RE: looking for examples of prevention efforts

["Prescott, Ken" <presck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Central Los Angeles Sexual Abuse Unit is a counseling program that
treats families impacted by child sexual abuse.  We are part of Los Angeles
County, Department of Children and Family Services.

Our family systems approach to treatment enhances child protective skills
with each family in part through Family Protection Planning.  This is a
process that facilitates family discussions about their rules and guides
them through making new rules to adapt to their changing circumstances.
This creates a child protective environment and a model for shaping their
environment in the future.

Ken Prescott, MSW, LCSW
Clinical Director
Central Los Angeles Sexual Abuse Unit
3075 Wilshire Blvd. 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, California 90010
(213) 639-4053


-----Original Message-----
From: Marisa Prosser [mailto:MProsser@edc.org]
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 8:34 AM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: looking for examples of prevention efforts


The Children's Safety Network (CSN) is a federally funded resource center
that provides technical assistance to Maternal & Child Health Agencies on
the prevention and reduction of injuries to children and adolescents. We
are developing a set of fact sheets on the role of public health agencies
in child abuse prevention.   We are presently looking for examples of
public health, particularly MCH agency's participation in child abuse
prevention activities.  These examples may include:

-    programs or initiatives specifically designed to prevent child abuse
and neglect
-    efforts to incorporate child abuse prevention into large-scale
programs for families
-    collaborative efforts with other state and local agencies including
child protective services, child welfare
            organizations, domestic violence coalitions and other MCH
programs including WIC and Healthy Start.

If you are aware of child abuse prevention activities, particularly within
state maternal and child health programs, please e-mail us and we will
contact you for more information.  Thank you.


Marisa Prosser
Research Associate
mprosser@edc.org

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