Link – Child Protector app is an outstanding tool for child abuse screening

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

“The app is designed to help CPS, law enforcement and medical personnel to evaluate children who may have been abused. The app includes educational videos (over 60 in all) to describe the mechanisms of injury and evaluation of accidental or inflicted pediatric injuries including bruises, burns, head injuries, fractures, and abdominal injuries. The app includes forensic decision making tools that work as checklists/decision trees in evaluating injured children and help guide further testing and referral.”

I don’t know the app, but I’m for trying new things to assist with professionals who need to identify child abuse when they come across it. More information isn’t a bad thing!

Child Protector app is an outstanding tool for child abuse screening

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ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

Deborah Daro, Ph.D.: Preventing Child Abuse Requires Many Approaches, Not Just One tags: CA Micky Ward reveals childhood sexual abuse tags: CA Fleury speaks from the heart when discussing his abused past tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Sharing – 988 call centers struggling to hire people to answer the phones.

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ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

Creating a new number was the easy part. Similar to raising awareness because it’s necessary, it’s essential, but if there is no one there to provide the help we encourage people to reach out for, it’s not nearly enough. Here’s hoping these state and local organizations can find and train people to provide the necessary help during these calls. That’s only a start, of course. We still have so much work to do to make that help accessible to everyone who needs it. 

In some ways, this struggle to staff the hotline is a microcosm of the entire mental health field right now. We need a lot of resources that just aren’t there right now. Can we figure out a way to get change that?

Reading – 39 Things I Discovered as a Child Sexual Abuse Survivor

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An honest look at one survivor’s journey, struggles, victories, and all! I always find it interesting to see others documenting the things they have learned on their journey toward overcoming child abuse. Each of us has a unique journey to take, and yet we can learn so much from each other as well. 39 Things…

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