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A chance for healing for boys who are victims of sexual abuse

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / May 11, 2015 / Tags: alone, Big Brother/Big Sister, Boys Don't Tell: Ending the Silence of Abuse, boysdonttell.com, broken souls, control, nightmares, not good enough, Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force, peer support group, secrets, sexual abuse of boys, sexual assault activist, sexual assault advocate, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, shame, strength, stuttering, suicide, Survivors, Ted Presentation, trauma

By Randy Ellison, Speaker, writer and author of the book Boys Don’t Tell: Ending the Silence of Abuse As I hear the many inspiring stories of healing that are told

How long will we look the other way

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / Apr 13, 2015 / Tags: cerebral palsy, children, Danielle Ellison, Jackson County Oregon, Shaken Baby Syndrome

By Danielle Ellison of Medford, Oregon How do we value the life of a child? How do you put a price on Christmas morning, the first day of school,

Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / Feb 24, 2015

Post by Jennifer Wolfe, mother, teacher, and writer. Originally published on Huff Post Parents: The Blog I’m a creature of habit. As much as I love adventure, I take comfort

Hope for eliminating child abuse in this country

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / Oct 20, 2014 / Tags: ACE Study, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County, Crime Victim Compensation Program, David Hoppe, Family Nurturing Center, Jackson County Relief Nursery, National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse, Prisoners of Childhood, Unto the Third Generation, Victor Vieth

This is a guest post by David Hoppe, Deputy District Attorney I was asked to write a blog about hope. Hope in dealing with child abuse. A pretty tough topic.

Adventure Therapy: Healing in a New Way

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / Sep 17, 2014 / Tags: belay device, Oregon Community Foundation, Rogue Valley YMCA, Stacy Hubbard, Touvelle Fund

This is a post by Stacy Hubbard, MS, LMFT, Child and Family Therapist and Adventure Guide with the Children’s Advocacy Center. I have been lucky enough to rock climb and

It really does “take a village”

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / Jul 23, 2014 / Tags: It takes a village, Karen Bassett, pediatric nurse, Southern Oregon Pediatrics

This is a post by Karen Bassett, an RN for over 30 years — the past 20 years at Southern Oregon Pediatrics of Medford, Oregon. The proverb – “It

A Call To Action

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / Mar 25, 2014 / Tags: Doctors on Call, drug abuse, dug overdose, exercise, Fentanyl, Focus on Health, Health Talk for Teens, healthy eating, heroin, KOBI-NBC, love, Oxycontin, Percocet, Robin Miller, STR8UP, The Smart Woman's Guide to Mid-Life and Beyond, Vicodan

This is a guest post by Robin Miller, MD MHS. Just over a week ago we lost a family friend to a heroin overdose. A drug that was rarely found

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / Nov 16, 2013 / Tags: #GivingTuesday, Ben B Cheney Foundation, Black Friday, Bruce Abeloe, Cyber Monday, District Attorney Bud Cramer, Hughes Plywood, Jackson County Child Abuse Task Force, Jackson County Junior Service League, Jackson County Oregon, Josephine County Oregon, Kogap Lumber, Mark Huddleston, St. Mark's Church

This is a guest post by Children’s Advocacy Center Board Member, Mark Huddleston. You matter! In fact, if it weren’t for you, and people like you, our Children’s Advocacy Center