TOPIC: Child Abuse and Neglect

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Center Devloped Documents, Resources, and Tools

Guides

• Fostering School, Family, and Community Involvement

Quickfinds

• Abuse Prevention
• Children of Alcoholics & Substance Abusers
• Domestic Violence
• Family Counseling and Support
• Foster Care
• Homeless Children and Youth - Education
• Parent/Home Involvement in Schools
• Parenting Skills and Parenting Education

Training

• Home Involvement in Schooling
• Student & Family Assistance Programs & Services to Address Barriers to Learning

Introductory Packet

• Abuse Prevention

Other Relevant Documents, Resources, and Tools on the Internet

• Child Abuse and Neglect - warning signs of abuse and how to report it
• Child Abuse -The Hidden Bruises
• Child Maltreatment : Summary of Key Findings
• Child Neglect
• A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect
• Emotional Abuse
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• Parent Training Programs: Insight for Practitioners, Child Maltreatment, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Promoting Healthy Families in Your Community: 2008 Resource Packet
• Photo-documentation in the Investigation of Child Abuse
• Physical Abuse
• Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
• Protecting Our Children From Abuse and Neglect.
• Responding to Child Abuse & Neglect
• "Safe From the Start: Taking Action on Children Exposed to Violence"
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Supporting & Preserving Families
• What is child abuse and neglect?

• American Academy of Child & Adol. Psychiatry (AACAP)
• American Humane Association
• American Psychological Association
• Centers for Prevention of Child Neglect
• Child Abuse Prevention Network
• Child Help USA
• Child Quest International (Agency for lost or abducted children)
• Child Welfare Information Gateway
• Healthy Families America (HFA)
• Family Life Development Center
• National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds (ACT)
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Children's Advocacy Center (NCAC)
• National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
• National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) (FRIENDS)
• National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
• National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
• Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA)

• Abuse and Neglect : the Educator's Guide to the Identification and Prevention of Child Maltreatment. by B. Lowenthal. (2001). Baltimore, Md. : P.H. Brookes Pub.
• Child abuse and neglect : Guidelines for Identification, Assessment, and Case Management. Edited by M. S. Peterson, M. Durfee, K. Coulter. (2003). Volcano, CA : Volcano Press.
• Child abuse and neglect : the School's Response. C. B. Horton & T. K. Cruise. (2001). New York : Guilford Press.
• Effective Interventions for Child Abuse and Neglect : An Evidence-based Approach to Planning and Evaluating Interventions. by G. Macdonald. (2001). Chichester ; New York : Wiley.
• Intersection of child abuse and children's exposure to domestic violence. By Herrenkohl, T. I., Sousa C., Tajima, E. A., Herrenkohl, R.C., & Moylan, C. A. (2008). Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 9, 84-89.
• Understanding child abuse and neglect. by C. Crosson-Tower. (2005).Boston : Pearson/A&B.

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