ABA Center on Children and the Law
The ABA Center on Children and the Law, a program of the Young Lawyers Division, aims to improve children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy. Our areas of expertise include child abuse and neglect, child welfare and protective services system enhancement, foster care, family preservation, termination of parental rights, parental substance abuse, adolescent health, and domestic violence.
AVANCE
AVANCE serves primarily Hispanic families in low-income, at-risk communities with a research-proven program model that is preventative, community-based, two-generation focused and comprehensive in scope.
Abuse and Neglect of Children with Disabilities: A Collaborative Response
The Abuse and Neglect of Children with Disabilities training project began in 1997 with federal funding to develop a model demonstration curriculum for educators, parents, child protective services, and law enforcement
AbuseWatch.NET
If you or someone you love is a victim of crime, you have rights and you can get help
American Humane: Protecting Children and Animals Since 1877
Founded in 1877, the American Humane Association is the only national organization dedicated to protecting both children and animals. A nonprofit membership organization, American Humane is headquartered in Denver.
BishopAccountability.org
Documenting the Catholic Sexual Abuse and Financial Crisis - Data on bishops, priests, brothers, nuns, Lawrence Murphy, Pope Benedict, Ratzinger, Bertone, CDF, Brendan Smyth, Ireland
Building Tomorrow
AUT Alumni information including registration, membership and benefits, Merchandise, career mentors, AUT News, Alumni and Student Alumni Ambassadors plus AUT Mall. Register Now!
CRTEC
Center to Restore Trafficked and Exploited Children
CTF Alliance
The National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds. A listing of state child abuse prevention programs by their national organization.
CWLA National Data Analysis System
The CWLA National Data Analysis System (NDAS) is the most comprehensive collection of child welfare and related data in the country. It has been in existence since 1999, covering a wide array of topics that reflect services to children and families.
Captive Daughters
Captive Daughters is a non-profit organization committed to ending the exploitative practice of sex trafficking, with a particular focus on girls and women.
Center for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection
The mission of the Center for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection is threefold: To conduct and promote basic and applied research on issues surrounding interpersonal acceptance-rejection, with special emphasis on the form of parent-child relationship called parental acceptance-rejection. To formulate
Child Abuse
It was not until the 19th century that children were granted the same legal status as domesticated animals with regard to protection against cruelty and/or neglect. In 1962, the term "battered child syndrome" became part of the medical vocabulary and by 1976 all of the states in the United States had adopted laws mandating the reporting of suspected child abuse.
Child Abuse Forensic Institute
When a child's welfare is at stake, navigating the Court process without a guide is like riding a white water river in a wooden rowboat without oars. Parents and children need expert guidance and direction in the legal system. Be it advocacy for a parent who is protecting a child, the child or the accused, Child Abuse Forensic Institute (CAFI) has access to experienced independent associates throughout the country to handle all aspects of a child abuse court case.
Child Abuse Prevention Network
The Child Abuse Prevention Network -- the World Wide Internet Nerve Center for professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect.
Child Abuse Prevention Services
CAPS is a not for profit, volunteer organization founded in 1982 to respond to child abuse and neglect. The Child Safety Institute provides comprehensive child safety and protection programs.
Child Abuse: International Child Abuse Network
To be an incest survivor suggests that there has been a mutation in the rite of sexual initiation. For a man, this aberrant initiation can incur tremendous losses: in the trust and safety with one's own caretakers, in body boundaries and image, in the modulation of feelings and the naming of them, and most profoundly, in the loss of self.
Child Abuse:emotional abuse
Emotional abuse is a pattern of behavior that attacks a child's emotional development and sense of self-worth. Emotional abuse includes excessive, aggressive or unreasonable demands that place expectations on a child beyond his or her capacity. Constant criticizing, belittling, insulting, rejecting and teasing are some of the forms these verbal attacks can take. Emotional abuse also includes failure to provide the psychological nurturing necessary for a child's psychological growth and development -- providing no love, support or guidance (National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse, 1987).
Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute
The Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute is a national, science-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse through early diagnosis and effective treatment for people at risk to molest children or pedophiles.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Child Welfare Information Gateway connects professionals and concerned citizens to practical, timely, and essential information on programs, research, legislation, and statistics to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
Child Welfare League of America
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the nations oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families. 92% of all money spent for charitable purposes.
Child Welfare Monitoring
In order to help States achieve positive outcomes for children and families, the Children's Bureau monitors State child welfare services through the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs), Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews, the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), and the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) Assessment Reviews.
Childhelp
Childhelp exists to meet the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children.
