Fredonia launches Child Advocacy Studies certificate program
A new Advanced Certificate in Child Advocacy Studies (CAST), designed to better prepare educators and other professionals to respond to child maltreatment, has...
Author: Zero Abuse Project Team
Volume 2, Issue 5: When the Child Has Spoken: Corroborating the Forensic Interview
It has long been considered, and is widely accepted as best practices to respond to cases of child abuse as part of a...
CPTA article is now published in the Journal of Public Child Welfare
In addition to providing simulation training in its CAST program, UIS provides additional simulation training to child protection professionals in the field through...
WCUCOM 3rd in Nation for Primary Care
One of our CAST medical schools, William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, was ranked #3 by U.S. News & World Report for...
CAST Collaboration with APSAC
Zero Abuse Project, through the Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) program, is pleased to announce a collaboration with the American Professional Society on the...
25th San Diego International Virtual Summit Call for Posters
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) is currently seeking submissions for virtual poster presentations for their 25th San Diego International Virtual Summit. Topics...
New On-Demand trainings added!
All previous Wednesday Workshops and many more informational webinars covering a wide range of topics in child abuse prevention, education, and intervention are...
CAST Connections
We’d like to congratulate our CAST colleagues Dr. Jennifer Parker and Stacey Olson on being featured in the University of South Carolina Upstate’s...
Conducting and Defending a Pandemic-Era Forensic Interview
As the COVID-19 pandemic produces quarantines, school closures, and limited interactions between children and mandated reporters, prosecutors and other members of a multi-disciplinary...
GiveAtHomeMN: Your Support is Needed!
Thank you for taking a moment to read this message. Together, we are experiencing a challenge that we have never faced before, and we understand...
Minnesota Professional Partner Organizations: Search Rescue and Recovery Resources of MN
Ken Anderson and Jeff Hasse represent two of the more than a dozen Search and Rescue (SAR) groups that have worked missing person...
Trauma Informed Care in Schools (Webinar)
Join Pete Singer, co-founder of Care in Action Minnesota, as he discusses trauma informed care in schools. This webinar will be held April...
Minnesota Professional Partner Organizations: MN Department of Corrections
Throughout our state, the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) works diligently to contribute to a safer Minnesota. One of the DOC’s efforts to...
In These Times: An Online Safety Inventory
As families work to respond to COVID-19, many parents are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and afraid. Caregivers are trying to do what is right...
Responding to Child Abuse During a Pandemic: 25 Tips for MDTs
Many child protection professionals believe child abuse is likely to increase during the COVID-19 pandemic because most abusers are parents or siblings who...
Minnesota Professional Partner Organizations: United Legacy
United Legacy is a Minnesota based Nonprofit organization that offers a no cost missing person search management service. It is the mission...
Destination Imagination (DI) Partnership
Destination Imagination (DI) is a global educational nonprofit dedicated to inspiring the next generation of innovators, leaders, and creative problem solvers. At...
A Letter from Patty Wetterling
We, our family and friends, are not unfamiliar with some of the dynamics of the crisis our nation is facing. There is tremendous...
Youth Serving Organization, Minnesota Theater Alliance
The Minnesota Theater Alliance is an arts service organization that connects, supports, and advocates for the statewide performing arts community. The Theater Alliance...
Child Protector App: Protecting against child abuse
Child Protector assists Children’s Protective Services, law enforcement, attorneys and medical personnel when evaluating children who may have been physically abused. The free...
30 Year Anniversary: March – Be Kind- Youth Serving Organizations
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys (as we fondly call “GSRV,” “River Valleys,” or “council”) is one of 111 Girl Scout...
The “Hit No More” Social Media Contest
Are you a social media whiz? Check out the "Hit No More" Social Media Competition. The goal of this contest is to develop...
A Letter from Alison Feigh
30 years. Much has changed at Jacob Wetterling Resource Center since our early days of sending out missing posters by mail shoulder to...
11 for Jacob – The Beginning of A Movement
The answer to the question of what happened to Jacob Wetterling came in September of 2016. It was not the answer that we...
