FREE ACCESS TO APSAC ADVISOR WITH “CONTESTED ISSUES: PARENTAL ALIENATION” ARTICLES
Read The Advisor Here In addition to making this special issue of the APSAC Advisor open access, APSAC is providing links to two recent journal issues focused on “Parental Alienation” (PA) (Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law and Family Court Review). These journals present additional information relevant the ongoing controversy surrounding PA theory. Last […]
Join APSAC May 7 for a Zoom Chat: Online Safety for Children During the COVID-19 Crisis
Join APSAC for a Zoom Chat this Thursday, May 7 at 1 pm eastern titled, “Online Safety for Children During the COVID-19 Crisis” with Susan Kennedy, EdM from The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Did you know that the Cyber Tipline operated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (#NCMEC) has […]
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 […]
Observing Child Abuse Prevention Month During the COVID-19 Pandemic
APSAC is here to support you in identifying way to acknowledge April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. While physical health and safety is taking priority, advocates may be able to find opportunities to promote child safety as April approaches. One traditional approach to Child Abuse Prevention Month […]
The National Initiative to End Corporal Punishment Announces a Competition – with Prizes!
In an effort to educate people and move U.S. parents away from the use of physical punishment, the U.S. Alliance to End the Hitting of Children and the National Initiative to End Corporal Punishment are sponsoring a competition to generate persuasive anti-physical punishment social media materials. Entries will be used on social media platforms for […]
New Infographic on CAPTA Reauthorization from The National Child Abuse Coalition
The National Child Abuse Coalition produced this excellent infographic on what every advocate needs to know about CAPTA reauthorization. CAPTA, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act is the key federal legislation that helps fund state child protection systems and community programs and services focused on the prevention, intervention, and treatment of child abuse and […]
New Webinar from APSAC and the New York Foundling: Adverse Childhood Experiences and their Relations
This is the first webinar in a six-part educational webinar series hosted by The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection. Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Time: 2:00 pm- 3:00 pm ET Type of Workshop: Webinar Title: Adverse Childhood Experiences and their Relationship to Adult […]
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 […]
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 ANNOUNCES REVISIONS TO ITS DEFINITIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MALTREATMENT
APSAC has produced/is producing a number of publications on psychological maltreatment. These include Practice Guidelines on the Investigation and Determination of Suspected Psychological Maltreatment of Children and Adolescents, the APSAC Monograph on Psychological Maltreatment (in process), and articles in the APSAC newsletter, the APSAC Advisor (in process). APSAC has been advised that advocates for Parental […]