Useful Links | Other Resources
PUBLIC POLICY
- http://www.aecf.org
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation, based in Baltimore, MD focuses on fostering public policies and community supports that help meet the needs of today’s at-risk children and families. In addition to providing grants and outlining child and family service programs, the website offers a knowledge center of resources developed by the foundation that address multiple aspects of child and family health.
- http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/
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The Washington State Institute for Public Policy, governed by a Board of Directors representing legislature, the governor, and public universities endeavor to implement non-partisan research on important issues in Washington State. The Institute addresses a broad range of policy areas including child welfare, criminal justice, education, mental health, prevention, and research based programs.
- http://www.cppp.org
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The Center for Public Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization whose mission is to improve public policies and private practices for the betterment of low and moderate-income Texans. Research foci include health care, child protection, and family economic security. Aside from providing relevant research and initiatives the website hosts Kids Count, a state-by-state effort to track and promote the well-being of children.
- http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/
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The Crimes Against Children Research Center, based out of the University of New Hampshire, concentrates on increasing public awareness and influencing policy by providing research and statistics on child abduction, rape, assault, and physical and sexual abuse. Their website includes current and archived publications, phone contacts/webpages for all families, and educational resources including topics of bullying, child advocacy centers, domestic violence, sexual abuse and prevention.
- http://www.helpingamericasyouth.gov
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Helping America’s Youth is a national resource aimed at increasing awareness of challenges facing youth, particularly at-risk boys. The resource provides tools for assessing community needs and implementing effective programs that focus on family, school, and community.
EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS
- http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/pdfs/model/TFCBT.pdf
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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a psychotherapeutic intervention which helps children and their parents overcome the negative effects of traumatic life events including child sexual or physical abuse. The intervention targets symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which often co-occurs with depression and behavioral problems.
- http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), a comprehensive resource of programs which have been empirically supported. This database of interventions for prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders allows agencies and organizations to implement programs and practices which have been proven effective.
- http://www.promisingpractices.net
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Promising Practices Network is an evidence-based program database operated by the RAND Corporation, the nation’s original "think tank." This nonprofit research organization focuses on the child policy arena including issues of child health, education, child care, substance abuse, and early childhood interventions. The website is aimed at providing decision-makers approaches and programs that have been shown in scientific literature to be effective.
FAMILY RESOURCES
- http://kidshealth.org/
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KidsHealth is a comprehensive resource for parents, kids, and teens addressing issues of physical and mental health, nutrition and fitness, pregnancy, parenting, and safety. Created by the Nemours Foundation’s Center for Children’s Health Media, KidsHealth provides jargon-free, up-to-date health information for all members of the family.
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http://www.hope4families.com/
- Hope for
Families, Inc. was created with the goal of producing
materials and educational presentations that will be helpful
to children and families—beginning with the issue of abuse
and personal safety. The first project is an interactive
book regarding personal safety that contains the knowledge
and language of a trained therapist, but that any caring
adult can read with a child.
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http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=ctr_aud_prnt
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Resources
for Parents and Caregivers provides information not only
about child traumatic stress but about a child's healthy
development and ways to seek help.
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS/RESEARCHERS
- http://www.nctsnet.org
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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network is a comprehensive website that contains resources for families, educators, and professionals. This database focuses on traumatized children and families and is available in English or Spanish.
- http://childtraumaacademy.org/
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The Child Trauma Academy based in Houston, Texas is a non-profit organization that works to improve the lives of high-risk children through service, research, and education.
- http://www.childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/
- http://ctg.musc.edu/
- A web-based learning course for using Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Theory.
- http://www.tffa.org/
- http://www.childdeathreview.org/causesCAN.htm
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The National Center for Child Death Review funded by
the Maternal and Child Health Bureau aims to enhance child death review
methodology at state, community, and national levels. This website
increases awareness of causes of child death by outlining up to date
statistics. This site also outlines prevention strategies.
- http://www.cyfernet.org/
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Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network, CYFERnet, provides a compilation of child, youth, and family resources of all public land-grant universities in the country. Targeted parties include educators, researchers, parents, youth agency staff, and healthcare providers, policy makers, and youth.
- http://publicpolicydegree.org/
RESOURCES FOR PROFESSIONALS
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www.istss.org
- The International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies (ISTSS) is an international multidisciplinary,
professional membership organization that promotes
advancement and exchange of knowledge about severe stress
and trauma. This knowledge includes understanding the scope
and consequences of traumatic exposure, preventing traumatic
events and ameliorating their consequences, and advocating
for the field of traumatic stress.
Contact: 847.482.9028 E-mail:
istss@istss.org
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www.IVATcenters.org
- The Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT)
is a comprehensive center dealing with all aspects of
violence, abuse and trauma. IVAT interfaces with Alliant
International Univerity's academic schools and centers,
which provide educational training. Through focus on key
collaborations, IVAT bridges gaps and helps to improve
current systems of care on a local, national, and global
level.
- http://www.safersociety.org/
- The Safer Society Foundation (SSF) is dedicated to
eliminating sexual abuse so that all of us may enjoy safer
communities, healthier families and happier lives. The work
of SSF focuses on providing resources to help create safer
communities through prevention and effective public policy,
provide victims with healing and restitution, and provide
offenders with the tools to be accountable for their actions
and to work towards rehabilitation. SSF addresses sexual
offending as a public health issue and supports efforts to
find and implement evidence-based best practices for
prevention, treatment, supervision, and public policy.
- http://www.apsac.org/
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The American
Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
is a national organization whose mission is to enhance
the ability of professionals to respond to children and
families affected by abuse and violence.
APSAC tries to
fulfill this mission in a
number of ways, most notably through providing education and
other sources of information to professionals who work in
the child maltreatment and
related fields.
