The 2020 APSAC Colloquium is Rescheduled to September 21-24 in New Orleans
All of us at APSAC hope this message finds you and your family safe and well. We are writing to inform you that APSAC’s 2020 Colloquium is rescheduled from June to September 21-24, 2020. When considering all necessary issues APSAC leadership reached the conclusion that the June 7–11 date brought too many uncertainties and, given […]
Read the Spring 2020 Issue of The Consultant from CAPSAC
CAPSAC has released their Spring 2020 issue of their quarterly newsletter, The Consultant. Inside, you’ll find information applying for the Paul Crissey Grant for Outstanding Student Research, nominating a colleague for the Neal Snyder Outstanding Service Award, an article from this year’s Paul Crissey Grant winner, and valuable resources around the COVID-19 crisis for individuals […]
Child Maltreatment: Call for Submissions Connecting COVID-19 and Child Maltreatment
The COVID-19 pandemic is having profound effects on virtually all aspects of people’s lives through its impact on the nation’s health, economy, social and recreational life, and the national psyche. There is little known about how such circumstances will impact rates, causes, or consequences of child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment welcomes submissions on the relationship between […]
NEW! APSAC Alert 11(2): Online Safety for Children During the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating many challenges for children and families. One such challenge is ensuring children’s safety online as “screen time” increases drastically while children are home. This APSAC Alert, authored by Susan Kennedy, EdM, of The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, provides practical tools that professionals can offer parents to help […]
Prospectus for Special Issue of Child Maltreatment “The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence
Editors Damion J. Grasso, Ph.D., University of Connecticut School of Medicine Carla Stover, Ph.D. Yale University Daniel Whitaker, Ph.D., Georgia State University School of Public Health Overview and Rationale Intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts families at disturbing rates, with a considerable number of children subject to severe, chronic, and multifaceted violence. These children not only […]
New! APSAC Advisor 32(1)
APSAC is pleased to bring you the latest issue of the APSAC Advisor, edited by Christopher Greeley, MD, with a special section guest-edited by Kathleen Coulborn Faller, PhD, ACSW, LMSW. The full Table of Contents includes: Intrafamilial Child Torture: Training Mandated Reporters | Pamela J. Miller Advancing Trauma-Informed Programs in Schools to Promote Resilience and […]
Upcoming Webinar from ISPCAN: Child Welfare and Pandemics: What We Know and What We Can Do | April 3
Register Here As child protection researchers and practitioners worldwide work to understand and manage the unprecedented effects of COVID-19 on systems of care, we invite you to join us for this special presentation by Barbara Fallon of the University of Toronto and Delphine Collin-Vezina of McGill University. Dr. Fallon and Dr. Collin-Vezina will share information […]
New! APSAC Alert Volume 11, Issue 1: Understanding Child Maltreatment 2018
APSAC is pleased to bring you our latest edition of the APSAC Alert! This edition, authored by APSAC Executive Director Dr. Janet Rosenzweig, provides a summary of the report Child Maltreatment 2018 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau, as well as information on how the […]
Announcing the APSAC & Foundling Online Course
APSAC and The Vincent J Fontana Center of the New York Foundling are proud to present our new Online Course, featuring 29 lectures by national experts on critical issues in child maltreatment! If you find the disruption in work for you and your team due to COVID-19 has created time in your workday for professional […]
A Note About COVID-19 and the APSAC Colloquium
March 23 Update: APSAC is working with local health officials and The Sheraton Hotel, our venue, and expect to have additional information the first week of April. March 16: APSAC has been carefully monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak. As an organization dedicated to bringing data- and evidence-based practices to serve at-risk children and families, we are […]