Featured From Spring
Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Month
First recognized in April of 1938, National Child Abuse Prevention Month brings awareness to child maltreatment across the United States. At the CICM, child well-being is at the forefront of all research, projects and activities. The CICM's Community Engagement Core (CEC) executed a social media campaign during the month of April to grow our virtual community, share tool kits and resources within our community, and highlight communities working together to strengthen and support families so that all children can thrive.
Help us continue the conversation beyond April and follow us on Linkedin, Facebook, and YouTube.
Video Research Briefs
The CEC is excited to share our newest project—video research briefs. The team is producing short videos of recent child maltreatment research to share in an easily digestible format.
Check out our first video briefs here and follow us on social media to see these in your feed. Please like and share these briefs to help us grow our community of child advocates and let us know what you think!
Youth Advisory Board
The Youth Advisory Board met on May 18 and 25, 2002. Dr. Vetta Thompson presented the four-hour training supported by our community partner, Epworth Children and Family Services. The training focused on research and engagement and aimed to:
(1) explain data, data types and how it is obtained
(2) explain research, research types, and how it is completed
(3) learn to find and use data to decide on activities to improve the lives of children, youth and families
(4) understand how to use simple planning and evaluation tools to think about ways to improve family and community life
(5) increase youth confidence in taking action on their own behalf
(6) facilitate youth interest in assisting in generating organizational and community strategies to address youth needs in families, communities and child welfare.
Missouri's State Youth Advisory Board (SYAB) supports successful transition to adulthood for foster youth. The SYAB is comprised of representatives from each region’s Local Youth Advisory Board (LYAB).
Celebrate
In early April, Brown School honored Washington University's Brett Drake as he was installed as an Endowed Professor of Data Science for the Social Good in Practice.
Read more here...