principles

Kyegombe, Nambusi ; Banks, Lena Morgon ; Kelly, Ssusan ; Kuper, Hannah ; Devries, Karen M. (BMC Public Health, 2019)

Background: Approximately one billion children experience violence every year. Violence against children is an urgent global public health concern and violation of children’s rights. It is also a risk factor for serious ...

An evaluation of screening questions for childhood abuse in 2 community samples: implications for clinical practice

Thombs, Brett D. ; Bernstein, David P. ; Ziegelstein, Roy C. ; Scher, Christine D. ; Forde, David R. ; Walker, Edward A. ; Stein, Murray B. (Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006)

Background: A number of practice guidelines and recommendations call for the assessment of childhood abuse in adult medical patients, but none specifies how best to do this. The objective of this study was to use evidence ...

Child Abuse and Other Risks of Not Living with

Daly, Martin ; Wilson, Margot (Ethology and Sociobiology, 1985)

This study was undertaken to quantify various risks to children as a function of the identity of the person(s) in loco parentis. The household circumstances of children in Hamilton (a midsized Canadian city) were surveyed ...

The Decline of Child Sexual Abuse in Canada: Evidence From the 2014 General Social Survey

Shields, Margot ; Tonmyr, Lil ; Hovdestad, Wendy E. (Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie, 2019)

Objective: To provide evidence of trends in child sexual abuse (CSA) in Canada. Methods: Using data from 15,801 males and 18,669 females who responded to the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS), we compared the prevalence of ...

Virtual Global Taskforce Online Child Sexual Exploitation: Environmental Scan Unclassified Version 2019

Virtual Global Taskforce (Virtual Global Taskforce, 2019)

This Environmental Scan (e-scan) is commissioned by the VGT Board of Management to assist in the identification of the strategic priorities of the VGT for the next three years, and to guide initiatives and projects ...

Child's right to developmentally sensitive forensic interviewing

Stakić, Đ. (Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, 2019)

The paper examines the adequacy of the way in which, during a judicial procedure, child victims and witnesses are accepted, supported and questioned so that they maximise their developmental capacities and provide reliable ...

Animal Assisted Therapy and Trauma Survivors

Debra Mims & Rhondda Waddell (Acta Scientific Neurology, 2019)

Animal therapy is making strides in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). For years, animals have been used with great benefit in the treatment of the aged and the terminally ill. Now Animal Assisted ...

Sibling death and childhood traumatic grief: Information for families

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2009)

This fact sheet offers parents and caregivers information about particular grief reactions that a child may have when a brother or sister dies, and provides tips to help the grieving child.

Sexual Health and Trauma Fact Sheet

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2019)

This fact sheet shares how providers can effectively engage in sexual health conversations with youth throughout all stages of trauma treatment. Defines sexual health, highlights the challenges providers face when having ...

NCTSN Bench Card for Juvenile Court Judges: Newcomer Immigrant Youth in Juvenile Justice Court Proceedings - A Trauma-Informed Approach

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2019)

A two-page bench card developed to help judges adopt a trauma-informed approach in juvenile justice court proceedings involving newcomer immigrant youth. This bench card gives an overview of the potential trauma experiences ...

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