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The Many Faces of Healing: Tasha

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 18, 2018

My name is Tasha. I used to live with my mom and my dad. I used to do things that made my mom get mad at me and tell me I was bad. I had a secret that I wanted to tell her — but I was scared –so I would do things that

Usted podría ser la única esperanza

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 10, 2018 / Tags: Claudia Cervantes, DHS

By Claudia Cervantes, Bilingual Program Coordinator for the Protect Our Children Project Usted podría ser la única esperanza en la vida de un niño. Por cada 10 niños hay uno que es abusado antes de cumplir los 18 años, y usted podría ser su única esperanza si toma el tiempo para leer este artículo. Hay

My Spin: Oregon’s Top Rank Registered Sex Offenders

Posted by: cacjc / Aug 31, 2018 / Tags: #BackTo SchoolCAC, 5 Steps to Protect Our Children, Back to School, Gorp's Secret, Oregon Sex Offender Registry, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, Sex Offenders, Sherri Chessen, Stewards of Children, Tammi Pitzen

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County School has started back. At my house we are shifting back to “normal” schedule. You know—the regular routine. 6:30 wake up. 7:12 out the door for school and work. 6:00 get home. 6:15 start our reading homework. 6:45 do the rest of

The Many Faces of Healing: Emily

Posted by: cacjc / Aug 20, 2018 / Tags: abused children, Cherish a Child Luncheon 2017, reporting child abuse

Emily, a ten year old intellectually disabled child, came to the Children’s Advocacy Center as result of concerns for her safety. A teacher noticed that this normally very polite, quiet child began having problems in school. Emily began acting out sexually on the playground. The teacher became concerned and made a report. Emily’s medical

The Many Faces of Healing: Cody

Posted by: cacjc / Jul 12, 2018 / Tags: Jackson County Multi-Disciplinary Team, MDT

Cody is a 6 year old boy who loves to play with toy cars. He is curious to the world around him and always greets you with a smile. When Cody came to the Children’s Advocacy Center, he was extremely underweight and showed signs of nutritional neglect. He was a very small, frail child.

The Many Faces of Healing: Jonathon

Posted by: cacjc / Jun 26, 2018 / Tags: fostercare, Karly's Law, medical evidence, Pediatrician intervention, safe caregivers

#FacesOfHealingCAC Jonathon is a 4 month old baby who was taken to the hospital with many bruises and injuries to his face. Follow up care was provided at the Children’s Advocacy Center, where additional testing was done, Johnathon was found to have multiple fractures not previously identified. This discovery of these additional injuries by

The 872 abused children in Jackson County are “Our People”

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 22, 2018 / Tags: 2016 Child Welfare Data Book, April Child Abuse Prevention Month, Jackson County Oregon Child Abuse Statistics, Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I am sitting in my office this morning blasting music before everyone gets here. This is not unusual. I tend to get here before staff and before things get too hectic to plan out my day and to get as much

Finding a Voice: Vince Gill

Posted by: cacjc / Feb 19, 2018 / Tags: Finding our voice, Hollywood, Leah Howell, Nashville, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, Ryman Auditorium, Variety Magazine, Vince Gill

By Leah Howell, Training Coordinator for the Protect Our Children Project of the Children’s Advocacy Center I’m not much of a country music fan, though I lived 30 minutes from Nashville throughout my college years, and for sometime afterward. Even now, 20 years later, I will read about a country musician, that will bring

USA Women Gymnasts Show Our Daughters That You Can Tell

Posted by: cacjc / Feb 2, 2018 / Tags: 2018 Winter Olympics, Curling, Larry Nassar, USA Gymnastics Program, women athletes

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County This is an Olympic year. I mean that quite literally. This year athletes will compete in the Winter Olympics. The very best of the best in just about every sporting event you can think of. Recently my son and I were learning

My secret.

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 17, 2018 / Tags: childhood trauma, secondary trauma, trauma

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County January is here again. Halfway over and then on to February. I don’t typically get very personal on this blog. However it seems timely to talk about secondary trauma and what that might look like in a child. I say timely because

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