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About Most of the Children...
The children whose pictures are on this Blog are not abused or neglected...at least not to my knowledge! Or should I say no more than what falls within a "normal" range... for in my opinion all children experience some degree of abuse and neglect...if only from their own perspectives.
These children may look "neglected" in some cases but it is a momentary thing, as happens in the lives of all healthy children. Any child who is never rumpled or dirty is more likely to be at risk from some compulsive caregiver than from some occassional bad-hair days!
The children may look so very sad, confused, or whatever that "symptoms of abuse," come quickly to mind. But, children's routine lives are complex, often involving challenges that few of us would want to experience. We carelessly use words such as "resilient" to describe their extraordinary ability to deal with tragedies...great and small...as though it is somehow easier for them to bounce back quickly and easily from whatever comes along to stretch, bend or compress them out of shape.
Their ordinary emotional lives seem subject to higher peaks and lower valleys than some want to believe should or could be part of children's experiences. But whether we choose to believe or not, children- all children- inhabit a world filled with lonliness, pain and terror as well as beauty, joy and exhileration.
I salute and honor them, warriors and heroes all!
These children may look "neglected" in some cases but it is a momentary thing, as happens in the lives of all healthy children. Any child who is never rumpled or dirty is more likely to be at risk from some compulsive caregiver than from some occassional bad-hair days!
The children may look so very sad, confused, or whatever that "symptoms of abuse," come quickly to mind. But, children's routine lives are complex, often involving challenges that few of us would want to experience. We carelessly use words such as "resilient" to describe their extraordinary ability to deal with tragedies...great and small...as though it is somehow easier for them to bounce back quickly and easily from whatever comes along to stretch, bend or compress them out of shape.
Their ordinary emotional lives seem subject to higher peaks and lower valleys than some want to believe should or could be part of children's experiences. But whether we choose to believe or not, children- all children- inhabit a world filled with lonliness, pain and terror as well as beauty, joy and exhileration.
I salute and honor them, warriors and heroes all!
Sometimes I just wander...
ChildPerson From The South- The Story Behind the Name
Because you asked...
The name ChildPerson From the South was given to me by two very dear and special friends while I was living on Okinawa. Sensei, my teacher of Japanese, and our friend, Mr. Iso, followed my Chinese Brush Painting lesson progess with animated enthusiasm, always looking at each of my practice papers with delight and encouragement.
However, they also pressured me- sometimes gently- to change directions and study Sumi'e, the Japanes form of ink painting instead. I liked both styles of mediation in ink, but my heart was into the Chinese-Southern Style painting.
I studied and practiced with great love and uncharacteristic discipline, which impressed my CB teacher, a young woman from Mainland China who spoke little English, and had begun the class by showing us the proper way to hold the brush, and had the translator then say to our class, "but you are Americans so she knows you will not have the patience or discipline to learn to do this."
It is not exaggeration to say that I lived with the brush in my hand every waking hour. I practiced the brush strokes every possible moment, then copied, as is the Oriental way of learning, the Teacher's samples until sometimes she said she could not tell which was hers.
One evening during Japanese language class Sensei asked me to stay after class. What a surprise! ...with much ceremony he and Mr. Iso presented me with my own "name" and stone stamp for use on my Chinese Brusth paintings.
They had spent great time in deciding what the name should be, based on the the phonetic of Nancy, and their feelings about me. Meanwhile they ordered a bloodstone, from China, not knowing that is considered an alternative birthstone for me. They decided on Child Person From the South, because they explained I was so like a child in spirit, from the South from whence comes all good things- a great compliment to me from them to say the leasts. They selected an ancient Chinese script; then Mr. Iso carved the characters into the stone. His wife made a beautiful leather case, embossed with butterflies, for it.
We spend the evening drinking tea, lauging and "chopping" all the practice pieces I'd brought to share with them. And after giving me that priceless gift, they never again suggested-gently or otherwise : )- that I study the Japanese Sumi'e instead of the Chines Brush Painting.
And so...I remain in honor of them and myself and all Child Persons from the South and other wise...ChildPerson.
Thanks for asking....
The name ChildPerson From the South was given to me by two very dear and special friends while I was living on Okinawa. Sensei, my teacher of Japanese, and our friend, Mr. Iso, followed my Chinese Brush Painting lesson progess with animated enthusiasm, always looking at each of my practice papers with delight and encouragement.
However, they also pressured me- sometimes gently- to change directions and study Sumi'e, the Japanes form of ink painting instead. I liked both styles of mediation in ink, but my heart was into the Chinese-Southern Style painting.
I studied and practiced with great love and uncharacteristic discipline, which impressed my CB teacher, a young woman from Mainland China who spoke little English, and had begun the class by showing us the proper way to hold the brush, and had the translator then say to our class, "but you are Americans so she knows you will not have the patience or discipline to learn to do this."
It is not exaggeration to say that I lived with the brush in my hand every waking hour. I practiced the brush strokes every possible moment, then copied, as is the Oriental way of learning, the Teacher's samples until sometimes she said she could not tell which was hers.
One evening during Japanese language class Sensei asked me to stay after class. What a surprise! ...with much ceremony he and Mr. Iso presented me with my own "name" and stone stamp for use on my Chinese Brusth paintings.
They had spent great time in deciding what the name should be, based on the the phonetic of Nancy, and their feelings about me. Meanwhile they ordered a bloodstone, from China, not knowing that is considered an alternative birthstone for me. They decided on Child Person From the South, because they explained I was so like a child in spirit, from the South from whence comes all good things- a great compliment to me from them to say the leasts. They selected an ancient Chinese script; then Mr. Iso carved the characters into the stone. His wife made a beautiful leather case, embossed with butterflies, for it.
We spend the evening drinking tea, lauging and "chopping" all the practice pieces I'd brought to share with them. And after giving me that priceless gift, they never again suggested-gently or otherwise : )- that I study the Japanese Sumi'e instead of the Chines Brush Painting.
And so...I remain in honor of them and myself and all Child Persons from the South and other wise...ChildPerson.
Thanks for asking....
Because You Asked...
Child Person From the South Chop
A Few Books of Interest
Please Stop Lauging at Me...One Womans' Inspirational Story
by Jodee Blanco
Please Stop Laughing at Us...One Survivor's Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying by Jodee Blanco
Reversing the Odds: Improving Outcomes for Babies in the Child Welfare System by Sheryl Dicker, J.D.
Assessment of Parenting Competency in Mothers with Mental Illness by Teresa Ostler, Ph.D.
Building a Home Within: Meeting the Emotional Needs of Children and Youth in Foster Care by Toni Heineman, D.M.H. & Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D.
Early Intervention with Multi-Risk Families: An Integrative Approach by Sarah Landy, Ph.D. & Rosanne Menna, Ph.D.
Combating Violence and Abuse of People with Disabilities by Nancy Fitzsimons, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Prevention: The Science and Art of Promoting Healthy Child and Adolescent Development by John G. Borkowski, Ph.D., & Chelsea M. Weaver, M.A., M.Ed.
Children Exposed to Violence by Margaret M. Feerick, Ph.D., & Gerald B. Silverman, M.Ed., M.S.W.
Child Abuse and Neglect: Definitions, Classifications, and a Framework for Research by Margaret M. Feerick, Ph.D., John F. Knutson, Ph.D., Penelope K. Trickett, Ph.D., & Sally Flanzer, Ph.D.
by Jodee Blanco
Please Stop Laughing at Us...One Survivor's Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying by Jodee Blanco
Reversing the Odds: Improving Outcomes for Babies in the Child Welfare System by Sheryl Dicker, J.D.
Assessment of Parenting Competency in Mothers with Mental Illness by Teresa Ostler, Ph.D.
Building a Home Within: Meeting the Emotional Needs of Children and Youth in Foster Care by Toni Heineman, D.M.H. & Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D.
Early Intervention with Multi-Risk Families: An Integrative Approach by Sarah Landy, Ph.D. & Rosanne Menna, Ph.D.
Combating Violence and Abuse of People with Disabilities by Nancy Fitzsimons, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Prevention: The Science and Art of Promoting Healthy Child and Adolescent Development by John G. Borkowski, Ph.D., & Chelsea M. Weaver, M.A., M.Ed.
Children Exposed to Violence by Margaret M. Feerick, Ph.D., & Gerald B. Silverman, M.Ed., M.S.W.
Child Abuse and Neglect: Definitions, Classifications, and a Framework for Research by Margaret M. Feerick, Ph.D., John F. Knutson, Ph.D., Penelope K. Trickett, Ph.D., & Sally Flanzer, Ph.D.
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Other Notable Blogs and Sites
- Zen Habits
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- You Could Always Adopt
- This Week in Education
- The OTHER Mother
- The Memory Artist
- The Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation
- The Hill's Congress Blog
- The Crooked Shall Be Made Straight
- Tamara at A Peek at the Life of a Work at Home Mom
- Survivors Can Thrive
- Sunshine Girl on a Rainy Day - Lisa
- Suffer The Little Children
- Spoiled Children of Divorce
- Sex Offender Research by a Voice of Reason
- Save the Children Books - Lisa
- Reflections of a Foster Youth
- Real Olive Green - Cara
- Parents Behaving Badly
- Oprah: Protecting Your Children
- Natural Childhood
- My Readable Feast
- My Crazy Life!!
- Mommy Dearest - The Quirk Factor: Resistance is Futile…
- Mom's Squawk
- Life Spacings
- Kelsey's Purpose
- Isabelle Zehnder: CAICA
- Imaginif... Child Protection Became Serious Business
- Home Sweet Home
- Giddy Gabby's Random Facts and Daily Tips
- Foster Care Victoria
- Fire Dog Lake
- Family Watch Dog
- Family Law News Blog
- Elaan - Combat Child Sexual Abuse and Incest in Kolkata, India
- Dakota Women
- Dad 4 Justice
- Child Care Gone Wrong
- Child Abuse Charity
- Cerebral Mum
- Birdwing Therapies
- Background Check Directory
- Atheist Ethicist
- Adoption Blogs
- A Year of Reading
- A Life of Triggers
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Children on the Brighter Side
- BBC Science and Nature
- Children's Storybooks Online: Award Winning Links
- Crayola Creativity
- Everyday Times: Ordinary Moments Become Extraordinary Learning opportunities
- Huntington Beach Public Library Kids Links
- Kids Health - Kids
- Kids Health - Teens
- Kids Online Free Fun
- Library of Congress: School Gardens Then and Now
- Library of Congress: Storybook Adventure
- Library of Congress: Wise Guide - Search for Neat Facts!
- Love and Logic: Helping Parents and Teachers Raise Responsible Kids
- Mommy MD: Guide to Realistic Parenting
- NLS Kids Zone: Selected By and About Native Americans
- Noggin
- Santa Claus and Christmas at the North Pole
- Sesame Street
- The 5 Second Rule from KidsHealth
- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
- TootToot
- UpToTen: The Fun Place to Learn on Line
- US Census Bureau: American FactFinder KidsCorner
- US Census Bureau: American FactFinder KidsCorner: Fun State Facts
- US Census Bureau: American FactFinder KidsCorner: Fun United States Facts
- Winnie the Pooh
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Prevention and Treatment of Child abuse and Neglect Links
- Addressing the needs of young children in child welfare: Part C – Early intervention services
- Adults Must Be Responsible for Child Abuse
- Alternative Response Systems
- Child Abuse Prevention Day: "House Calls" Can Make All the Difference.
- Child Help
- Child Prevention Book Marks
- Convention on the Rights of the Child: What Individuals Can Do
- Cyberbully Alert
- Darkenss to Light: Ten ways to prevent child abuse:
- Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additional Resources
- Fact Sheet on Toxic Toys
- Help Child Abuse Survivors in Overcoming Agoraphobia
- Helping At-Risk Parents Become Better Parents Prevents Child Abuse and Neglect and Crime
- How it is: Am Image Vocabulary for Children about Feelings, Rights, and Safety, Personal Care and Sexuality.
- How it is: Image Subject Browse
- Identifying child molesters: Preventing child sexual abuse by recognizing the patterns of the offenders.
- Medline Plus
- National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
- Our Kids Are Our Community! Stopping Child Abuse-Neglect Initiative. 2007
- Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect
- Prevention of Sexual Abuse through Educational Programs Directed to Children
- Prevention Through Education and Awareness
- Public Awareness and Creating Supportive Communities
- Responding to Children and Young People's Disclosures of Abuse
- Safe Kids: It’s a Community Responsibility
- Talking with Children When the Talking Gets Tough
- Unto the Third Generation: A call to end child abuse within 120 years
- USDHHS Administration for Children & Families
- What Kids Need to Succeed
- Who is Responsible for Child protection. Smile, in case it is you.
- Working Together to Safeguard Children: A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. 2006
- Worldwide organisations concerned with the protection and welfare of children
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Amazon.com for Books, Toys and Games....
Information on Child Abuse and Nelgect
- Alternative Response Systgems
- Attorneys Supporting Crime Victims and Crime Survivors: Children as Victims
- Child Abuse Fears Must Be Reported.
- (2005). Mandatory reporting of child abuse. Resource Sheets
- A Child’s Day: 2003: (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being)
- ACE Study: Adverse Childhood Experiences
- ACE Study: Pyramid
- Alcohol Abuse and 9 Adverse Child Experiences
- ALL Africa
- America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being - 2007
- Antipoverty Policies: Incentives and Work Mandates for Young Men
- APSAC American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
- Books for Kids Foundation
- California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse
- Census Bureau: America's Children at Risk - 1977
- Child Abuse Prevention Network
- Child Help.org News and Events
- Child Help: Programs by State
- Child Protection Reform Group
- Child Protection: Using Research to Improve Policy and Practice.
- Child Traumatic Stress Information Brochure
- Children Experiencing maltreatment: who do they turn to? NSPCC
- Children's Mental Health Report: A National Action Agenda (2000)
- CWLA National Fact Sheet 2007
- Darkness to Light’s “7 Steps to Protecting Our Children”.
- Do I Exploit Children, too?
- Emotional Abuse: Survey and Debate
- Evaluation of Court Appointed Special Advocates/Guardian Ad Litem Volunteer Impact: Judicial Survey
- Family Focus AU
- Family Focus USA
- Fortune City
- Fortune City
- Forty-Nine States Falling Short of Adequate Reimbursement Rates for Foster Care, Study Shows
- Hitting the M.A.R.C.: Establishing Foster Care Minimum Adequate Rates for Children
- http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Publications.html#_Toc109114407
- Imaginif: What Is Child Protection?
- Improving the Education of Children Living in Poverty
- Intergenerational Transmition of PTSD
- Kids Health - Kids
- Kids Health - Teens
- Minimum Adequate Rates for Childcare (MARC) Summary Report- 2007
- Minimum Adequate Rates for Children (MARC) Technical Report
- National Association of Counsel for Children on Child Maltreatment
- National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
- National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
- National Scientific Council on the Developing Child at HarvardUniversity
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Next Steps for Federal Child Care Policy
- NSPCC Child Protection Research Findings
- NY State Child Advocacy and Consultation Center
- Poverty and Income in 2006: A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean for Children and Families
- PubMed A Service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health
- Reclaiming Children and Youth Bibliography
- Reducing Poverty through Pre-school Interventions
- SafetyLit: Injury Research and Prevention Literature Update
- Sexual Abuse & PTSD Symptoms in Children
- Smacking
- State Laws and Legislation-Corporal Punishment
- The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, or the Forum
- The Future of Children: The Next Generation of Anti-Poverty Policies
- The MOTHERS ACT Legislation
- The Petition Site
- Tips for Relaxation for Children
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Child Maltreatment 2003
- Working to End Poverty in the Lives of Children
- Write your Congressional Representative
- · Post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) - WebMD
- · PTSD in Children and Adolescents - (National Center for PTSD)
- · PTSD Information Center: Fact Sheets on Family, Children and ...
Articles, Blog Posts, Papers, and Research Related to Child Abuse and Neglect
- 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Cuts Funding for Head Start
- A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Nine Years Later
- A Call to Action To Strengthen Families & Protect Children
- A Child's Journey Through The Foster Care System
- A Closer Look: Family Involvement in Public Welfare Driven Systems of Care
- A White Paper on Foster Care in Colorado 2002
- Abuse Connection: The Link Between Animal Cruelty and Interpersonal Violence
- Abuse-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Physical Abuse
- Access to Alcohol Among Middle School Children
- Addressing the Needs of Children in Child Welfare-Part C: Early Intervention Series
- African American Children in Foster Care: Additional HHS Assistance Needed to Help States – July 2007 GAO Report
- Against the Clock; the Struggle to Move Kids into Permanent Homes
- Aggression as Rewarding as Sex, Food, Drugs, New Research Shows
- Alaska to Pay 24 Million in Abuse Case
- All in the Mind: The Wings of a Butterfly - Children, Teenagers and Anxiety
- Allied News:Grove City, PA – MDIT team effective in child abuse cases
- Alternative Response in Child Welfare – State Snapshot
- Alternative Response Systems
- Alternative Responses to Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
- America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline 2007 Report
- America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline 2007 Report: End Notes
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Facts For Families
- American Humane mag., Child Protection Leader: Can Child Abuse be Prevented? What Individuals and Communities Can Do
- American Humane magazine, Child Protection Leader: Fathers and their families: The Untapped Resource for Children Involved in the Child Welfare System
- American Humane: Achieve Child Safety and Prevent Child Abuse by Using ...
- American Humane: Interview Dr. Patricia Schene, 2007 Vincent DeFrancis Award from American Humane winner
- American Humane: Protecting Children: Special Initiatives: Chronic Neglect
- American Humane: Protecting Children: Special Initiatives: Differential Response
- American Humane: Understanding the LINK Between Violence to People and Violence to Animals
- Andrew Vachss Official Web site: The Zero
- Andrew Vachss on the New York Victory
- Andrew Vachss Site
- Andrew Vachss Works: Free Download
- Andrew Vachss: Let's Fight this Terrible Crime Against our Children
- Andrew Vachss: Our Endangered Species
- Andrew Vachss: Watch Your Language
- Andrew Vachss: You Carry The Cure in Your Own Heart
- Annie B Casey: 2007 Kids Count Data Book
- Are Our Children the Sickest Generation?
- Arts and Minds: Anger with Denial Yields Violence
- Atheist Ethicist: A Prohibition on Teaching Religion
- Babies Recently Treated with Lotion, Shampoo, and Powder More Likely to Have Phthalate Chemicals in Urine
- Background Check New Directory: New Foster Care Bill Includes Stringent Background Checks
- Bad Dreams Associated with Difficult Temperaments in Children
- Bibliography of "link" writings: Animal Abuse, Child Abuse, and Domestic Violence
- Brookings: Alleviating Child Poverty in the Long Run
- Brookings: Cost-Effective Investments in Children
- Brookings: Measuring Child Well-being: Reducing Risky Behavior
- Brookings: The U.S. Child Support Enforcement Program
- Bullying Can Be Reduced but Many Common Approaches Ineffective
- CA SB 163 Wraparound Parent Partner Survey findings – 2007
- Carsey Institute: Child Poverty High in Rural America
- Casey Family Foundation:Mitigating the Effects of Racial Ethnic Disproportionality
- Chance At Childhood Program
- Charting the Course towards Permanency for Children in Pennsylvania
- Charting the Course…: Identification and Assessment of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Chemical Health Initiative, court duties fit well
- Child Abuse Fears Must Be Reported.
- Child Abuse History in Modern America
- Child Abuse in Hungary
- Child Advocacy 360: Real People, Real Results
- Child Care and Early Education
- Child Protection Reform: A Child Welfare Timeline:
- Child Protection: Part I: Break up the family ... or not?
- Child Protection: Part II: Through the Eyes of a Social Worker
- Child Welfare Watch: Against the Clock: The Struggle to Move Kids into Permanent Homes
- Childhood Exposure To Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Negatively Affects Verbal Ability
- Children are Introduced to Sipping and Tasting Alcohol in The Home
- Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder at Risk for Alcohol Problems
- Children's Bureau Express On Line Digest
- Children's Bureau Express Online Digest: Computing the Costs of Abuse
- Children's Bureau: Prevention Works
- Children's Mental Health Report: A National Action Agenda (2000)
- Cindi Bodie: Unforgiveness in Older Child Adoption
- Click on Presidential Candidate to find positions on Child Policy Issues
- Close Ties Between Parents and Babies Yield Benefits for Preschoolers
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Sexual abuse
- Complex Adaptations to Traumatic Stress: From Neurological to Social and Cultural Aspects
- Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Rights of the Child Fact Sheet: The right to participation
- Convention on the Rights of the Child: FAQs and Resources
- Convention on the Rights of the Child: What Individuals Can Do
- County's Safety Net for At-Risk Kids is a knotted maze at times
- Court Fight Over Michigan Foster Care System
- Creating a Trauma-informed Child Welfare System
- Criminals, child abusers still working with the vulnerable
- Cross-Reporting Among Responders to Child Abuse and Neglect
- Cross-Reporting Among Responders to Child Abuse and Neglect: Full Text Excerpts of State Laws
- Culture Influences Brain Function, Study Shows
- Darkness to Light: Darkness to Light: confronting child sexual abuse with courage
- Darkness to Light’s “7 Steps to Protecting Our Children”.
- Definitions of Child Abuse and Neglect: State Statutes - 2007
- Denver DHS requests third-party review of child protective practices…
- Depression: Nature or Nurture
- Deprivation and Education
- Deprivation and Education
- Developmental Traumatology: Neurobiological Development in Maltreated Children with PTSD
- Dr. Michael De Bellis Director of the Childhood Brian Development Research Program
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: An Evidence Based Treatment for Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Early Childhood Development and Social Mobility
- Early Life Stress Can Inhibit Development of Brain-cell Communication Zones
- Education Students Responses on Child Abuse
- Effective Communication about the Early Years
- Effective Communication about the Early Years art 2
- Effective Communication about the Early Years: Understanding the Basics of Framing
- Effects of Abuse and Neglect on Development
- Every Child Matters : Presidential Election Watch
- Excellent state of the art info on what trauma does to a child’s brain, and how to best counter those effects.
- Excessive Tantrums in Preschoolers May Indicate Serious Mental Health Problems
- Executive Summary of the Third National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Fact Sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Family Strengthening at the Tipping Point: Emerging Transformation in the Human Services Field
- Feds Give Oregon Child Welfare Failing Grade
- Fire Dog Lake: What is Wrong with You?
- Food Insecurity Associated With Developmental Risk in Children
- For ADHD Children, Mother's Depression & Early Parenting Predict Conduct Problems
- Former Rhode Island DYFS director says agency is shortchanged
- Foster Youth Sue for Abuse
- Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4): Definitions of Qualifying Abuse or Neglect
- Framing Early Childhood Development: Recommendations for Infant-Toddler Professionals & Advocates
- Genes and Environment Interact in First Graders to Predict Physical but not Social Aggression
- Genes and Environment Interact in First Graders to Predict Physical but Not Social Aggression …
- Germans Increasingly Concerned About Wellbeing of Children
- Good Parenting Helps Difficult Infants Perform as Well or Better in First Grade Than Peers
- Group Acts to Stop Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Group aims to protect children
- Halloween is No Laughing Matter for Some Children
- Healthy Families Arizona Project
- Herald Tribune: Child Neglect Cases are Often Tough to Prove
- Holly's Fight for Justice: Child Abuse Rooted in Social Neglect
- How Parents can Help Kids: Sex Abuse in the Classroom
- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070412083821.htm
- Imaginif: Sometimes a teenager’s home life can closely resemble a war zone.
- Implementing the Rosie D. Remedy: The opportunities and challenges of restructuring a
- In-Depth Summary of the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006
- Insights from the Philanthropy Forum: How Nonprofit Organizations Create Community
- Intervention Before Abuse is Program's Goal
- It's About Our Kids: Presidential Candidates' Survey and Responses on Child Policy Issues
- It's Not An Easy Job
- It's Their Future, After All
- Keeping Kid Safe Haloween Tips
- Kelsey's Purpose: This makes me ill to my stomach to read...
- Kids are Waiting: Fix Foster Care Now
- Kids Are Waiting: My Story Project
- Kids learn More When Mom is Listening
- Kinship Caregiver Support Act of 2007
- Kinship Foster Care: Implications of Behavioral Biology Research
- KY Program Offering Prenatal Home Visits is Dramatic Success
- Lack of Sleep Among New School Goers Leads to Behavioral, Cognitive Problems
- Less Sleep May Expand Kids' Waistlines
- Link Between Smoking in Pregnancy and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Explained
- Links to Articles on Spanking
- Living in disadvantaged neighborhood equivalent to missing a year of school
- Losing Ground: Federal Investments In Children Will Shrink Over the Next
- Low-income US Children Less Likely to Have Access to Qualified Math Teachers
- Making an Economic Case
- Mapping Educational Progress
- Marian Wright Edelman: A Child Next Door May Need Your Help
- Meeting Each Family’s Needs: Using Differential Response in Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Mens and Fathers Issues
- Mental Health, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Spirituality Among Youth in Foster Care
- Mind Matters: A mental health promotion program for secondary schools
- Moderate Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Stress in Monkeys Can Cause Touch Sensitivity
- Monitor on Psychology: A New Diagnoses for Childhood Trauma
- Most Federal Child Welfare Funds Unavailable for Prevention Services and Programs
- NACCRA: Leaving Children to Chance
- NACCRA: Leaving Children to Chance – Exec Summary
- NACCRA: Leaving Children to Chance – Full Report
- National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds (ACT)
- National Domesitc Violence HotLine Quiz
- National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning: Teleconferences
- Natural Childhood: Alice Miller Afterword
- Natural Childhood: Campaigning for Children's Human Rights
- Natural Childhood: The Origin of Holocaust
- Neighbor to Family: An Innovative Approach to Foster Care
- New Approach Urged to Stop Child Abuse
- New Hope for Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in CA: Proven solutions to save lives and prevent crime
- New Jersey Department of Children and Families
- New Thoughts On Language Acquisition: Toddlers as Data Miners
- Number of Children Living with Grandparents on the Increase
- Nursing 211: Research Drafts: The Role of Nursing in Child Abuse and Neglect
- One out of four children involved in a divorce undergoes Parental Alienation Syndrome
- Oprah: Protecting Your Children
- Oregon Child and Family Sevices Review – 2008 – Executive Summary
- Oregon Child and Family Sevices Review – 2008 – Full Report
- Parental Drinking and Parenting Practices Influence Adolescent Drinking
- Parenting Program Does Not Prevent Toddler Behavior Problems, Study Shows
- Parents Show Bias in Sibling Rivalry, Study Shows
- Pelfism is Contageous. Together We Can Stop Child Abuse
- Poor Neighborhood's Influence on parents May Raise Preschool Children's Risk of Problems
- PPN-Programs that Work: Happy Families New York
- Preschool and Fighting Crime in California
- Preschoolers Benefit from Mental Health Screening
- President's Budget Disregards Sound Investments for Young Children
- Pressures and Possibilities: Supporting Children and Families at Home
- Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect
- Preventing Child Abuse and Strengthening Families are Focus of National Parent Leadership Month
- Privatized Foster Care: Florida 2002
- Privatized Foster Care…
- Psychological Bullying Hits Just as Hard
- Public Awareness & Creating Supportive Communities
- PUBLIC LAW 108–36—JUNE 25, 2003: Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003
- Raising the Stakes for Child Pornography
- Read Four R's of Prevention
- Recommendations for Policy, Practice, and Research: Proceedings from the Research Roundtable at the 2006 National Convening on Youth Permanence
- Reducing Maternal Depression and Its Impact on Young Children
- Religion and Child Abuse: An Archive of News Articles for Research
- Religion and Child Abuse: Corporal Punishment
- RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS for Troubled Teens GAO Report
- Richard Crouch: Family Law: Child Abuse and Neglect
- Ron Paul's The Parental Consent Act of 2007 can be found here:
- Ron Paul: Congressional Control of Health Care is Dangerous for Children
- Safe Child: Advocacy
- Safe Child: Child Abuse
- Safe Child: Preventing Bullying
- Scars that won’t heal: The neurobiology of Child Abuse, by Martin H. Teicher
- School Bullying Affects Majority of Elementary Students
- Science Buzz: Ask Joseph L. Graves Questions
- Science Buzz: Nature vs Nurture , round 2,437,896
- Seen but Not Heard? Children's Participation in Family Group Decision Making
- Shaken Baby Syndrome Act of 2007
- Short Sleep Duration Linked to Overweight Condition and Behavioral Problems In Children
- Sleep Disorders Can Impair Children's IQ As Much As Lead
- Snaky Poet: My sins of omission
- Snaky Poet: My sins of omission
- Social and Economic Consequences of Abuse and Neglect
- Sports Machismo May Be Cue to Male Teen Violence.
- State Liaison Officers (SLO) for Child Abuse and Neglect
- Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones...
- Stop Bullying Now
- Stop Injustice Now: On Child Molesters
- Study raises questions about diagnosis, Medical treatment of ADHD.
- Teaching Mediation Skills to Parents Helps Siblings Resolve Conflicts
- The Cost of Child Abuse vs. Child Abuse Prevention: Alabama's Experience
- The Courts and the Kids
- The Forum for Youth Investment: State Children's Cabinets: Getting Results for Children and Youth
- The Implementations of the Partners for Fragile Families Demonstration Project
- The International Resilience Project
- The Invisible Child: Emotional Abuse
- The Invisible Child: The Story of a Survivor of Child Abuse
- The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal
- The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal: Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
- The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal: The Road is Long, With Many a Winding Turn
- The Monetary Cost of Child Abuse in America
- The Roots of Violence - Alice Miller
- The Sanctuary for Veterans and Families: for the Battles that Begin When the War Comes Home
- The World Belongs to Children, Too.
- Then Night Comes
- To Read or Not to Read: A National Consequence - Exec Summary
- Total Estimated Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States.
- Total Estimated Costs of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States
- Transition Guidelines: Healthy Children: Healthy Adults
- Turn Off TV to Teach Toddlers New Words
- Tutoring Mentoring
- Underage Drinking Starts before Adolescence
- Violent Shaking Pulps the Infant Brain, Researchers Find
- Virginia Family law ARichard Crouch: ppeals: Custody-Award to Grandparents in Abuse/Neglect Cases Foster Case Statutes and Custody Statutes.
- What Are You Going to Do About Child Abuse
- YOU are a mandated reporter.
- Zero to Three: Framing Infant Toddler Issues
- “Culture” and the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty: The Prevention Paradox
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- Angelleli: Stop the Physical Abuse of Young Kids
- Art and Corporate Social Responsibility for Indigenous Australian Woman in Cairns
- Child Abuse: TN Family Court in Need of Reform
- Helping America's Youth Home Page
- Helping America's Youth Program
- http://sexoffenderresearch.blogspot.com/2008/02/hidden-registry-central-registry-lists.html
- Moderate Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Stress in Monkeys Can Cause Touch Sensitivity
- Mommy MD: Neglect in Children
- Quality Schooling Has Little Impact on Teenage Sexual Activity: Socioeconomic Status Does
- Reasons for Volunteering for Big Brothers and Big Sisters
- Schools Try to Identify Child Abuse
- Tracy A Bloodsaw: Parental Alienation: A Law Guardian's Perspective
Organizations Related to Child Abuse and Neglect Issues
- 759,000 Children With Asthma Endure Gaps in Insurance Every Year
- Administration for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services
- Alcohol Abuse in the Home Affects Everyone
- America Prosecutors Research Institute
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Coalition for Fathers and Children
- American Humane
- American Public Human Services Association
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Anxiety Disorder Alliance
- Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association
- AVANCE operates a national training center to share and disseminate information, material, and curricula to service providers and policy makers interested in supporting high-risk Hispanic families.
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
- Bikers Against Child Abuse
- Black Administrators in Child Welfare
- Boot Camps for Dads
- Brookings Center on Children & Families
- CARE HOUSE of Oakland County
- CASA
- Casey Family Programs
- CDC Child Development
- Center for Human Services Research, University at Albany website
- Center for the Protection and Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence: inter-religious educational resource
- Child Abuse and Children with Disabilities
- Child Abuse and Children with Disabilities: Additional Resources and Links
- Child Abuse and Children with Disabilities: Resource Articles
- Child Advocacy 360
- Child Help
- Child Protection Reform: Nine Ways to do Child Welfare Right
- Child Trauma Academy: Free Online Classes
- Child Trauma.org
- Child Welfare
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children's Aid Society - Nurturing
- Children's Institute International
- Children's Trust Fund 4 Kids
- Children’s Rights Council
- Coalition Against Institutionalized Child Abuse
- Comfort House
- Committee for Children
- Common Sense Media - Book Reviews
- Community Alliance for the Fair and Ethical Treatment of Youth
- Connect Kids
- County-wide Home Visiting Program Found to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect
- Crisis Brewing in Investigating Child Abuse
- Dads Divorce
- Darkness to Light: 7 Steps to Protecting Our Children
- Duke University Child Abuse and Neglect Services
- End Abuse Health Resource Center
- End Homelessness
- Exposure to Smoking in Movies Influences Kids Lighting Up…
- Families USA: The Voice for HealthCareConsumers
- Family Resource Coalition of America
- Family Support America
- Family Watchdog
- Father Mag.
- Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
- Fight Crime: Invest in Kids in CA
- Foster Cares
- Friends NRC
- Gay Dads Guide
- Great Dads
- Healthy Families New York
- International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- It's About Our Kids
- Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of CAN
- Kids Are Waiting: Foster Care Now
- KidsHealth
- Lawyers for Children America
- Lighting Up The Powerful Global Smoking Lobby
- Massachusets Medicaid
- MELD: Programs to Strengthen Families
- Mentoring
- N.E.A. Code of Ethics of Education Profession
- National Association of Counsel for Children
- National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators
- National CASA
- National Center for Children Exposed to Violence
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH)
- National Center for Fathers
- National Center of Fathers and Families
- National Children's Advocacy Center (NCAC)
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
- National Exchange Club Foundation for the Prevention of Child Abuse
- National Father's Network
- National Fatherhood Initiative
- National Indian Welfare Association (NICWA)
- National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute
- National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse
- National Practicioners Network for Fathers and Families
- National Resource Center for Community-Based Resource and Support Programs (FRIENDS)
- New York State Office of Children and Family Services
- One Third of Children in Poverty…
- One Tough Job
- Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies,
- Orphan Foundation of America
- Parents Anonymous, Inc.
- Pet Abuse
- Poor Americans Suffer Hidden Burden of Parasitic and other Neglected Diseases
- Prevent Child Abuse: Hawaii
- Prevent Child Abuse: North Carolina
- Promising Practices
- PROTECT
- R.A.P.C.A.N. Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Nelgect
- Race Matters Consortium
- Rand - Children
- Report Looks At Stanislaus County's Children: Finds on Poverty, Gangs, Abuse, Found Troubling
- Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics, Programs and Emerging Issues – Article – 2007
- Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics, Programs and Emerging Issues – PDF- 2007
- Safe Child
- Safer Society Foundation, Inc.
- Save the Children
- Say Thank You: Learning How to Lie
- Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Plus
- Society for Prevention Research (SPR)
- The Center for Successful Fathering
- The Child Abuse Prevention Network
- The Child Trends Databank
- The Children's Bureau
- The Fathers Resource Center
- The Forum for Youth Investment
- THE INTERNATIONAL CHILD AND YOUTH CARE NETWORK
- The Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation
- The National Call to Action
- The National Center for State Courts
- The National Data Archive
- The National Mentoring Partnership
- The Natural Child Project (Alice Miller)
- The Polly Klaas Foundation
- The Sanctuary for Veterans and Families
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
- The Urban Institute
- United Fathers of America
- Urban Institute: Investing in Children
- US Census Bureau: American FactFinder
- Victims of Child Maltreatment More Likely to Perpetrate Youth Violence, Domestic
- World Corporal Punishment Research
- World Wide Web Resources For Social Workers
- Wrightslaw—Special Education Law
- Yale Child Study Center
- Zero to Three
- · National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
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Children"s Books: Child Abuse and Neglect Related
- Bang, Molly. (1999). When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry...Blue Sky Press and Scholastic, Inc,
- Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children http://capitolchoices.communitypoint.org/display_year.asp?list=2376
- Holmes, M. M. (2000). A Terrible Thing Happened: A Story for Children who have Witnessed Violence or Trauma. Washington DC: Magination Press.
- Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry
- Wilgocki, J., & Wright, M. K. (2002). Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care. Washington DC: Magination Press.
Children"s Sensitive Issues Books
Books Relevant to Child Abuse and Neglect
- Adams, Lawrence P. (2004). "Lost Son? A Bastard Child’s Journey of Hope, Search, Discovery, and Healing. Baltimore: Publish America
- Association, N. a. C. A. S. A. (2004). Someone There for Me: Everyday Heroes Through the Eyes of Teens in Foster Care (First ed.). Washington, DC: CWLA Press.
- Barbell, K., & Freundlich, M. (2001). Foster Care Today. Washington: Casey Family Programs.
- Brooks, R., & Goldstein, S. (2001). Raising Resilient Children: Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism in Your Child. Chicago: Contemporary Books.
- Capitol Choice
- Captitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children http://capitolchoices.communitypoint.org/displaykey.asp?sort=102&key=515
- Developmental Traumatology, Part 2: Brain Development. M.D. De Bellis,M.S. Keshavan, D.B. Clark, B.J. Casey, J.N. Giedd, A.M. Boring,K. Frustaci and N.D. Ryan in Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 45, No. 10,pages 1271-1284; May 15,1999.
- Garbarino, J., Stott, F. M., & Institute, F. o. t. E. (1998). What Children Can Tell Us: Eliciting, Interpreting, and Evaluating Critical Information from Children (First
- Goldstein, J., Solnit, A. J., Goldstein, S., & Freud, A. (1996). The Best Interests of the Child: The Least Detrimental Alternative (First Free Press Paperback Edition 1998 ed.). New York: The Free Press.
- Gurian, M. (1999). A Fine Young Man: What Parents, Mentors, and Educators Can Do to Shape Adolescent Boys into Exceptional Men (First trade paper back ed.). New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.
- Hughes, D. A. (2006). Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children (2nd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Jason Aronson.
- James, J. W., Friedman, R., & Matthews, L. L. (2001). When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses. (1st. ed.). New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
- Kennedy, J., & McCarthy, C. J. (1998). Bridging Worlds: Understanding and Facilitating Adolescent Recovery from the Trauma of Abuse. New York: The Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press.
- Reversing the Odds: Improving Outcomes for Babies in the Child Welfare System by Sheryl Dicker, J.D.
- Rigby, Ken. New Perspectives on Bullying
- Russell, M. (1996). Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption. Santa Monica: Broken Branch Productions.
- Salter, Anna Dr. (2003) Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists and Other Sex Offenders. Who They Are, How They Operate and How We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children. NY: Basic Books.
- Shirilla, J. J., & Weatherston, D. J. (2002). Case Studies in Infant Mental Health: Risk, Resiliency, and Relationships (first ed.). Washington, DC: Zero to Three.
- Silver, J. A., Amster, B. J., & Haecker, T. (Eds.). (1999). Young Children and Foster Care: A Guide for Professionals. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
- Wounds That Time Won't Heal: The Neurobiology of Child Abuse. MartinH. Teicher in Cerebrum [Dana Press], Vol. 2, No. 4, pages 50-67;Fall 2000.
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