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Episodes in Season 4

Season 4Episode 22December 16, 2022

Giving Kids Their Futures Back During the Holidays and All the Rest of the Year, with Michelle Miller, Ph.D., LCSW

For children who have experienced abuse, holidays can be fraught with painful reminders of trauma, so how do we help them cope with both the highs and the lows that

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Season 4Episode 21December 2, 2022

What Really Matters in Team Effectiveness?, with Elizabeth McGuier, Ph.D.

What is the key to team effectiveness? We talk to Elizabeth McGuier, Ph.D., from the University of Pittsburgh about her research into multidisciplinary teams.

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Season 4Episode 20November 17, 2022

America’s Inconsistent Response to Child Sexual Abuse, with Araceli Irurzun-Pérez

How does the U.S., and 12 states in particular, stack up against other countries on child sexual abuse prevention and intervention?

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Season 4Episode 19November 4, 2022

In Bad Faith: When Clergy Abuse, with Anna Segura-Montagut, Ph.D.

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?

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Season 4Episode 18October 20, 2022

Why Aren’t More Child Sexual Abuse Cases Prosecuted?, with Stephanie Block, Ph.D.

Most child sexual abuse cases don’t get prosecuted—why not, and what more could we do to support children and families?

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Season 4Episode 17October 7, 2022

Building a Smaller, Fairer, and Better Child Welfare System, with Christine James-Brown

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?

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Season 4Episode 16September 23, 2022

Best of the Best: Are We Solving the Wrong Problem in Child Welfare?, with Jerry Milner

Reimagining the child welfare system of the future. This episode originally aired on July 29, 2021.

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Season 4Episode 15September 8, 2022

Best of the Best: Faith, Trauma, and the Problem of Evil, with Victor Vieth

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

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Season 4Episode 14August 25, 2022

The Future of Possible in Children’s Advocacy Centers, with Ted Cross

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

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Season 4Episode 13August 5, 2022

The Unique Vulnerability of Youth Athletes, with Courtney Kiehl

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

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