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National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Doing Things Differently: Moving from the Challenge to the Change

National Child Abuse Prevention Month recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. Prevention services and supports developed by this collaboration can help parents, other caregivers, and communities protect children and strengthen families

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  • Protective Factors Conversation Guides

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    The Protective Factors Conversation Guides were created to help service providers engage caregivers in personalized conversations about protective factors.

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    Explore multimedia that can be used to raise child abuse prevention awareness and help strengthen families and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect.

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  • Protective Factors Approaches in Child Welfare

    Find an overview of protective factors approaches to prevent child abuse and neglect and the concepts of protective and risk factors. In this brief, also discover ways to build protective capacities to help lower the risk of child abuse and neglect.

  • In-Home Services to Strengthen Children and Families

    Learn about child welfare in-home services, components of effective service delivery, and Federal funding sources for services. Also read about evidence-based in-home programs used and State examples of efforts to improve in-home services delivery.

  • Motivational Interviewing: A Primer for Child Welfare Professionals

    Provides an overview of motivational interviewing, a strengths-based, evidence-based communication method professionals can use to support families involved in the child welfare system.

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