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New Book Release by Our Colleague Dr. Janet Rosenzweig
For human services professionals, the newly updated edition of The Sex-Wise Parent offers valuable, evidence-informed guidance for strengthening sexual abuse prevention efforts. It can also serve as a trusted resource to share with families, helping caregivers build the confidence and skills they need to support children as they navigate these important topics.
Dr. Janet Rosenzweig, a nationally recognized expert on child welfare and sexual health, combines decades of professional experience with accessible, real-world wisdom to help families navigate the complex sexual landscape of the twenty-first century.
Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Case Law
New Policy Resource for Professionals! Practitioners can examine cases in which appeals were successful, identify the legal arguments and judicial reasoning that influenced those outcomes, and gain valuable insights from unsuccessful appeals.
Immigration Policy: A Structural Determinant of Child Health and Well-Being
New Issues in Brief - This Brief provides evidence-based recommendations to reduce harm to children, strengthen family stability, and ensure that immigration systems align with fundamental principles of healthy child development.
What Does Intrafamilial Child Torture (ICT) Look Like?
New Policy Resource for ICT Professionals! We hope that by reading these descriptions, child maltreatment professionals will acquire a deeper understanding of what torture actually looks like, which will increase their ability to recognize the indicators of ICT and be prompted to do a deeper assessment to confirm or rule out ICT.
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