Many students come to school having experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s). These experiences include abuse of all forms as well as domestic violence, mentally ill caregivers, homelessness, and other family stressors.
Schools are beginning to understand that they must be aware of and sensitive to the ACE’s that children bring into the classroom. These “outside of […]
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month! Remember that for every adult that is educated ten kids are made safer!
Please support the efforts of centers in the Upstate…..
Last month, I attended a mandatory reporter training offered by the Children’s Law Center and Greenville Health System Children’s Hospital Children’s Advocacy Department. The Children’s Law Center is a resource center for South Carolina professionals involved in child maltreatment or juvenile justice court proceedings and child advocates working to improve the safety and well-being of […]
I recently had an opportunity to visit with President and CEO Jolie Logan and Prevention Program Manager Liz Boeschen of Darkness to Light (D2L) in Charleston, SC. Their mission “is to empower people to prevent child sexual abuse. With affiliates in all 50 U.S. states and 16 additional countries, Darkness to Light provides individuals, organizations, […]
The movement for child advocacy centers began in 1985 with “Bud” Cramer who was, at that time, a district attorney in Huntsville, Alabama. Cramer wanted to create a better system for working with abused children. This was the beginning of the Advocacy Center movement that is now a national network.
The Julie Valentine Center is part […]
