TOPIC: Abuse Prevention

The following represents a sample of information to get you started and is not meant to be exhaustive.
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Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools

Guides

• Fostering School, Family, and Community Involvement

Resource Aid Packet

• Responding to a Crisis at School
• Hotlines

Publications

• Enlisting Appropriate Parental Cooperation and Involvement in Children's Mental Health
• Connecting Schools, Families, and Communities

Reports & Briefs

• Schools as Caring, Learning Communities: A Center Practice Brief

Newsletter

• Safe Students/Healthy Schools: A Collaborative Process

Training

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

Introductory Packets

• Parent and Home Involvement in Schools

Child Abuse

• "A Brief Synopsis of Child Sexual Abuse from Onset to Adult Life"
• Child Abuse - The Hidden Bruises
• Child Maltreatment: A Summary and Analysis of Criminal Statutes
• Child Maltreatment Reports
• Explanations for the Decline in Child Sexual Abuse Cases" (2004) D. Finkelhor & L. Jones
• Facts for Families: Child Sexual Abuse
• Perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse as a Public Health Problem
• Preventing Child Abuse Requires Preventing Statistics Abuse
• Preventing Child Maltreatment
• Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide For The Concerned
• We Can Do Better: Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in the U.S



Dating

• Dating Violence - There's No Excuse for Abuse!
• Dating Violence (from the California Department of Health Services)
• Health Canada: Dating Violence
• NNFR: Dating Violence
• Sexual Abuse/Assault
• Sexual Abuse Resources for Educators and Administrators
• Sexual Harassment: It's not Academic
• The Joke's Over: An interactive exploration of student-to-student sexual harassment in our schools
• The Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education Sexual Harassment Guidance

Fact Sheets/General Info
• Adolescent Assault Victim Needs: A Review of the Issues and a Model Protocol
• Best Friends Program Guide
• Educator sexual misconduct: A Synthesis of Existing Literature
• Getting Serious about Sexual Harassment
• A Teacher's Guide to Student-to-student Sexual Harassment in Schools (Grades 6 through 12)
• Toolkit for Court Performance Measures in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases



Prevention

• American Humane Association, Children's Division
• Child Protection at the Crossroads: Child Abuse, Child Protection, and Recommendations for Reform
• Child Sexual Abuse
• Child Sexual Abuse: What it is and How to Prevent It
• Preventing and Countering School-Based Harassment: A Resource Guide for K-12 Educators
• Understanding Child Maltreatment (Factsheet)

• Abuse Victim Hotline
• Child Abuse Prevention Network
• Child Welfare Information Gateway
• Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
• National Data Archive on Child Abuse & Neglect
• Prevent Child Abuse America
• Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
• Responding To Child Sexual Abuse
• Communities Against Rape and Abuse
• Safe State
• The Houston Area Women's Center: Teen Dating Violence

• A cognitive approach to child abuse prevention. Bugental, D. B., Ellerson, P. C., Lin, E. K., Rainey, B. Kokotovic, A., O'hara, N. (2002). Journal of Family Psychology, 16, 243-258.
• A Review of Programs to Promote Family Wellness and Prevent the Maltreatment of Children. Nelson, G., et al. (2001). Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science. Vol. 33, 1-13.
• Abuse experiences in a community sample of young adults: Relations with psychiatric disorders, sexual risk behaviors, and sexually transmitted diseases. Tubman, J. G., Montgomery, Marilyn, J., Gil, A. G., Wagner, E. F. (2004). American Journal of Community Psychology, 34, 147-162.
• Dating violence among adolescents: Prevalence, gender distribution, prevention program effectiveness. Hickman, L. J., Jaycox, L. H., Aronoff, J. (2004). Trauma Violence & Abuse,5, 123-142.
• Fighting for children. Delay, T. (2000). American Psychologist, 55, 1054-1055.
• Navigating between cultures: The role of culture in youth violence. Soriano, F. I., Rivera, L. M., Williams, K. J., Daley, S. P., Reznik, V. M. (2004). Journal of Adolescent Health, 34, 169-176.
• Practicing school psychologists' perceived role in prevention of school violence. Dean, V. J., Burns, M. K. (2004). Psychological Reports, 94, 243-250.
• Relational aggression in middle school: Educational Implications of Developmental Research. Yoon, J. S., Barton, E., Taiariol, J. (2004). Journal of Early Adolescence, 24, 303-318.
• The Challenge of Defining Child Sexual Abuse. Haugaard, J. (2000). American Psychologist. Vol. 55, pp. 1036-1039
• The effects of early prevention programs for families with young children at risk for physical child abuse and neglect: A meta-analysis. Geeraert, L., Van den Noortgate, W., Grietens, H., Onghena, P. (2004). Child Maltreatment: Journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 9, 277-291.
• The relationship between respite care and child abuse potential in parents of children with developmental disabilities: A preliminary report. Aniol, K., Mullins, L., Paige, M. C., Boyd, M. L., Chaney, J. M. (2004). Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities, 16, 273-285.
• What works in prevention: Principles of Effective Prevention Programs. Nation, M., Crusto, C., Wandersman, A., Kumpfer, K. L., Seybolt, D., Morrissey, K. E., Davino, K. (2003). American Psychologist, 58, 449-456.
• What Works for Survivors of Childhood Abuse: Learning From Participants in an Impatient Treatment Program. Palmer, S., et al. (2004). American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 74, pp.112-121




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