The significant short-term and long-term impact of trauma on children and adolescents is well documented and it is therefore critical that youth affected by trauma receive effective treatment.  Fortunately, the number of evidence-based trauma interventions for children and adolescents has been … [Read more...]

Medical evaluations for possible child abuse can yield important information about whether it is child abuse, whether it is not, mechanisms of injury, and possible timeframes.  Skin injuries, sentinel injuries, head and internal injuries will be discussed and explained. Sexual abuse evaluations … [Read more...]

This presentation will cover the history, present context, and future of child abuse and neglect primary prevention. This workshop will examine the causes and consequences associated with child abuse and neglect in order to help prevent its occurrence. Current approaches and strategies for child … [Read more...]

This workshop will outline the history of child protection in American child welfare with a specific focus on legislation that governed the consideration of race and ethnicity in placement, adoption services, and permanency including the history of tribal child welfare. The goal will be to … [Read more...]

Trauma disproportionately affects underrepresented and marginalized populations. For many, experiences of trauma are compounded by historical trauma, discrimination, and systemic disadvantage. During this course we will discuss the interplay of race and trauma and its pernicious effects on children … [Read more...]

"Bridging Theory to Practice: Learning & Unlearning to Drive Effective Advocacy" The annual conference is an opportunity for us to bring together professionals from child welfare and other intersecting fields and further the goals in NACC’s strategic plan through the exchange of ideas, … [Read more...]

Save the Date for the 2022 Conference! If you have been touched by adoption or foster care, this is the conference you will want to attend! Mark your calendars: July 19-22, 2022, for the next, virtual North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) conference. Join us for this four-day … [Read more...]

During this session participants will increase their knowledge about the needs of crime victims with disabilities and learn about the most effective preliminary investigative steps to take when called to handle a matter involving a victim and/or witness with disabilities. … [Read more...]

During this module participants will receive an introduction to interviewing children who do not speak. Participants will learn how to establish communication with an individual who can only respond using “yes” and “no” in addition to learning how use the hybrid question style. … [Read more...]

During this session participants will learn specifically about communicating with children with communication disorders, speech language disorders, including interviewing children who utilize communication devices. … [Read more...]