Zoey’s Place CAC awarded $8,000 grant for county-wide ChildFirst training
Zoey’s Place CAC in Hancock County has received nearly $8,000 from the Children’s Justice Act Taskforce to train law enforcement and other responders in ChildFirst protocols.
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From board meetings to poisonous plants, no detail is too small for accredited CACs
Go behind-the-scenes in the lead-up to the internal accreditation and site-review process at two Indiana CACs, one on-site and one held virtually.
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Comfort House prevention program finds success despite common COVID and e-learning pitfalls
Prevention programming from Comfort House moved online during the pandemic, and the team found surprising benefits.
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How to: conduct a forensic interview during a pandemic
Child First and the Zero Abuse Project have established a full document on conducting a pandemic-era forensic interview and defending it in court.
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Zero Abuse Project grows to include familiar names in child protection education
Gundersen has been instrumental in bringing programs like ChildFirst training to the world. Now, Gundersen is spinning off the National Child Protection Training Center (NCPTC) and the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center (JWRC) into the independent Zero Abuse Project (ZAP).
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Just because children with autism may not speak, it doesn’t mean they don’t think
What if instead of seeing autism as a behavioral issue, it was something different with their brain-to-body connection?
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Andrew Agatston leading legal charge to protect confidentiality, children, and CACs
CAC legal expert coming to Indiana May 31 to discuss legal issues surrounding child advocacy work.
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Indiana 10th nationally for suicide, 1st in suicidal thoughts among teens
Within Indiana, “Accidents” is the number one killer of Hoosiers age 15-24, mostly from automobile deaths. But in second place is suicide.
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NCA Executive Director Teresa Huizar shows you how to be a “high-performing team”
National Children's Alliance Exec. Dir. Teresa Huizar is in Indiana keynoting this year's Children's Justice Act Conference.
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Revisions to NCA standards a reminder to CACs and communities of new ways to better help kids
Jan Dunn could talk all day about positive changes that happen inside Child Advocacy Centers when they become accredited facilities.
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Beth Olson is helping define the “advocacy” in “child advocacy center”
Victim advocacy isn’t a totally new concept. It’s about ensuring there’s support for all families as they navigate new and often onerous systems and bureaucracies after disclosure of abuse.
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6 signs your child is being groomed for sexual exploitation