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Making a difference in a child’s life

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 26, 2016 / Tags: CAC Model, Department of Human Services, dreams, Multidisciplinary Team, Native American, nightmares

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I often get asked to explain how the CAC works and what difference it really makes in the life of an abused child. I think my amazing seven your old son gave me the best story/metaphor to explain this. He teaches me

Birthday Wishes: Believe a Child or Not?

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 19, 2016 / Tags: child sexual abuse, forensic interviews, offenders, reporting child abuse, Tammi Pitzen

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I have a birthday in April. I have no qualms about the number. I will be turning 47. 26 of those years have been spent working in one role or another in the field of child abuse. Wow! That equates to more

“I’ve never been broken” ~ A Survivor’s Story

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 13, 2016 / Tags: child abuse survivor, heros, mandatory reporter

By Helen Sutthill, a veterinarian, mother, gardener, and reader — who says she is lucky enough to have wonderful friends and an amazing adoptive family For a long time, I didn’t talk about my childhood – the hunger, the lack of clothing, the sexual abuse, the beatings, the constant battering of words meant to tear

Child Abuse: A greater incident rate than cancer

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 11, 2016 / Tags: Bullying, Cancer research, CASA of Jackson County, Central Art Supply, Change for Children, Child Abuse Prevention Month, child abuse prevention training, emotional abuse, Gamble for Good, Jackson Creek Pizza, Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence, Lithia Car Dealerships, Oregon Child Welfare Data Book, Panda Express, physical abuse, Protect Our Children Training, Recognizing and Respondint to Child Abuse Training, Sunrise Cafe, Thai Bistro, The Butcher Shop, The Family Nurturing Center, Wamba Juice

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County April is Child Abuse Prevention month. This is the time of year that we use to spread the word about the social and public health issue that plagues our children. Many people do not generally think about child abuse unless they work

Hope in the most unlikely places

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 1, 2016 / Tags: forensic interviews, hope, paradigm shift, reporting child abuse

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County April brings spring, renewal, energy and awareness on a very tough topic — Child Abuse. I recently had a conversation with a woman who, like many other people who talk to me about my work, was very focused on the “depressing” part

SOU volunteer reflects on her experience at CAC

Posted by: cacjc / Mar 7, 2016 / Tags: CAC volunteer, Cydney Reid, senior project, Southern Oregon University

My name is Cydney Reid and I am a volunteer at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County. I am currently a senior at Southern Oregon University studying psychology and sociology. I first heard about the Children’s Advocacy Center through a friend who was already volunteering at the CAC. My friend had always expressed how

The Cost of Even Keel

Posted by: cacjc / Feb 17, 2016 / Tags: 3 year old, life stress, Parenting, Survival Techniques, The Stabilizer

This is a post by Leah Howell, M.S., Training Coordinator for Protect Our Children Child Abuse Prevention Training of Jackson County, Oregon A few years ago when my son was around 4 months old, we were concerned about his weight, so I did a Google Images search on what a typical 4 month old should

Foster Children: The stars in the tornadoes

Posted by: cacjc / Jul 4, 2015 / Tags: 4th of July, abused children, foster care system, Foster child, foster children, pain of foster children, Removed Remember my Story, throw away children

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County When I was a caseworker I was often asked why I did what I did. How could I stand to see the pain and sorrow of small children on a daily basis? How could I see the struggling parents trying to do

Forgiveness on the child victim’s terms — not the offender’s

Posted by: cacjc / Jun 2, 2015 / Tags: 19 and Counting, Arkansas Department of Human Services, child pornography, forgiveness, Jim Bob Duggar, Josh Duggar, Michelle Duggar, power and control, sex offender assessment, sex offender treatment, sexual abuse victims, teenage offenders, victim recovery

By Tammi Pitzen, Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I have been sitting back and reading about the Duggar family and the recent publicity around the oldest son and his sexually abusing (Yes, that is what it is — not a sexual indiscretion, not just a “teenager’s mistake” and certainly not

Male sexual abuse by a woman is not a rite of passage

Posted by: cacjc / May 6, 2015 / Tags: age of consent, child sexual abuse, female sexual offenders, impact of child abuse, male rite of passage, male victims child abuse, offenders, sexual assault

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I am saddened that in today’s world, with all the knowledge we have gained around child sexual assault, that we are still in a place where society blames the victim. Particularly if the victim is a teenaged boy and the perpetrator is

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