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Announcing the Karen J. Saywitz Legacy Award Lecture
March 22, 2021 Online Noon – 2:00 pm Pacific Time Register Now The California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC) is pleased to announce a new award to ...
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New! APSAC Advisor 33(1)
APSAC is pleased to bring you the latest issue of the APSAC Advisor from Editor-in-Chief Lisa Schelbe, PhD, MSW and Associate Editor Carlo Panlilio, PhD. This issue covers many diverse ...
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Nominate a Colleague for the 2020 APSAC Awards | Deadline April 3, 2021
The APSAC’s Awards Committee seeks nominations for the 2020 APSAC Awards, to be presented in 2021 at the 28th APSAC Colloquium, July 12-15, 2021. The award ceremony will be a ...
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APSAC Amicus Committee Files New Brief in Smathers v. Glass
Read here In September, 2020, APSAC filed their first amicus brief in this case, requesting that the Supreme Court of Ohio agree to hear the case because it addressed a ...
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Members Only: Dismantling Privilege 2.0: Examining Systemic Racism in U.S. Treatment
Members Only: Dismantling Privilege 2.0: Examining Systemic Racism in U.S. Treatment of Non-White Youth Register Here Become an APSAC member This course runs every Wednesday from 12-1 pm ET for ...
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New Lectures in the APSAC Certificate Program & Lecture Series | March 25, 2021
Join us on March 25 from 1:00 to 4:30 PM ET for the next two lectures in the APSAC Certificate Program. Register Here. The Trauma of Racism: Talking to Children ...
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Call for Papers: Special Issue of the APSAC Advisor
Guest Editors: Jessica Pryce, Ph.D., MSW, Assistant Professor, Florida State University Reiko Boyd, Ph.D., MSW, Assistant Professor, University of Houston The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) ...
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Join APSAC Members for a limited screening of “Foster Boy” and Discussion with the Producers
Join APSAC Members for an exclusive, limited screening of “Foster Boy” followed by a Discussion with the Producers Jay Paul Deratany and Peter Samuelson, and Lyndsey Wilson, CEO of FirstStar. ...
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New Lecture in the APSAC Certificate Program & Lecture Series | February 23, 2021
Join us on February 23 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM ET for the next lecture in the APSAC Certificate Program. Register Here. Lecture 5: Racism Amid Child Welfare Oversight: The ...
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Introducing the 2021 APSAC & Foundling Webinar Series! | CE Credits Available
APSAC and the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection of the New York Foundling present the 2021 APSAC & Foundling Educational Webinar Series! Join us for in-depth conversations with ...
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Registration Now Open for APSAC’s Spring Virtual Forensic Interview Clinics
Join APSAC for a Four-day Beginner Virtual Forensic Interview Clinic. Two spring options available! April 5, April 9, April 12, and April 16, 2021 May 24, May 28, June 1, ...
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New Zoom Chat No Hit Zones: Low-Cost, Low-Effort Interventions to Reduce the Hitting of Children
New Zoom Chat No Hit Zones: Low-Cost, Low-Effort Interventions to Reduce the Hitting of Children in our Communities February 9th, 2021, 2 PM – 4 PM ET Presenters: Dr. Elizabeth ...
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2021 Call for Nominations | APSAC Commission for Racial Justice in Child Maltreatment
The Commission seeks to confront systemic racism and bias as they impact disproportionality and injustice experienced by African American families in child welfare. The Commission is seeking applicants for Chair, ...
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Call for Proposals for APSAC’s 28th Colloquium | Now Virtual!
2021 Colloquium Theme: Promoting Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Across Disciplines and Organizations Addressing Child Maltreatment Deadline: February 15, 2021 Submit Now! APSAC is excited to announce that the 28th ...
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Call for Statistical Associate Editor for Child Maltreatment
Child Maltreatment (CM) is the official journal of The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and is one of the premier outlets for research on child maltreatment ...
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Read the Fall 2020 Issue of The Consultant from CAPSAC
CAPSAC has released their Spring 2020 issue of their quarterly newsletter, The Consultant. Inside, you’ll find valuable training information and articles for professionals both within and outside of California.
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New Zoom Chat: Restraint and Seclusion with Guy Stephens
Restraint & Seclusion: We can do better! 12/10/2020 – 12/10/2020 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Presented by: Guy Stephens Restraint and seclusion, outdated crisis management techniques that are commonly used ...
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New Lectures in the APSAC Certificate Program & Lecture Series | December 9, 2020
Join us on December 9 from 1:30 to 5 PM ET for the next two lectures in the APSAC Certificate Program. Register Here. 1. Racism Amid Child Welfare Oversight: The ...
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Relieve 2020 stress by joining #APSACanyK, APSAC’s virtual walk-a-thon!
Learn More Register Now 1K, 5K, or anyK… Move with APSAC Walk and talk, roll and stroll, stretch and play fetch, run and get sun, or dance and prance! Register ...
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Register for the NEW Systemic Racism in Child Welfare Certificate Program
In response to APSAC’s commitment to work towards ending racism and implicit bias in the field of child maltreatment, an Anti-racism Commission was formed. The APSAC Cultural Diversity Committee decided ...
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Registration Now Open for APSAC’s December Virtual Forensic Interview Clinic
Join APSAC for a Four-day Beginner Virtual Forensic Interview Clinic, December 4, 7, 11, and 14.. APSAC’s long-standing forensic interview clinic has been modified to go virtual as a highly ...
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New! APSAC Advisor Volume 32, Issue 2: Special Issue on Forensic Interviewing
APSAC is pleased to bring you the latest issue of the APSAC Advisor, guest edited by Kathleen Coulborn Faller, PhD, ACSW, LMSW. This long-awaited Special Issue on Forensic Interviewing provides ...
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New! APSAC Advisor Volume 32, Issue 2: Special Issue on Forensic Interviewing
APSAC is pleased to bring you the latest issue of the APSAC Advisor, guest edited by Kathleen Coulborn Faller, PhD, ACSW, LMSW. This long-awaited Special Issue on Forensic Interviewing provides ...
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A Rare Opportunity for Lifetime Membership in APSAC!
The APSAC Board of Directors recently voted to open Lifetime Membership for the balance of this year. APSAC Immediate Past President Dr. David Corwin refers to his lifetime membership in ...
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APSAC Amicus Committee Files Brief in Smathers vs. Glass
On September 8, 2020, the APSAC Amicus Committee filed a brief in Smathers v. Glass. This jurisdictional memorandum argues that the Supreme Court of Ohio should accept the case for ...
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Preventing Abuse and Neglect in Our Lifetime: A Virtual Conference – October 15-16, 2020
The New York Foundling and the National Initiative to End Corporal Punishment Co-sponsored by: American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children US Alliance to End the Hitting of Children ...
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Read the New! Child Maltreatment 25(3)
The new issue of Child Maltreatment 25(3) is here! Inside you’ll find: Parenting Interventions for Mothers with Problematic Substance Use: Systemic Review of Research and Community Practice Motivational Interviewing in ...
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2020 Elections to the APSAC Board of Directors Now Open: Meet the Slate of Candidates
Darrell Armstrong, M.Div., Ed.S., MFT, D.D. Darrell Armstrong, M.Div., Ed.s., MFT, D.D., is pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church (Trenton, NJ) a thriving multicultural and multigenerational community of faith, which under ...
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The Board of Directors of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Welcomes New Ch
After a national search process, Vincent J. Palusci, MD, MS has been appointed to a five-year term as Editor-in-Chief of Child Maltreatment succeeding Dr. Daniel Whitaker when his term ends ...
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APSAC Stands with ISPCAN in Solidarity with Lebanon
Below is the text of ISPCAN’s Statement of Solidarity with Lebanon. We are all shaken by the news on August 4 of two deadly explosions in the city of Beirut. ...
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