APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH
2017 Theme is “Building Community, Building Hope”
This year the focus is on Protective Factors:
- Nurturing and attachment
- Knowledge of parenting and child development
- Parental resilience
- Social connections
- Concrete support for families
- Social and emotional competence of children
- Protective factors are conditions or attributes of individuals, families, communities, or the larger society that reduce or eliminate risk and promote healthy development and well-being of children and families. These factors help ensure that children and youth function well at home, in school, at work, and in the community, today and into adulthood. Protective factors also can serve as buffers, helping parents who might otherwise be at risk of abusing their children to find resources, supports, or coping strategies that allow them to parent effectively, even under stress.
Strong, nurturing communities that are supportive of families can get involved and play a role in preventing child abuse and neglect and promoting child and family well-being.
Join us in advocating for children and helping raise awareness of the epidemic of child abuse and neglect in America. Together we can encourage social change. Ultimately helping children have healthier, happier, safer lives.
