July News and Updates
700 People Participated in the 25th Anniversary APSAC Colloquium! 

Thanks to everyone who attended the 25th Anniversary Colloquium! We had so much to celebrate this year. Our two plenary speakers, the Rev. Dr. Darrell Armstrong and Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau brought incredible inspiration and information to attendees. Our new media-ready micro sessions (now available on the APSAC YouTube channel) offered new opportunities to disseminate research and practice information quickly and widely. The Doris Duke fellow track ensured that we maintain focus on prevention. Our presenters - from pre-conference institutes, to workshops, to roundtables, to posters - brought both the evidence and the passion needed to improve outcomes for children and families. And, of course, our attendees brought the curiosity, questions, and challenges that help make all of us stronger professionals. 

Thank you to everyone who helped make this colloquium a success! We'll see you next year in Salt Lake City! Watch your email for the Call for Papers, opening next week! 






A Special Thanks to Our Platinum-Level Colloquium Sponsor! 

Congratulations to APSAC's 2018 Award Winners! 
Award recipients with Dr. Kathleen Faller (second from left), APSAC Awards Committee Chair

Outstanding Service in the Advancement of Cultural Competency in Child Maltreatment Prevention and Intervention 
  • Reverend Darrell Armstrong, M.Div., Ed.S.- MFT
Mark Chaffin Research Career Achievement
  • Theodore Cross, Ph.D.
 Outstanding Professional 
  • Debra Esernio Jenssen, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Outstanding Frontline Professional 
  • Barbara Knox, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Outstanding Media Coverage 
  • Deanna Boyd, Investigative Journalist
Outstanding Service to APSAC  
  • Vincent J. Palusci, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P.
Outstanding Research Article 
  • Valerie A. Simon, Ph.D., Douglas Barnett, Ph.D., Erin Smith, M.A., Lilia Mucka, Ph.D., Deborah Willis, Ph.D.
APSAC Prevention Award 
  • Kelly Dauk, M.D. and Erin Frazier, M.D.
APSAC Special Recognition Award 
  • Mary Kelly Persyn, J.D .and Jeremy Lawrence, J.D.
Outstanding Article in the Child Maltreatment Journal
  • John Eckenrode, Ph.D., Mary I. Campa, Ph.D., Pamela A. Morris, Ph.D., Charles R. Henderson, Jr., Ph.D., Kerry E. Bolger, Ph.D., Harriet Kitzman, Ph.D., and David L. Olds, Ph.D. for The Prevention of Child Maltreatment Through the Nurse Family Partnership Program: Mediating Effects in a Long Term Follow-Up Study
Read a research-to-practice brief on this article here.
 

Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Jon Conte, Ph.D. 
Like what you learned at the Colloquium? The APSAC training team offers customized training to fit your community's needs!  Contact Jim Campbell, Training Coordinator for more information. 
Child Maltreatment Raises its Impact Factor to 2.984 for 2017

APSAC is proud to share that Child Maltreatment's Impact Factor rose from 2.278 in 2016 to 2.984 in 2017! Child Maltreatment is ranked 3rd by Impact Factor in the category of Family Studies and 2nd in the category of Social Work. 

APSAC is grateful to Child Maltreatment editor Dr. Daniel Whitaker and the Editorial Board for their hard work producing Child Maltreatment.
   
APSAC Has a New Look! 

You may have noticed a change recently on our website and materials. APSAC introduced our new logo in June and will now be using it on all materials. This modern re-imagining of our classic logo is part of a larger effort to build a multidisciplinary professional society that meets the needs of all of our members - from undergraduate students to retired child maltreatment professionals. Let us know what you think! Tweet us @The_APSAC or leave a comment on our Facebook page.

Member News
APSAC President Emeriti Viola Vaughan-Eden Featured in NASW News

APSAC President Emeriti Viola Vaughan-Eden, PhD, MJ, LCSW was recently featured in NASW News in a piece describing social work's many roles in the criminal justice system. Viola discussed her role as a certified Master Forensic Social Worker and how social work assessment can help judges make determinations in suspected cases of child abuse and neglect. 

Read the Full Article Here
Opportunities to Write for APSAC
Write Research to Practice Briefs

In order for APSAC to achieve our goal of strengthening practice through knowledge, we must ensure that up-to-date, high quality research results are reaching the practitioners who need it most. To accomplish this, APSAC is assembling cadres of individuals working in psychology, social work, medicine, child welfare, and law to write 500-word translational summaries of articles from  Child Maltreatment. These briefs will be designed to provide clear policy and practice implications of the research useful to people working in different disciplines. Briefs may appear in the   APSAC Advisor, the APSAC Alert , on the APSAC website, and in other places as needed. APSAC's most recent brief, authored by Pamela Miller, JD, MSW, LISW-S, summarizes the  Child Maltreatment Article of the Year " The Prevention of Child Maltreatment Through the Nurse Family Partnership Program: Mediating Effects in a Long Term Follow-Up Study" and provides practice implications for home visitation professionals. Read APSAC's Latest Research to Practice Brief
 
If you are interested in writing these translational pieces, contact  Bri Stormer.
Write for the APSAC Advisor

The APSAC Advisor welcomes manuscripts addressing important topics in practice, policy, and theory, including empirical research articles, review articles, and program evaluations. Regular articles should be 4,000-6,000 words, inclusive of tables, figures and references. Controversial topics can be addressed by an "At Issue" article. Brief program descriptions for the "What's New and Who's Doing It" section will also be accepted, limited to no more than 1,000-2,000 words including tables, figures, and references. 

S ubmissions should be prepared according to the   guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). All submissions should have all of the authors' names, degrees and contact information on the first page, an abstract of approximately 120 words, and brief biographies (50 words) at the end. All submissions and questions should be sent to the Manager of Publications at  info@apsac.org.  Please feel free to download the  APSAC Advisor Style Guide  and the  APSAC Advisor Guidelines for Authors  to help you in preparing your submission.
Resources to Inform Your Work
From the newly formed National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect (EndCAN)

From the Administration for Children and Families 

From CAPSAC

From the National Association of Counsel for Children
Have news of your own? Share it with  info@apsac.org  for the next member newsletter!  

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