The 10 Signs of Child Abuse You Need to Know
Every kid deserves to have a happy and healthy childhood where they thrive and not be burdened by the trauma from abuse. It’s a horrific experience that steals innocence and... Continue Reading
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Every kid deserves to have a happy and healthy childhood where they thrive and not be burdened by the trauma from abuse. It’s a horrif...
Meeting the Needs of Kids in Crisis
Above, left to right: Megan Bryant, Thomas Grieb, Aubree Vance, Annie Harrison, and Alex Brace in the room at Small Talk where, pre-pandemic, the multidisciplinary team would meet. When... Continue Reading
Teleboxes for Telehealth
Above: Dakota CAC Executive Director Paula Condol, MS, LPCC, (seated) and Red River CAC’s Heidi Tupa, MSW, LICSW, (onscreen) demonstrate how the telehealth system works. Long before the pandemic... Continue Reading
What’s Next for Telemental Health?
For Michelle Miller, NCA’s mental health project coordinator, her proudest moment from 2020 was seeing our field come together in a crisis, everyone mobilizing at once to keep services available... Continue Reading
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The 10 Signs of Child Abuse You Need to Know
Every kid deserves to have a happy and healthy childhood where they thrive and not be burdened by the trauma from abuse. It’s a horrific experience that steals innocence and... Continue Reading
Meeting the Needs of Kids in Crisis
Above, left to right: Megan Bryant, Thomas Grieb, Aubree Vance, Annie Harrison, and Alex Brace in the room at Small Talk where, pre-pandemic, the multidisciplinary team would meet. When... Continue Reading
Teleboxes for Telehealth
Above: Dakota CAC Executive Director Paula Condol, MS, LPCC, (seated) and Red River CAC’s Heidi Tupa, MSW, LICSW, (onscreen) demonstrate how the telehealth system works. Long before the pandemic... Continue Reading
What’s Next for Telemental Health?
For Michelle Miller, NCA’s mental health project coordinator, her proudest moment from 2020 was seeing our field come together in a crisis, everyone mobilizing at once to keep services available... Continue Reading
Keeping Kids Safe for the People Who Protect Us
Teaming up to help kids, above from left to right: Jen Howe, CHKD forensic interviewer; Quiana Bradley, CHKD therapist; Brandy Etter from McDonald Army Hospital; Jackie Johnson, CHKD case manager;... Continue Reading
Our Statement on Political Violence
It’s not often we make public statements about news events not directly related to our work of serving child victims of abuse. Yet what took place here in Washington, D.C.,... Continue Reading
Now more than ever, prevention matters.
Welcome to April. As I normally do in April, I want to focus on the fact that it is National Child Abuse Awareness Month—but this year, under these extraordinary circumstances,... Continue Reading
Family Engagement Starts with Screening and Assessment
For Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs), family engagement refers to the process of family members accepting a referral for mental health treatment, then attending and participating in that treatment to successful... Continue Reading
Engaging Families in Treatment: Whose Responsibility Is It?
The original mission of Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) was to improve a community’s response to the investigation of child abuse. The advances in our knowledge of trauma and the availability... Continue Reading