Apr
11
Roots of Change
April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment
I confess I was a tad jealous when I saw the tweets coming through from last year’s Roots of Change conference, sponsored by the Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force and Men Can Stop Rape. Fantastic workshops and lots of great people getting to share the same space. While it doesn’t give me the [...]
Apr
9
More Child Abuse Resources
April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service has a dedicated section on their site for child abuse-specific resources in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. You’ll find 4 different topical areas: Prevalence Prevention Response Additional Resources
Apr
2
Hear My Voice
April 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Man, do I love this new campaign: Hear My Voice is a project of Break the Cycle, and it’s specifically focusing on empowering LGBTQ youth to create healthy, safe relationships, and providing resources for those who need them. Add this to your arsenal of quality patient information, and make sure to check out some of [...]
Mar
29
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). This year’s theme is healthy sexuality, which I think is a theme particularly well-suited to healthcare providers. Head over to the NSVRC site (or here for Spanish) to check out their resources and events, including Tweet About It Tuesdays! (http://twitter.com/nsvrc #Tweetaboutit), which will feature some great hosts leading hour-long health sexuality chats [...]
Mar
27
PreventConnect 2012 Webinar Schedule
March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Pardon the lazy vacation post, please: our friends at PreventConnect have posted their 2012 webinar schedule. You should go take a peak. I’ll wait…
Mar
26
WHO Short Courses: Prevention of Family Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
March 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment
WHO is offering a webinar, which “will focus on capacity for the prevention of family violence, and present WHO’s recently developed comprehensive training packages on the prevention of child maltreatment and the prevention of intimate partner and sexual violence.” The session will be April 3rd from 3-4pm CEST (that’s 9am ET).
Mar
22
Articles of Note: March Edition
March 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for Articles of Note. This month’s is basically stuff from the 1st quarter. I included a couple of January articles I missed in earlier editions, so you’ll see articles as far back as the beginning of the year. There is so much good stuff on this list. I know I say that [...]
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 [...]
Mar
14
Spotlight on Bullying & Harassment
March 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The National Women’s Law Center is hosting a webinar Thursday, March 22nd from 3:30-4:30 ET– Spotlight on Bullying and Harassment: The Law and One School’s Response. I’m particularly interested in the content as the parent of a pre-teen, and not just as a clinician.
Feb
20
Teen Dating Violence and Reproductive Coercion
February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The US Department of Health and Human Services and Futures Without Violence are hosting a webinar on teen dating violence and reproductive coercion. The session will be held February 27th from 2-3:30 pm ET. You can register for the session here. Sadly, I don’t have any more info on the session than this.
