APSAC BLOG
Amicus Committee’s Child Advocacy in the Courts: Expanding Our Understanding of Child Maltreatment
Description: In this Zoom chat, members of the APSAC Amicus Committee will explain what they do and invite APSAC members to join in the work. The Amicus Committee is a multi-disciplinary group that ...
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Join APSAC at the 2024 Colloquium in New Orleans for high-quality interdisciplinary learning opportunities!
Register Here Join APSAC in New Orleans June 9-13, 2024! Pre-Conference Institutes: June 9-10 APSAC’s 31st Colloquium: Four days and multiple tracks featuring APSAC’s distinguished mix of research and practice. ...
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CAPSAC | Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Context of Divorce
This webinar is the second in the APSAC 2024 State Chapter Webinar Series Register APSAC Members: Free Non-Member Registration: $30 Webinar Description: The failure of the “system” to protect children ...
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Complexities of child serious injury and death investigations
Register General Admission (individual session): $30.00APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free1 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $30.001 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC ...
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🌟 Meet a Colloquium Keynote Speaker: Dr. Danielle Busby
2024 Colloquium Registration This presentation will explore and define trauma-informed suicide prevention, explain how adolescent suicide risk may present differently for youth with a maltreatment history, and name clear strategies ...
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2024 April Prevention Month
Register Here Shielding Childhood: A Four-Week Journey through Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Universal Child Abuse Prevention During Child Abuse Prevention Month April 3rd, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET Week ...
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Join the new 4-part Training: Contemporary Challenges Facing Black Youth
Register Here Series Description: This four-part series examines contemporary challenges among young black males, focusing on disparities and disproportionalities. Title: Harm, Hip-Hop & Healing: Young Black Males’ Musical Medicine Description: ...
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Are Child Welfare Case Outcomes Black and White?
Free Registration Title: Are Child Welfare Case Outcomes Black and White? Responding to Race Disparities Perceived by Permanency Professionals and Caregivers of Black Children Description: When children are removed from ...
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Is Cannabis Legalization Really Impacting the Maltreatment of Children? The Highs and The Lows
Register General Admission (individual session): $30.00APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free1 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $30.001 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC ...
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4-part Training: Contemporary Challenges Facing Black Youth
Register Title: Changing the narrative for Black youth: Positioning for promise Description: Chronic observations about disparities in health, educational underachievement and employment opportunities for Black youth combined with the impact ...
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The New York Foundling & APSAC Webinar Series on Controversial Topics
Register Here General Admission (all 6 sessions): $90.00 APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free 6 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $90.00 6 CE Credits ...
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“Just the facts”: Best practices for minimal facts interviewing
Click here to register for all 6 sessions (Free for APSAC members and The New York Foundling Staff, $90 for non-members) General Admission (all 6 sessions): $90.00 APSAC Members and ...
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Online Sexual Abuse of Children and Youth presented by David Finkelhor, PhD
Click here to register for all 6 sessions (Free for APSAC members and The New York Foundling Staff, $90 for non-members) General Admission (all 6 sessions): $90.00 APSAC Members and ...
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4-part Training: Contemporary Challenges Facing Black Youth
Register Here Title: Resilience & Resistance: Black Youth and Family’s Navigation of Racism-Related Stress Description: Keniston (1978) asserted that Black youth are “the most endangered children in our society.” Indeed, ...
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4-part Training: Contemporary Challenges Facing Black Youth
Register Here Title: Kids & Drugs: An Exploration of Adolescent Substance Use & Related Issues Description: In the United States, drugs generally are a major public health burden as a ...
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This webinar is the first in the APSAC 2024 State Chapter Webinar Series Register APSAC Members: Free Non-Member Registration: $30 Title: Assessing False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse and Issues ...
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Jazz Up Your New Year – 31st APSAC Colloquium Schedule is Now Live!
Registration & Agenda Engaging Sessions, Interdisciplinary Speakers and Networking Opportunities Ready to kick off the new year by expanding your knowledge and connecting with in the field of child maltreatment? ...
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8-Week Course: Understanding Child Neglect & Supporting Families
REGISTER General Admission (entire 8-week course): $160.00 APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free 12 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $90.00 12 CE Credits (Social ...
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APSAC Virtual Forensic Interview Clinic- Now Accepting Applications!
Apply Here March 4,5,6 and March 11,12, 2024 The APSAC Child Forensic Interview Clinic is intended as an initial training for professionals whose job responsibilities include conducting in-depth forensic investigative ...
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Finding Permanent Homes for More Children in Foster Care: The Potential of Subsidized Guardianship
Free Registration Description:Child welfare services aim to transition children in foster care to a permanent home as soon as possible, but only about 35% of children in foster care nationally ...
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Registration Now Open! APSAC 31st Colloquium
Early Bird Registration Available NOW! Colloquium Theme: Celebrate Successes Pre-Conference Institutes: June 9-10 APSAC’s 31st Colloquium: June 10-13 Four days and multiple tracks featuring APSAC’s distinguished mix of research and ...
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2023 Reading Club: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting as Child Abuse
Register Presenters:Dr. Lisa Fontes & Leah N. Wandera Moderator: Mary L. Pulido, PhD Dr. Lisa Fontes in Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/invisible-chains/201903/lasting-trauma-female-genital-mutilationcutting-fgmc FGM in the US Implications for Mental Health: https://host8.viethwebhosting.com/~apsa/docs/FGM_in_the_US_Implications_for_Mental_Health.pdf Article: ...
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Experience the Experts Live in San Diego: A Must-Attend Event for Professionals
APSAC Pre-Conference Institutes to The 39th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment For additional event details and registration click here. Town & Country Reservations Translating Child ...
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New Webinar! Child Interviewing – Where Research Meets Practice
Event date: November 29 *Register for individual sessions below PART 3 – Fun in the Funnel – Exploring Focused Questions (November 29) Description:The funnel is an analogy to understand the ...
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Save the Date: APSAC Colloquium Taking Place in New Orleans June 9-13, 2024
Registration Coming Soon!
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Exploring Kiese Laymon’s Memoir ‘Heavy’ with Jocelyn Brown and Howard Dubowitz
Free Registration 2023 Reading Club: “Heavy: An American Memoir” by Kiese Laymon. A letter written by Kiese to his mother: “ Please do not be mad at me, Mama”. Presented ...
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📢 Join APSAC’s 3-Day Overview of Best Practices in Forensic Interviewing of Children
Register Member Registration: $575 Non-member Registration: $750 12 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology): $40 Event dates: December 5, 6 and 7 Event time: 12pm – 4pm Eastern Time *Participants ...
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Join us in San Diego in January 2024!
APSAC Pre-Conference Institutes to The 39th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment For additional event details and registration click here. Translating Child Sexual Abuse Research to ...
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