Podcasts about children's advocacy

Dr. Terry Brooks was joined by Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman during Children's Advocacy Week for a discussion about her top priorities for kids now and in a post-pandemic Kentucky. Olivia Pierce, Face It Youth Ambassador of Russell County, shares remarks and Nora Priddy shares an opening song. This week, hundreds of youth and advocates from across Kentucky are virtually convening for Children’s Advocacy Week and urging elected leaders to support the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children. Thank you to Aetna Better Health of Kentucky for supporting the Making Kids Count podcast. Visit AetnaMedicaidKY.com/choose to learn more about their health care benefits and programs designed with your family’s wellbeing in mind.

This week on our Advocate Virtual Forum, we discuss how to prepare for Children’s Advocacy Week (February 1st-5th), including reminders about events during the week and updates on key policies to discuss with legislators. Learn more about the 2021 Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children priorities, check out our Advocacy Toolkit, view our Bill Tracker, and sign up for updates on Children’s Advocacy Week at kyyouth.org. Thank you to Aetna Better Health of Kentucky for supporting the Making Kids Count podcast. Visit AetnaMedicaidKY.com/choose to learn more about their health care benefits and programs designed with your family’s wellbeing in mind.

Angela and Maureen talk with Karli, a Forensic Interviewer with CASA. We learn from her how CASA supports mental health in our community. We also discuss child neglect and trauma.

On this episode of Tell Us About It, we talk with Kaitlin Lounsbury of the National Children’s Alliance (NCA), the membership association and accrediting body for Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs). She talks about the development and implementation of NCA’s Outcome Measurement System (OMS), including the challenges of bringing the nation’s 900+ CACs into the system and the value of OMS at the local, state, and national levels. Kaitlin Lounsbury is the Program Evaluation Coordinator at the National Children’s Alliance, overseeing programs to measure the impact of Children’s Advocacy Centers, including the Outcome Measurement System (OMS) to collect essential feedback from families and team members serving child victims of abuse.

Patricia Marealle, JD, Staff Attorney of the Immigrant Children’s Justice Project & Amina Seyal, JD, of the Racial Justice Project and Harding High School Teen Legal Clinic speak about the work of the Center for Children's Advocacy, a children's legal rights organization with offices in Bridgeport and Hartford, Connecticut. For more information on the Center for Children's Advocacy: https://www.cca-ct.org/ & https://www.facebook.com/centerforchildrensadvocacy/

If you’re a mom of toddlers, you’ve probably had to deal with the dreaded tantrum. They happen all the time - at home and in public - and when we have an audience like when you’re at a grocery  store or at the mall, it’s like the most embarrassing thing ever. They don’t call it terrible 2s for nothing. Today, we’re going to learn how to deal with tantrums and really get to the root of the issue. Brooke Campbell is a licensed creative arts therapist and board certified trainer of drama therapy with fifteen years of experience and holds a master’s degree from New York University . She’s the founder of Creative Kinections LLC an arts based community organization providing drama therapy to private clients, universities, hospitals, schools, non-profits, addiction centers, and domestic violence organizations. Brooke is an alumni and teaching fellow at the University of Pennsylvania with the School of Social Policy and Practice and guest lectures at New York University and The School of Visual Arts. In 2018, she received the Women's Excellence Award in Children's Advocacy and has been voted by parents as a Favorite Kids' Doc in the category of psychotherapy from 2013-2018. OTHER LINKS: How to Parent with Attunement and Creativity Mom Haul - Kaboost Chair Booster Mom Haul - Davines All in One Milk

LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED due to language regarding reproductive body part identification and discussions about trauma and abuse. Linda McQuary, MSW, Assistant Director•University of Missouri-St. Louis, South Campus 314-516-6798 (GPS Coordinates: 38.7038498,-90.3079441)•Kirkwood 314-516-8300•West Pine 314-516-4088 Giving Children Voices. Helping Families Heal. Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis (CASGSL) is a University-based, multidisciplinary center that provides high-quality trauma-focused services to youth, families, and the community. CASGSL promotes resiliency, physical safety, and emotional stability through comprehensive research, forensic, clinical, educational, and advocacy programming. CASGSL serves children impacted by all types of traumatic events including childhood sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect. CASGSL also serves witnesses of domestic abuse and violent crime and children who have suffered accidents, natural disasters, and traumatic bereavement. CASGSL also have therapies for children with sexual behavior issues and who are difficult to manage at home and school. CASGSL provides child-sensitive forensic interviews and individual, family and group counseling.

An attorney fights for kids by suing those responsible for failing to protect them and also by advocating for them through the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Georgia.Thanks to our sponsors this week: Weather Group and Quip!Storm of Suspicion is a brand new television series that brings true crime to The Weather Channel! The show premieres Sunday October 7th at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central on The Weather Channel.Go to http://getquip.com/bestcase to get your first refill pack FREE with a QUIP electric toothbrush.

Melissa Sornick, LCSW and Maratea Cantarella of TECA (Twice Exceptional Children's Advocacy) take us behind the scenes of the top resource for parents raising 2e kids. For more information, visit the show notes at www.tiltparenting.com/session127

Did you know more than a quarter million American children and teens are at risk for sex trafficking every year? We look at the toll of Human Trafficking and what can be done about it. Our guests are Kate Price from the Children's Advocacy group at Wellesley University, Audrey Morrissey from My Life My Choice, and Sergeant Detective Donna Gavin from the Boston Police Human Trafficking Unit.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Maria Woltjen, Director of the Immigrant Children's Advocacy Project, describes how she founded a program to provide unaccompanied immigrant children with guardians ad litem. In 2005, nearly 8,000 unaccompanied immigrant children were taken into federal custody and many of these children had to face immigration judges without any legal aid. By working with multilingual law students, The Center pairs advocates with immigrant and refugee children to ensure the child's welfare is represented, not the interests of traffickers or smugglers.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Maria Woltjen, Director of the Immigrant Children's Advocacy Project, describes how she founded a program to provide unaccompanied immigrant children with guardians ad litem. In 2005, nearly 8,000 unaccompanied immigrant children were taken into federal custody and many of these children had to face immigration judges without any legal aid. By working with multilingual law students, The Center pairs advocates with immigrant and refugee children to ensure the child's welfare is represented, not the interests of traffickers or smugglers.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Maria Woltjen, Director of the Immigrant Children's Advocacy Project, describes how she founded a program to provide unaccompanied immigrant children with guardians ad litem. In 2005, nearly 8,000 unaccompanied immigrant children were taken into federal custody and many of these children had to face immigration judges without any legal aid. By working with multilingual law students, The Center pairs advocates with immigrant and refugee children to ensure the child's welfare is represented, not the interests of traffickers or smugglers.