Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Resources to Talk to Kids About Mass Shootings


The wonderful people at EmbraceRace (https://www.embracerace.org/)
 shared the following resources to help talk to children about mass shootings and gun violence:

In addition, there are many resources available at EmbraceRace for talking with children about race, racism, and supporting kids through racialized violence including webinars on "Supporting Kids of Color Amid Racialized Violence," "Violence Against Asian Americans," and "Addressing Racial Injustice With Young Children."

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Webinar: Child Sexual Abuse as a Public Health Problem

 We'd like to share this upcoming learning opportunity from our friends at the Kempe Center:

PATHWAYS TO PREVENTION
 Translating Child Maltreatment and ACEs Prevention Research into Practice

Jennie Noll, PhD
Wednesday, June 15: 11 AM (MT)
Childhood sexual abuse is a common, costly, and persistent problem affecting 20% of girls and 10% of boys worldwide. Survivors suffer a compounded convergence of mechanism that can set the stage for a host of deleterious outcomes including subsequent psychopathology, revictimization, substance abuse, teenage childbearing, sexual dysfunction, poor physical health, and intergenerational transmission. Annual US incidence rates have plateaued over the past few decades—an indication that preventions efforts have stagnated. Dr. Noll will outline the unique features that set sexual abuse apart from other forms of maltreatment and trauma in terms of its etiology, sequelae, and challenges for prevention.

By showcasing a unique state/university partnership, Dr. Noll will present results, as well as implementation triumphs and challenges, from a statewide universal sexual abuse prevention effort. Dr. Noll will also discuss the activities of Penn State’s NICHD Capstone Center for Excellence (P50HD089922, PI:Noll) which include: basic research on the biological embedding of child maltreatment; community-based-participatory research that directly benefits the child welfare system; and championing a National model for the Research-To-Policy collaboration where researchers compile relevant research, translate findings into products to educate, and support policymakers in evidence-informed policies designed to protect and promote the wellbeing of children.


Jennie G. Noll, Ph.D., is a professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Director of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network, and PI of the NICHD P50 Capstone Center for Healthy Children.