Join the new 4-part Training: Contemporary Challenges Facing Black Youth
Register Here Series Description: This four-part series examines contemporary challenges among young black males, focusing on disparities and disproportionalities. Title: Harm, Hip-Hop & Healing: Young Black Males’ Musical Medicine Description: African-American youth – particularly males – face a multitude of historic and contemporary traumatic stressors that impede or obstruct holistic healthy development. These types of […]
Are Child Welfare Case Outcomes Black and White?
Free Registration Title: Are Child Welfare Case Outcomes Black and White? Responding to Race Disparities Perceived by Permanency Professionals and Caregivers of Black Children Description: When children are removed from their homes because of neglect or abuse, the goal of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is to return them to a loving, […]
Is Cannabis Legalization Really Impacting the Maltreatment of Children? The Highs and The Lows
Register General Admission (individual session): $30.00APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free1 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $30.001 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC Members and NY Foundling: $20.00APSAC Members: You will receive your discount automatically when registering.The New York Foundling Staff: Please email FontanaCenter@nyfoundling.org to request your entry […]
4-part Training: Contemporary Challenges Facing Black Youth
Register Title: Changing the narrative for Black youth: Positioning for promise Description: Chronic observations about disparities in health, educational underachievement and employment opportunities for Black youth combined with the impact of the school to prison pipeline and the overrepresentation of Black males in juvenile and adult detention centers have created a too oft dim perspective […]
The New York Foundling & APSAC Webinar Series on Controversial Topics
Register Here General Admission (all 6 sessions): $90.00 APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free 6 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $90.00 6 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC Members and NY Foundling: $60.00 APSAC Members: You will receive your discount automatically when registering. The New York Foundling Staff: […]
“Just the facts”: Best practices for minimal facts interviewing
Click here to register for all 6 sessions (Free for APSAC members and The New York Foundling Staff, $90 for non-members) General Admission (all 6 sessions): $90.00 APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free 6 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $90.00 6 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC Members […]
Online Sexual Abuse of Children and Youth presented by David Finkelhor, PhD
Click here to register for all 6 sessions (Free for APSAC members and The New York Foundling Staff, $90 for non-members) General Admission (all 6 sessions): $90.00 APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free 6 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $90.00 6 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC Members […]
4-part Training: Contemporary Challenges Facing Black Youth
Register Here Title: Resilience & Resistance: Black Youth and Family’s Navigation of Racism-Related Stress Description: Keniston (1978) asserted that Black youth are “the most endangered children in our society.” Indeed, Black children and teenagers are exposed to myriad adversities, particularly those that emanate from the legacy of racism in this country. Yet, despite deficit-oriented narratives […]
4-part Training: Contemporary Challenges Facing Black Youth
Register Here Title: Kids & Drugs: An Exploration of Adolescent Substance Use & Related Issues Description: In the United States, drugs generally are a major public health burden as a source of morbidity, mortality, family disruption, and criminalization. Substance use in particular, typically beginning during adolescence, has historically been viewed as a “character flaw” rather […]
Jazz Up Your New Year – 31st APSAC Colloquium Schedule is Now Live!
Registration & Agenda Engaging Sessions, Interdisciplinary Speakers and Networking Opportunities Ready to kick off the new year by expanding your knowledge and connecting with in the field of child maltreatment? The 31st APSAC Colloquium in New Orleans is just what you need! With a scheduled full of interdisciplinary experts and a wide range of topics, […]