"March 8 is International Women's Day, and it's especially timely for us in the U.S. this year. The recent enactment of legislation reauthorizing and strengthening the Violence Against Women Act is a landmark event for women, and especially...
"Abusers of animals are five times as likely to harm humans. Nearly half of the victims who stay in violent households do so because they are afraid for their animals. Countless more never leave the home for this very reason. Companion animals like...
"Kappa Delta sold the blue pinwheels lining the sidewalk on Front Campus this week to students for $1 in the LITC. The proceeds went to child abuse charities associated with the sorority...."...
“Nobody sees the tough part of Kilah’s life, this is a little bit of it," Kirbi said. "She struggles to do the easiest task that she used to be able to do." "That's the hardest part. Just last year Kilah was happy, thriving,...
"The state Senate this week approved legislation that would strengthen the ability of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Child Abuse Response Team to combat child abuse. "Senate Bill 1002 would provide a funding mechanism for CART, and the...
"What is it our brains need most? Much of brain science talks about safety, predictability and nurturing as key ingredients to help the brain thrive. As a school social worker, many of the principals at my school board have developed these same...
"Dr. Patterson started the seminar by interacting with the crowd, gathering views and common knowledge about childhood abuse. Her presentation of "The Long-Term Consequences of Child Maltreatment" then revealed the shocking national and local...
"A study of 345 female university students found that 233 of them had experienced at least one unwanted sexual experience in their lifetime, and 46 percent of those victims also experienced betrayal by the institution where incidents occurred. In the...
Abstract Background : In 2004, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force determined that evidence was insufficient to recommend behavioral interventions and counseling to prevent child abuse and neglect.... Conclusion: Risk assessment and behavioral...
"Hundreds of dropped child sex investigations are likely to be reopened as part of radical overhaul of the way the criminal justice system tackles sexual abuse. In a bid to head off “another Savile moment in five or 10 years' time”, the...
"Faith-Based Coffee started in spring 2012. Since then, participants from a variety of faith communities, including but not limited to Unitarian, Catholic, and Protestant churches, have been attending to share coffee, fruit, and ideas about how to...
"Child sexual abuse cases have been insensitively handled for far too long, with some child victims feeling they're being treated more like an offender than a victim. This perpetuates the idea that some child victims won't be believed and frightens...
"The number of child abuse and neglect victims rose 20 per cent last year, reversing a long-term decline. "A report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows the number of children involved in substantiated cases of...
"People assigned to positions of power tend to dehumanize those in less powerful positions even when the roles are randomly assigned, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.... "I think a lot of us have the intuition that some...
"Exercise may play a key role in helping children cope with stressful situations, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).... "When they are exposed to everyday stressors, the study found sedentary children had surges of cortisol a hormone linked to stress. The most active children had little or no increase in their cortisol levels in similar situations...."...