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The Real Red Flags of Grooming, with Elizabeth Jeglic, Ph.D.
New research on grooming behaviors can tell us what high-risk behaviors we ought to look for when an adult interacts with children.
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
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.
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?
In Bad Faith: When Clergy Abuse, with Anna Segura-Montagut
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?
Why Aren’t More Child Sexual Abuse Cases Prosecuted?, with Stephanie Block
Most child sexual abuse cases don’t get prosecuted—why not, and what more could we do to support children and families?
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?
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
The Limits of ACEs, with Dr. Ernestine Briggs-King and Dr. Jonathan Purtle
Decades after the original Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study, does this tool tell the complete story?
Collateral Damage: Kids and the Internet Privacy Wars, with Justin Fitzsimmons
Justin Fitzsimmons, associate vice president at the National White Collar Crime Center, joins us to raise the alarm about the way in which technology companies, social media outlets, and online