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Are your kids safe at summer camp?

Posted by: cacjc / May 26, 2019 / Tags: 15 Ways to Zap a Bully, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS), Dr. Jackie Humans, grooming, Leah Howell, National Child Abuse Hotline, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Project of the Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County, Psychology Today, Summer Camp Safety, victimization by an older child, Workplace Bullying Institute

By Leah Howell I have worked at summer camps for most of my career. I started as a junior camp counselor, and over the course of high school, college, and graduate school found myself drawn to camp program management in the most beautiful of settings. I completed my graduate thesis at a summer camp, and

All Adults are KEY to protecting our children from abuse

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 15, 2019

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County April is Child Abuse Awareness month. I want to use this opportunity to talk to you about the unvarnished and raw truth about child abuse. Generally, people do not like to talk about it. I have been in meetings where we

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Posted by: cacjc / Nov 28, 2018 / Tags: Amy Stoeber, Resiliance

By Claudia Cervantes, Bilingual Training Coordinator for the Protect Our Children Project Recientemente asistí al Encuentro Regional de Coordinadores del Proyecto Protegiendo a Nuestros Niños que tuvo lugar en Eugene. Fue un día completo de inspiración y aprendizaje, y sin duda puedo puedo decir que después de la primera conferencia, yo ya no era la

What Will Be YOUR One Thing?

Posted by: cacjc / Nov 19, 2017 / Tags: ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Corey Haim, Cory Feldman, Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Have you picked up a paper lately and there not be a story about someone coming out and stepping forward to tell about their abuse history? Almost daily there is a breaking news story about a child actor or actress being sexually

Does child abuse happen in our state? In Jackson County?

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 24, 2017 / Tags: CASA, Child Abuse Awareness Month, Child Abuse in Jackson County Oregon, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Child Fatalities, foster children, Foster Parent Shortage, Protect Our Children Training, Responding to Allegations of Child Maltreatment

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County April is child abuse prevention/awareness month. This is my traditional April Blog recognizing and focusing on the problem of child abuse. I was doing a little research to see what was going on in the world of child abuse. I found a

How are children faring in Oregon?

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 17, 2016 / Tags: 2015 Child Welfare Data Book, CAC Community Forum, CASA Jackson County Oregon, Jackson County Oregon, Oregon Foster Parents, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, The Family Nurturing Center

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Today I am sitting in my office listening to the rain and feeling a little sad and a lot overwhelmed. It’s Sunday and the office is very quiet except for the rain trickling through the rain gutters and the tap of my

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

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