Our Newest Episode
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.
Practical Magic: Understanding Lived Experience Through Data, with Seth Boughton
How do we know that the work we do makes a difference?
PTSD Interrupted?, with Carrie Epstein
Is the cycle of childhood abuse, trauma symptoms, and PTSD inevitable, or can five to eight sessions of treatment be enough to reduce a child’s symptoms?
When Abuse Strikes Twice, with Miranda Kaye, Ph.D.
Both civilian and military families experience the same stressors that may contribute to child abuse and neglect, but military families experience additional stressors.
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?