New! APSAC Advisor 31(3): Psychological Maltreatment Special Issue
APSAC is pleased to bring you the latest issue of the APSAC Advisor, guest edited by Stuart Hart, PhD and Marla Brassard, PhD. This special issue provides important information on research, policy, and clinical interventions for psychological maltreatment (PM). Members – Read it Here
Now Available: The APSAC Monograph on Psychological Maltreatment
APSAC is proud to share the inaugural publication in our Monograph Series — The APSAC Monograph on Psychological Maltreatment (PM). The purpose of APSAC’s Monograph Series is to provide in-depth treatment to important topics within the field of child maltreatment. This monograph includes: Context, definitions, and forms of PM; Risk factors for PM; Assessment, intervention, […]
New! APSAC Advsior 31(2) with Special “Contested Issues” Section Covering Drug-Exposed New
APSAC is pleased to bring you the latest issue of the APSAC Advisor, edited by Christopher Greeley, MD, MS, with special sections edited by Kenneth Feder, PhD; Frank Vandervort, JD; and Kathleen Faller, PhD. This issue contains contains articles on hot topics in child maltreatment, including a special “Contested Issues” section featuring pro and con […]
New! Read the Fall 2019 issue of The Consultant
The Fall 2019 issue of The Consultant, the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s (CAPSAC) quarterly newsletter, is now available. Inside this wonderful resource, you’ll find:1. Announcements of upcoming events and trainings An application for the Paul Chrissy Graduate Student Research Grant “Grandparent-Headed Families: A Vulnerable Population” by Susan J. Kelley, DEGREES Call […]
New! APSAC Alert 10(4): Responding to Sudden Infant Death
APSAC is pleased to bring you our latest edition of the APSAC Alert! This edition, authored by Vincent J. Palusci, MD, MS, FAAP, provides a summary of recent research and best practices for responding to sudden infant death. We hope you find this useful. APSAC members can now access decades of past editions of the […]
Job Description – Editor in Chief, Child Maltreatment
The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) seeks an Editor In Chief (EIC) for Child Maltreatment (CM), a peer reviewed professional journal published by Sage and sponsored by APSAC. CM receives around 200 submissions a year and publishes quarterly. In 2018, CM had an Impact Factor of 4.047. Qualifications The ideal candidate […]
Announcing the 2018 APSAC Research to Practice Brief Compendium
In order for APSAC to achieve our goal of strengthening practice through knowledge, we strive to ensure that up-to-date, high quality research results are reaching the practitioners who need it most. To accomplish this, APSAC has recruited professionals working in psychology, social work, medicine, child welfare, and law to write brief translational summaries of articles […]
An Important Resource Released by the CDC!
The Vital Signs series from the CDC, launched in 2010, addresses a single, important public health topic each month. This month’s edition presents CDC’s first ever comprehensive estimates of the potential to improve Americans’ health by preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). ACEs and their harms are preventable using the best available evidence to create safe, […]
APSAC Leads Amicus Group Speaking Up for Children of DACA Recipients in Supreme Court
Since its establishment by executive order in 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has protected hundreds of thousands of undocumented persons who arrived in the United States as children from deportation. The oldest DACA recipients are now in their 30s, and many have children–in fact, over 250,000 of them. They are beloved of many. […]
New! APSAC Alert Volume 10, Issue 3: A Strategy to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect: Screening and
APSAC is pleased to bring you our latest edition of the APSAC Alert! This edition, authored by Yen H. Nong, MPH and Lucy J. Puryear, MD, provides both a rationale for and information on best practices for screening for perinatal depression in pediatric primary care settings. Read the Alert Now