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Vision for Healthy Relationships Education
Publisher(s):This document identifies some core components that provide the basis for effective healthy relationships education.
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The Importance of a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare System
Publisher(s):This issue brief discusses the importance of cultivating a child welfare system that recognizes and responds appropriately to trauma.
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AOL/NCSA Online Safety Study
Publisher(s):This report details the results of a study of 354 adult internet users, to measure their understanding and awareness of online security issues and examine their firewall settings, anti-virus software, potential virus infections, parental control software, and spyware.
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Guidelines for Programs to Reduce Child Victimization: A resource for communities when choosing a program to teach personal safety to children
Publisher(s):The guidelines are meant to provide a framework for communities when selecting safety programs and making curriculum decisions.
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Responding to Disclosures of Abuse
Publisher(s):This document provides guidance to advocates planning and hosting awareness or educational events on how to respond to disclosures of abuse by teens.
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Bill of Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Publisher(s):Bills of Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children have been proposed and enacted in a number of states. This resource provides principles, language, and guidance for developing such a document. State-specific legislation is included.
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The Victim Assistance Training Online (VAT Online)
Publisher(s):VAT Online is a foundational Web-based victim assistance training program that offers victim service providers and allied professionals the opportunity to acquire the essential skills and knowledge they need to more effectively assist victims of crime.
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Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence
Publisher(s):This guide describes a variety of activities and games that offer ways for adults to support and strengthen executive function and self-regulation in children.
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Male Reproductive Control of Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence in the United States
Publisher(s):Abstract: "Women who have experienced intimate partner violence are consistently found to have poor sexual and reproductive health when compared to non-abused women, but the mechanisms through which such associations occur are inadequately defined (Coker, 2007). Through face-to-face, semi-structured in-depth interviews, we gathered full reproductive histories of 71 women aged 18-49 with a history of IPV recruited from a family planning clinic, an abortion clinic and a domestic violence shelter in the United States.
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Human Trafficking Task Force Strategy and Operations e-Guide
Publisher(s):This guide is a resource to support established task forces and provide guidance to agencies looking to form human trafficking task forces. Its purpose is to assist in the development and day to day operations of an anti-human trafficking task force and to provide fundamental guidance for effective task force operations.
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Disability and Earned Income Tax Credit
Publisher(s):This webpage provides information about what disability benefits apply as earned income for EITC, claiming a qualifying child with a disability, and more.
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Get It Back: Tax Credits for People Who Work
Publisher(s): The Get It Back Campaign website provides extensive information and resources to help organizations to develop tax credit outreach campaigns in their communities.