New! APSAC Alert: Volume 14, Issue 2
The Latest APSAC Alert is available now! This edition, authored by Esaa Mohammad S. Samarah, MSW, Lisa Schelbe, PhD and Bart Klika, PhD, discusses corporal punishment in U.S. public schools and trauma-Informed education policy. READ NOW!
New! APSAC Alert: Trends in State Legislation Against Gender-Affirming Health Care
APSAC is announcing the latest edition of the APSAC Alert. This edition, authored by Mary Kelly Persyn, JD and Vincent J. Palusci MD, MS, discusses gender affirming health care, from state regulations to how it intersects with child maltreatment. READ NOW!
New! APSAC Alert Volume 12, Issue 3: State-Sponsored Mandated Reporter Training: An Analysis of the Read it here!
Read it here! APSAC announces the latest edition of the APSAC Alert. This edition, authored by Amy Baker, PhD; Stacie LeBlanc, JD, MEd; Trinae Adebayo, MA; and Ben Mathews, PhD, presents results of an assessment of 44 state-sponsored mandated reporter training curricula. The authors provide a detailed content analysis that can be used as a […]
New! APSAC Alert 12(2): What Will We Learn from NCANDS About Child Maltreatment During COVID-19?
Read the Alert here 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 Dr. Janet Rosenzweig, Executive Director of APSAC, presents information about what can be learned about child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic through the use of the National […]
New! APSAC Alert Prosecutor’s Edition on Recent Case Law: Defendant in Child Sex Trafficking Case
Read The Alert Here APSAC and Zero Abuse Project were awarded funds by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs to create the Trauma-informed Prosecutor Project (TiPP), which works to improve the effectiveness of the investigation and prosecutor of child abase. TiPP will deliver training, provide technical assistance, and create publications for prosecutors […]
Join APSAC for a Zoom Chat: Writing for the APSAC Advisor and APSAC Alert
June 2, 2021 | 12 pm – 1 pm ET Presented by: Lisa Schelbe, PhD, MSW & Carlo Panlilio Register Here Do you have ideas that you would like to share with people who are working in the field of child maltreatment? Do you know about an innovative program? Do you have thoughts a policy […]
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 matter of great general importance. On December 2, 2020, the Court issued a decision to accept jurisdiction of the case. For a summary of facts […]
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, MS; Kailey Roche, MSc candidates; and Elizabeth Letourneau, PhD provides resources professionals can share with families seeking to keep children safe as well as persons […]
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 systems and their responses, 2) specific child maltreatment risk and protective factors due to the pandemic, and 3) the pandemic’s exposing and amplifying inequities for […]
Now Available: APSAC’s 2019 Annual Report
APSAC’s 2019 Annual Report is here! Look inside to learn about APSAC’s important work in 2019 and the board members, donors, and partners that made that work possible. APSAC thanks all whose hard work and dedication led to success in 2019, giving the organization the tools and resources needed to weather the challenges and uncertainty […]