Five Indiana CACs receive re-accreditation for service to children and families
Five Indiana CACs are being formally re-accredited by the National Children’s Alliance for their service to children and families.
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Updated CAC accreditation standards include a focus on safety, mental health, and equity
These are part of a five-year revision and update cycle, updating the 2017 standards with clarifications designed to improve CAC governance, prevention education, access, and more. The results are a rigorous series of measures that will impact teams working at and families visiting CACs.
You know your kid best, but remember what kids think and feel “is an internal state”
Kids haven’t built up the kind of endurance necessary to discern what’s in front of their screen.
No, telehealth is not a “lesser” therapy—it works shockingly well
New research shows telehealth can be effective in 97% of cases, but challenges remain with stigma and service.
Indiana CAC Executive Director wins national award for work during pandemic
In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, child advocates got worried. As the shutdown and shelter-in-place orders came quickly across the country, advocates didn’t know how children and live-in partners suffering from abuse were going to fare.
Huizar: When will we believe them?
Teresa Huizar, NCA Executive Director, for Huffington Post: However, it would be false to think that that this tragic epidemic of disbelief is solely triggered in rare cases that involve powerful celebrity predators or abuse that happened long ago. Not so. Virtually every multi-victim case—whether involving coaches, teachers, daycare providers, pediatricians, pastors, priests, scout leaders, … Read more
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.
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.
Dozens trained in trauma focused-cognitive behavioral therapy
The Indiana Chapter in partnership with National Children’s Alliance offered trauma focused-cognitive behavioral therapy training to 28 professionals in the social services and law enforcement industry last week.