April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and time to raise awareness about the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse, and to support programs that work to prevent child abuse through strengthening family resilience, empowering children and families and educating the community. NEW Child Abuse…
Originally published on ACEs Connection on April 10, 2017 By SVAVA BROOKS. As you know, April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. On April 6, I was a keynote speaker at a fundraiser for a Children’s Advocacy Center in Oregon. This was the second time I‘d been asked to speak…
Originally published on ACEs Connection on April 10, 2017 By ELIZABETH PREWITT. A scan done in March by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) through StateNet of bills introduced in 2017 that specifically include adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in the text produced a surprising volume of bills (close of…
Originally published on ACEs Connection on April 6, 2017 By CHRISTINE CISSY WHITE. When my daughter was younger I was anxious. I didn’t have full-blown anxiety attacks, as some do. I had an almost constant anxiety motoring within me. It was mixed with dread. Sometimes, it lasted days. Other times…
