Standing in solidarity with those students speaking up for school safety FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Carlsbad, CA – Feb. 27, 2018 – Survivors of the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida are standing up for students...
Parental Drug Abuse Leads to Child Abuse & Neglect A note from American SPCC: In honor of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week®, running from January 22-28, American SPCC is raising awareness of the devastating effects of drug...
A Note from American SPCC: Kids learn from adults’ actions. By treating others with kindness and respect, adults show the kids in their lives that there is no place for bullying.  Even if it seems like they are not paying attention,...
April 5, 2016 | AuthorGinger Kadlec | BeAKidsHero™ In the world of child forensic interviewing, there is a well-known fact… Disclosure is a process, not a one-time event. Disclosing abuse, be it sexual, physical, psychological or neglect, can be incredibly...
Author: Ginger Kadlec | Be a Kid's Hero | March 8, 2016 A teenage girl sends a message via social media to a teenage boy who has shared online how upset he is with school and his parents. The boy doesn’t know the girl, so he checks-out her Facebook profile picture —...
Tue, 08/18/2015 - 09:39 — gclarke Deborah Temkin, Ph.D., Child Trends’ Program Area Director for Education Kyle Snow, Ph.D., NAEYC’s Director, Center for Applied Research How do we prevent bullying? Despite decades of study and numerous programs claiming to be the...
American SPCC | June 29, 2015 Corporal punishment in schools is a big debate in America. 19 States still legally allow children to be hit and paddled as a form of discipline. Listed below are three great articles on corporal punishment in schools, and a legislative...
Post date: April 21, 2015 By: Tracy Vaillancourt Ph.D., Professor and Canada Research Chair in Children's Mental Health and Violence Prevention at the University of Ottawa, andElizabeth Edgerton, M.D., Health Resources and Services Administration Bullying is defined...
edutopia | January 22, 2015 It has been said to me many times that it's the child who is acting out that needs you the most. And yet, all too often, the systems that are most likely to deal with young people in crisis do more damage than good. A recent report...
Scott Kelly, a veteran NASA astronaut and future year-long resident of the International Space Station, speaks out against bullying as part of the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention campaign. October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, and Kelly...
 Information courtesy of kids.gov, samhsa.gov, cdc.gov. Did you know? According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2010, suicide was the second leading cause of death for ages 10-24. More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart...
By Naomi Choy Smith | CBS News | August 19, 2014, 5:45 AM | cyber-bullies For 13-year-old Samantha Milan, the worst part about being bullied was the fact that it happened in front of a huge audience. "This kid started threatening me, and then it went online to...
