These are Child Emotional Abuse Resources.
Please also see:
Child Neglect ||
Physical Abuse ||
Sexual Abuse
General Child Abuse Resources
Articles
Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Children: Consequences of Emotional Abuse in Childhood
[http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cta/Attach_ca.htm]
Research by Bruce Perry, M.D., PhD, on the consequences of emotional
abuse.
Children of Alcoholics: Caged, Silenced Songbirds
[http://www.vachss.com/help_text/archive/songbirds.html]
Article reprint from Healthology Press, June, 2001.
Emotional Abuse: The Hidden Form of Maltreatment
[http://www.aifs.org.au/external/nch/issues8.html]
NCPC’s Issues in Child Abuse Prevention No. 8 article.
Ethics & Orphans: the ‘Monster Study’
[http://www0.mercurycenter.com/special/experiment/experiment.htm]
Two-part Special Report from the San Jose Mercury News, posted June 7, 2001, regarding a 1939 “experiment” secretly conducted at an orphanage, subjecting children to emotional abuse in order to induce stuttering, with the idea of “testing a new theory.”
Normal Life Within Victims’ Grasp Despite Childhood Trauma of Abuse
[http://www.vachss.com/help_text/archive/normal_life.html]
Article reprint from The Dallas Morning News, June 16, 2001.
Police: Abusive Dad Ruled House of Horrors
[http://www.vachss.com/help_text/archive/mcmullen.html]
Article reprint from the Boston Herald, June 15, 2001.
Teachers’ Dirty Looks – Less Dramatic Than Paddling, But Emotional Abuse Still Hurts
[http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/InYourHead/
allinyourhead_60.html]
Report from ABCNews.com regarding emotional abuse of students by
teachers.
You Carry the Cure in Your Own Heart
[http://www.vachss.com/av_dispatches/disp_9408_a.html]
Article by Andrew Vachss, originally published in Parade, August 28, 1994.
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Nationwide Resources
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists
3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: (202) 966-7300
URL: http://www.aacap.org
Child and Adolescent Research Consortium
National Institute of Mental Health
E-mail: carc@mail.nih.gov
URL: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/childhp/nihabuse.htm
The Educator’s Role In Reporting the Emotional Abuse of Children
URL: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0FCG/3_27/
66355138/print.jhtml
From the Journal of Instructional Psychology, September 2000.
Emotional Abuse of Children
National Exchange Club Foundation
3050 Central Avenue
Toledo, OH 43606
Phone: (419) 535-5232
Fax: (419) 535-1898
Toll-free: 1-800-924-2643
URL: http://www.preventchildabuse.com/emotion.htm
Emotional Abuse Page, American Humane Association
E-mail: children@americanhumane.org
URL: http://www.americanhumane.org/children/factsheets/
emot_abuse.htm
Signs, symptoms, effects, where to report, where to seek help.
Evaluating and Reporting Emotional Abuse in Children: Parent-Based, Action-Based Focus Aids in Clinical Decision-Making
URL: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2250/7_39/
63787262/print.jhtml
From the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, July 2000.
Industry Canada’s Emotional Abuse Page
URL: http://www.deal.org/knowzoneinfo/index.asp?key=380
Facts and indicators; nationwide, provincial, and international
resources regarding emotional abuse of children.
Kempe Children’s Center
1825 Marion Street
Denver, CO 80218
Phone: (303) 864-5252
Fax: (303) 864-5179
Email: Kempe@KempeCenter.org
URL: http://www.kempecenter.org
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
330 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20447
Toll-free: 1-800-394-3366
URL: http://www.calib.com/nccanch
Safe Child Program’s Emotional Abuse Page
URL: http://www.safechild.org/childabuse3.htm
Definition of emotional abuse, observable and behavioral
indicators, family/parental indicators, nationwide referrals.
Selected Resources on the Emotional Abuse of Children
URL: http://www.cyfernet.org/research/childabuse93.html
Books, journal articles, dissertations regarding the emotional
abuse of children, from the Children, Youth and Family
Education & Research Network. Includes resources for consumers,
links to additional info and assistance.
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Local Resources
West
Child Neglect Treatment Program
California State Office of Criminal Justice Planning
130 K Street, Suite LL60
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 324-9100
URL: http://www.ocjp.ca.gov/programs.htm
Resource Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
63 Inverness Drive East
Englewood, CO 80112-5117
Phone: (303) 792-9900
Toll-free: 1-800-227-5242
Fax: (303) 792-5333
Also see:
Preventing Child Neglect
Targeting service providers, this publication describes child neglect, including types of neglect, difficulties with reporting neglect, and efforts to treat and prevent the problem.
Available from:
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
200 State Road, South Deerfield
MA 01373-0200
Phone: (800)835-2671
Fax: 1-800-499-6464
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