This live panel discussion at the 2025 NCA Leadership Conference highlights what’s important about working with child sexual abuse survivors in an advocacy capacity.
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities are at an increased risk of abuse and neglect than children without those disabilities, so why aren’t there prevention programs for them that have
What do we really know about violence against children—and what would it mean if thousands of organizations banded together to demand changes to better support families and protect children?
At-risk children, implicit bias in the child welfare system, and what role big data should have in making potentially life-and-death decisions about children’s safety.
Why does child neglect so often recur, and how do risk factors, from early trauma and family stress to community conditions and public policy, interact to keep that cycle going?
What can we learn from patterns of technology use and adolescent suicide?
When it comes to medical child abuse, school nurses have a unique opportunity to monitor children for this hard-to-spot abuse.
As kids turned to the internet during the pandemic, predators shifted their behaviors, too.
Victims of image-based sexual abuse experience unique, long-term symptoms compared to those facing other forms of sexual abuse.
Why do some siblings stay at home while others are sent to foster care?
Child sex trafficking is rarely random. Learn about how policies have impacted trafficking data and patterns that predict when a child will be trafficked.
Religious adolescents who are sexually abused often experience self-blame and divine struggles. What does this mean for their treatment?
Educator sexual misconduct isn’t just happening in person. Many perpetrators use text messaging and social media to abuse children.
A helpline for youth with problematic sexual behaviors highlights the surprising number of young people proactively seeking help.
We explore the persistent issue of child abuse fatalities and why progress in reducing these deaths has stalled.
How effective are policies and procedures implemented by youth serving organizations to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse? Did the codes of conduct and the limitations on boundary violating
Dr. Meg Sullivan, former Acting Assistant Secretary for the Administration of Children and Families joined One in Ten to discuss the efforts and policies of the Biden administration in child
Exploring the often-overlooked issue of sibling sexual abuse and preschool-aged children, examining risk factors, prevalence, and the challenges in addressing this sensitive topic.
Exploring new research about adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and the prevalence of grooming behaviors they received.
Learn about child sex trafficking and its intersection with foster care, including the factors contributing to child sex trafficking, the vulnerabilities tied to foster care, and the reasons why children
In this episode of “One in Ten,” host Teresa Huizar speaks with Dr. Zirui Song, an Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Medicine at Harvard Medical School, about the extensive
In this episode of ‘One in Ten,’ host Teresa Huizar speaks with Amanda Glouchkow, a Research Assistant at the University of Ottawa, about the complexities teachers face in identifying and
White kids are much more likely than children of color to be believed when they disclose sexual abuse. So what can we do to help all kids get justice?
When it comes to child sexual abuse and exploitation, a new study of 28 states shows we’re not doing very well. So what can we do about it? Please take
Would you recognize grooming if you saw it? We all think we know what it means, but that doesn’t mean we’re any good at spotting it—even if we’re parents determined
To what degree have we yet to reckon with the way climate change may increase violence against children?
For problematic sexual behavior in teens, what are the risk factors and key opportunities to interrupt and treat this behavior?
What places boys at special risk for sex trafficking, and how can we help them?
In the face of a growing market for child sexual abuse materials, how do we keep kids safe—and how do we hold tech companies accountable?
Why do people believe conspiracy theories about human trafficking, and how can we persuade them to believe the truth?
Most parents who homeschool their children have the kids’ best interests in mind, but how do we prevent the small percentage who are abusive parents from using homeschooling to isolate
What cultural factors may affect Middle Eastern and North African families when they come into contact with the U.S. child welfare system?
To truly address child physical abuse, we have to understand the scope of the problem and how parents’ use of corporal punishment can escalate to the point in which children
What do you do if, as a clinician and researcher, you see that a population of kids is not, perhaps, receiving the full benefit of the best treatment? If you’re
Recent research on grooming behaviors can tell us what high-risk behaviors to look for when an adult interacts with children.
Research shows that spanking is ineffective—and even harmful to kids—yet many child abuse professionals and medical providers still hesitate to raise the issue with parents.
What do potential jurors believe about children and resisting sexual abuse, and how does that influence the outcome at trial?
In a rebroadcast of one of our best episodes from our first season, Dr. Lisa Amaya-Jackson joins us to discuss why context matters when it comes to an individual’s adverse
Online exploitation of children is sadly not a new phenomenon or topic, but what is new is the dramatic growth of sextortion cases—and children need our help to stay safe.
New research on grooming behaviors can tell us what high-risk behaviors we ought to look for when an adult interacts with children.
Both civilian and military families experience the same stressors that may contribute to child abuse and neglect, but military families experience additional stressors.
How does the U.S., and 12 states in particular, stack up against other countries on child sexual abuse prevention and intervention?
For survivors who were sexually abused as a child by a member of the clergy, what affect does that have on their faith in God and their sense of resilience?
Child protective services has become the system of last resort for families failed by every other system. Now, what are we going to do about it?
Reimagining the child welfare system of the future. This episode originally aired on July 29, 2021.
How should we handle it when abused children have spiritual questions? How do we help child protection professionals wrestling with the trauma they witness and its impact on their own
Over the last two decades, a growing evidence base has demonstrated the effectiveness of the Children’s Advocacy Center model, but what do we still need to learn to improve our
Courtney Kiehl, a former elite gymnast and now an attorney who advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse, joins us to discuss what makes youth athletes vulnerable, and how we
In a child welfare system in which Black and Indigenous children are more likely to be separated from their families, what practical steps can we take right now to make
Decades after the original Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study, does this tool tell the complete story?
How does the fear of false allegations affect criminal cases alleging child sexual abuse, and what role does gender play?
What if the way we message about the problems of child abuse and childhood adversity makes it harder to solve them?
Could investing more in anti-poverty programs not only reduce poverty in the U.S. but also reduce child abuse and neglect?
What’s normal sexual behavior in youth, and how do we identify, treat, and prevent problematic behaviors?
For Native American and Alaska Native children and families, how do we craft culturally responsive child welfare and child protection services?
Five years ago, a federal commission came up with 114 recommendations to reduce child abuse fatalities, and now we’re taking stock to see what’s changed—or hasn’t changed—since then.
Reimagining the child welfare system of the future.
How do we identify kids at risk of child sex trafficking, and how do we address the trauma and pain victims of trafficking have survived and carry with them?
Jonathan Purtle from Drexel University explores the best, and worst, ways to talk to the public about the long-term impacts of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as child abuse.
Jenna Quinn, a survivor of child sexual abuse who became a champion of abuse prevention public policy, joins us to discuss how centering survivors’ experiences can affect policy and how
Patrick Anderson joins us as we ask: How do you end intergenerational abuse—helping families identify the root causes of trauma and truly heal?
Paul DiLorenzo asks how we might interrupt the cycle of generational abuse by stopping the cycle of chronic neglect—and what prevents us from doing this right now?
What if instead of focusing exclusively on victims and parents for child sexual abuse prevention, we turned to the source of the problem: the person at risk of sexually abusing
What can we learn from past criminal justice reforms, and how might partnerships between police, multidisciplinary team members, and Children’s Advocacy Centers provide a path forward for our communities?
Dr. Dyann Daley takes a public health perspective on preventing child abuse and shows us how to find “hot spots” where prevention resources and services are needed most.
COVID-19 has upended our world, but Dr. Danielle Roubinov of the University of California says it has also forced researchers to innovate in ways that could help kids and families
In this rebroadcast of a popular episode, adversity and even violence are common in children’s lives. So how do we help kids thrive?
Rabah Kamal from Kaiser Family Foundation offers insights into the impact of the pandemic on mental health, and Carole Campbell Swiecicki from Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center gives us the
Bonus content from our recent interview with David Finkelhor—should we screen everyone for ACEs?
About 75% of physical abuse starts as physical discipline gone awry, and spanking is ineffective and harmful to kids, yet many child abuse professionals still avoid raising the issue with
A recent short-term uptick in rates of child sexual abuse in the U.S. sparked this conversation about the long-term reduction in the rates of abuse and neglect and what we
Adversity and even violence are common in children’s lives. So how do we help kids thrive?
The connections between child sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and the adult sex trade—and how full decriminalization of adult prostitution could end up harming kids.
Why context matters when it comes to an individual’s adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)—and why all ACEs are not created equal.
From Darrell Hammond and Michelle Esrick, the duo behind Cracked Up, a discussion about how too often society treats the effects of childhood trauma instead of the cause.
How can we get people to engage in conversations about an uncomfortable topic—child sexual abuse? How should we change our messaging to give people hope for progress?
Child sexual abuse in institutional settings is a problem we know how to fix—the challenge is getting institutions to make child protection a priority.
How should we handle it when abused children have spiritual questions? How do we help child protection professionals wrestling with the trauma they witness and its impact on their own
Instead of a public health issue, child sexual abuse is still seen by many as a criminal justice problem, leading to a lack of government support for research into preventing