Clinical GuidesMar
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has a webinar series, The Impact of Trauma on Women and Girls Across the Lifespan. Their next offering is March 27th, 2pm ET, Disaster Behavioral Health: Lessons Learned from the Past Decade. However, there are multiple archived sessions available, as well.
Mar
20
National Plan to Prevent the Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children
March 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Sorry about no post yesterday–zero internet access, which is rare these days. But after a productive day with the Marines on the west coast I am headed home for a few days. And I wanted to make sure you’ve seen this, an amazing document: the National Plan to Prevent the Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of [...]
Feb
28
The Hidden Faces of Modern-Day Slavery
February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Don’t forget we have a new giveaway going on! Leave your answer to our question(s) by noon ET on February 29th to be eligible to win a copy of the new Entry-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment workbook. When I ran out to grab some lunch today my radio was set to NPR. And the topic featured on [...]
Feb
14
America’s Most Wanted Trafficking Special
February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Friday, February 24th, you can catch a special edition of America’s Most Wanted that will focus on the global problem of sex trafficking. The episode will air from 9-11pm ET on Lifetime Television (read more about the show here). From the little info I’ve seen, it looks like they may be teaming with the Polaris [...]
Jan
25
Recent Sexual Assault Articles
January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
I’m teaching this week in Houston, so it may end up being a spare week here at FHO (these are some long days, my friends, and sometimes my brain hurts at the end of them). But I wanted to share a few recent articles and op-eds that have been published on the issues of sexual [...]
Jan
5
Combatting Child Trafficking
January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment
I missed this offering when it was live, but happily for us, it’s been archived: The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation held a webinar in November, Best Practices to Combat Child Trafficking. The archived webinar also includes downloadable slide decks from each of the 3 speakers, as well as a nice looking resource page.
Dec
13
In the News Today
December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
UPDATED 12/15/11 With the massive amount of media buzz surrounding Jerry Sandusky’s pretrial hearing (or waiving there of, as I have just read), I figured I’d point you toward a couple of recently posted (related) resources at the NSVRC site. The 1st is Answers to Questions About Recent Child Sex Abuse Case, written in conjunction [...]
Dec
9
Self-Care in the Wake of Intense Media Coverage
December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I’m headed to the 216 for some quality family time, to practice a little self-care of my own in the wake of some very trying times. I leave you with this blog post over at Psychology Today by Olga Trujillo: Getting Through Sex Abuse Scandals and Depression.
Dec
5
Articles of Note: December Edition
December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment
With it being a slow time of year for educational offerings, I’m thrilled the research journals hold some amazing treasures. This month feels particularly useful, especially if you’re a pediatrics person. As always, this is not a comprehensive overview of what’s newly out, but it is a good selection of late November and December articles [...]
Dec
1
Clinical Guide: HIV/AIDS and Violence
December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment
December 1st is World AIDS Day. In honor of the day, aside from my trusty red ribbon, I have also created a new clinical guide to provide readers with some resources on HIV/AIDS and violence. As with all guides, this does not claim to be comprehensive; just a good starting place with some of the [...]
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