American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
The AAP's Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect is concerned with issues relating to the physical, sexual, and mental abuse and neglect of children, adolescents, and their families. The committee develops appropriate policy recommendations and serves as a liaison with other organizations concerned with the health and well-being of children and their families. Training Specific: The Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP The Curriculum®) provides pediatric professionals a way to complete their continuing medical education credits and to study for the Pediatric Maintenance of Certification. For additional information, see http://www.aap.org/profed/prep.htm. Other training resources include but are not limited to:
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American Association of Children's Residential Centers (AACRC)
The AACRC brings professionals together to advance knowledge about therapeutic living environments for children and adolescents with behavioral health disorders. AACRC's core purposes are advancing professional knowledge through conferences and training that create opportunities for information exchange; improving clinical practice by sharing information on effective service delivery and national trends in program development and management; and advocating for the clinical needs of children, adolescents, and families by increasing public awareness of mental health and behavioral problems in children and adolescents and by educating policy makers regarding the needs of this population . |
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment's mission is to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by alcohol and drug abuse. CSAT works to ensure access to clinically sound, cost-effective addiction treatment that reduces the health and social costs to communities and the nation. |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the lead Federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people at home and abroad. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of people in the United States. |
Chadwick Center For Children and Families
General Scope: The Chadwick Center's mission is to protect children and strengthen families through prevention, treatment, education, public policy, advocacy, and research in the areas of child maltreatment and family violence. The Center uses a multidisciplinary, family-centered approach. |
Chapin Hall Center for Children
Chapin Hall is a research and development center focusing on policies, practices, and programs affecting children and the families and communities in which they live. The Center devotes special attention to children facing significant problems such as abuse or neglect, poverty, and mental or physical illnesses, and to the service systems designed to address these problems. |
Children's Healthcare is a Legal Duty, Inc. (CHILD)
Children's Healthcare is a Legal Duty was established to protect children from abusive religious and cultural practices, especially religion-based medical neglect. CHILD opposes religious exemptions from duties to care for children. |
Girls and Boys Town
Training Specific: The Child and Family Service Division offers training for consultants, therapists, school counselors, and other practitioners who work with families. The Division's specialists train professionals to help children and families connect with the resources and support systems they need, as well as offering Common Sense Parenting® classes directly to parents at select sites. For more information on this training program, see http://www.girlsandboystown.org/pros/training/child_welfare/index.asp. Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
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International Adoption Center at Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children
General Scope: The International Adoption Center provides comprehensive medical examinations, developmental screenings, and psychosocial interdisciplinary evaluations for internationally adopted children. The Center's goal is to assist each family in allowing their child to develop to his or her maximum potential. |
Kempe Children's Center
Training Specific: Kempe provides advanced training for front-line professionals who will subsequently become child abuse and neglect experts in their communities. Examples of trainings offered include:
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Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
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National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI)
The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) promotes the health and well-being of children and their families through support of children's hospitals and health systems. Through the Association, NACHRI members work to ensure children's access to healthcare and the ability of children's hospitals to provide the services children need. |
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH)
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National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice (NCMHJJ)
Major support for the Center comes from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
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National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (NCSBS)
The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (NCSBS) offers information on shaken baby syndrome, shaken baby syndrome prevention programs, and training professionals and parents nationwide. |
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
The Clearinghouse is funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development supports and conducts research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and populations. The NICHD works to ensure that every child is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from the reproductive process, and that all children have a chance to fulfill their potential for a healthy and productive life, free of disease or disability. NICHD is a program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). |
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The National Institutes of Health is the nation's steward of medical and behavioral research. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. Through its more than two dozen institutes and centers, NIH conducts research, supports the research of other scientists and researchers at universities, medical schools, hospitals, and institutions in the United States and abroad, helps train researchers, and fosters communication of medical information. NIH is an agency of the Public Health Services, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services. |
National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
The National Mental Health Association is dedicated to promoting mental health, preventing mental disorders, and achieving victory over mental illnesses through advocacy, education, research, and service. |
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS)
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National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center (NPHRC)
The National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center (NPHRC) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is a nonprofit organization serving professionals who care for children, adolescents, and families with HIV infection and AIDS. Founded in 1990, the Center offers education, consultation, technical assistance, and training for health and social service professionals. |
National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health (TA Center) is an integral part of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development. The TA Center works in partnership with families and other leaders nationwide to reform services for children and adolescents who have, or are at risk for, mental health problems and their families. |
Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMH-RC)
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
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Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect Through Dental Awareness (PANDA)
The Missouri coalition known as P.A.N.D.A (Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect Through Dental Awareness) was created to address a lack of reporting by dental professionals of suspected child abuse and neglect. P.A.N.D.A's educational programs include a history of family violence in our society, clinical examples of confirmed child abuse and neglect, and discussions of legal liability issues involved in reporting child maltreatment. Programs now extend beyond dental audiences to include physicians, nurses, teachers, child care workers, and anyone interested in preventing family violence. |
SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for Excellence (FASD Center)
The mission of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence is to facilitate the development and improvement of FASD prevention, treatment, and care systems in the United States by providing national leadership and facilitating collaboration in the field. |
Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Plus (SBS Prevention Plus)
Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Plus develops, studies, and distributes informational materials that discourage Shaken Baby Syndrome and other physical child abuse and promote positive parenting and child care. |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF/HHS)
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Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
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