APSAC BLOG
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We can do better! 12/10/2020 – 12/10/2020 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Presented by: Guy Stephens Restraint and seclusion, outdated crisis management techniques that are commonly used ...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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Announcing the 2020 APSAC Virtual Colloquium!
Learn More Register APSAC is excited to announce the Virtual Colloquium will be held online September 22-24, 2020. APSAC’s Virtual Colloquium will bring high-quality learning opportunities to child maltreatment researchers ...
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APSAC Participates in Historic ACEs Project
APSAC received a $200,000 California ACEs Aware grant in collaboration with the Academy on Violence and Abuse(AVA), the California chapter of the Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC), ...
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Join APSAC for a Zoom Chat: The Importance of Child Advocacy Studies (CAST), in partnership with exp
Register Now Presented by: Stacie LeBlanc, JD, MEd; Victor Vieth, JD, MA; and Tyler Counsil, EdD Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) is an academic curriculum designed to better prepare child-serving professionals ...
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In Memoriam: Richard J. Gelles
Obituary reposted from The Philadelphia Inquirer. Richard J. Gelles, 73, of Philadelphia, a professor of social policy at the University of Pennsylvania whose pioneering research about family violence and child ...
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Opportunity for High School Students!
“A Summer with Childhood” is a new program focused on youth advocacy to prevent and address topics related to child sexual abuse and exploitation. The remote, 5-week global institute (July ...
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Introducing The APSAC & Foundling Online Course
Child maltreatment work is by nature multidisciplinary; we all share the same goal of ensuring health, safety and justice for children and families. APSAC and the New York Foundling have ...
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New! APSAC Alert Volume 11, Issue 6: Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic
APSAC is developing a series of rapid-response APSAC Alert articles to meet the needs of professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. This edition, authored by Michael C. Seto, PhD; Cynthia Gutierrez-White, ...
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Press Release: Stacie LeBlanc Elected President of APSAC
The Board of Directors of the American Professional Society of the Abuse of Children (APSAC) announced today that Louisiana resident Stacie LeBlanc, JD, MEd is now president of the society ...
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Celebrate Father’s Day With APSAC
Are you looking for a virtual Father’s Day present? Put a smile on Dad’s face with a customizable Father’s Day Coupon! Make a donation to APSAC and we will send ...
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Call for Papers: Special Issue of the APSAC Advisor
The APSAC Advisor is soliciting manuscripts for a special issue on the COVID-19 pandemic. The special issue seeks manuscripts that focus on 1) the pandemic’s impact on various child serving ...
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APSAC Welcomes New Editorial Team to the Advisor and Alert
The Board of Directors of APSAC is pleased to announce Drs. Lisa Schelbe and Carlo Panlilio as the new editorial team for the APSAC Advisor and the APSAC Alert. Serving ...
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