Entries will be accepted beginning in July with a closing date of Nov. 1, 2021. Winning entries will be announced by Dec. 1, 2021. Submit and votes for your favorites here! The U.S. Alliance to End the Hitting of Children, in conjunction with The New York Founding’s Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection, StopSpanking.org, the National Initiative to End Corporal Punishment, The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and Lives in the Balance is pleased

Join us tomorrow, September 28 from 12:00 to 3:30 PM ET for the next two lectures in the APSAC Certificate Program. Register Here Ignorance is Not Bliss: The Impact of Implicit Bias on Mental Health Service Delivery Presenter: Akeem Marsh, MD, FAPA 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET Social determinants of mental health are directly correlated to extensive history of structural and systemic racism. This course provides a context for current racial disparities in mental health and review

APSAC has posted 12 videos in the APSAC Video Library that constitute the first draft of the APSAC Illustrated History of the Child Maltreatment Field’s Development. Most of these videos are less than 20 minutes long. Eleven national child abuse experts representing multiple disciplines acknowledge pioneers from their own disciplines who they believe made some of the most important contributions to the field’s development. This is a draft because there are many other profes

Register Here Tuesday, October 12, 2021 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET Reading Assignment: "Me and White Supremacy" by Layla Saad. The discussion will be focused around, "Part II: The Work – Week 1 The Basics" Discussion will be led by Ernestine Briggs-King, PhD and Kori Stephens, MPH *CEs are not available for this program The New York Times and USA Today bestseller! This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take act

Join APSAC for a Four-day Beginner Virtual Forensic Interview Clinic. Upcoming dates: January 3, 7, 10, and 14, 2022 APSAC's long-standing forensic interview clinic has been modified to go virtual as a highly interactive experience, offering role plays with paid, trained actors and feedback from national experts, including Patti Toth and Julie Kenniston! Learn research-based, state-of-the-art forensic interview structure, components and techniques. Practice interviewing skill

Read it here! APSAC announces the latest edition of the APSAC Alert . This edition, authored by Amy Baker, PhD; Stacie LeBlanc, JD, MEd; Trinae Adebayo, MA; and Ben Mathews, PhD, presents results of an assessment of 44 state-sponsored mandated reporter training curricula. The authors provide a detailed content analysis that can be used as a blueprint for states to identify gaps in and update their mandated reporter training. If you find this Alert useful, please consider beco