CALiO Archives
What’s Your CALiO™ IQ? April 2019
True or False? In the study titled, Understanding perceptions of child maltreatment risk: A qualitative study of Early Head Start home visitors, it was found that two reasons why home visitors may not discuss risk for maltreatment with families were home visitor...
read moreNew Research-to-Practice Summary- Human Trafficking Screening Tools
Child Protective Services and Risk Assessment-Human Trafficking Screening Tools
read moreWhat’s new in CALiO™? April 2019
Prevention Resources and Research 2019 Prevention Resource Guide A Blueprint for Change: Toward a National Strategy to End Sexual Abuse of Children with Disabilities Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement...
read moreNew report from the NCAC-Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors
Assessing Professional and Community Needs, Resources and Experience with Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
read moreWhat’s Your CALiO™ IQ? March 2019
In the study, Support, Reluctance and Production in Child Abuse Investigative Interviews, which of these were found? A. Providing support during the substantive phase had a beneficial effect on children’s informativeness about abuse B. The association between...
read moreWhat’s Your CALiO™ IQ? February 2019
True or False? In the study, Brand image management for nonprofit organizations: Exploring the relationships between websites, brand images and donations, results showed that the information delivered by an NPO website has a positive impact on the impressions of the...
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™? February 2019
Publications to help you with nonprofit issues. Enter the titles in the CALiO™Collections search box. Societal Trust and the Economic Behavior of Non-Profit Organizations Brand image management for nonprofit organizations: Exploring the relationships between...
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™? updated statistics on child maltreatment
Child Maltreatment 2017 Find more statistics and data in the CALiO Statistics and Quick Facts section.
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™? January 2019-2
Inequalities in US Child Protection: The Case of Sex Trafficked Youth Lifelong Wellbeing for Survivors of Sex Trafficking: Collaborative Perspectives From Survivors, Researchers, and Service Providers Familial Sex Trafficking of Minors: Trafficking Conditions,...
read moreWhat’s Your CALiO™ IQ? January 2019-2
In the publication titled, Familial Sex Trafficking of Minors: Trafficking Conditions, Clinical Presentation, and System Involvement, which of these were included in the clinical findings of the study? A. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was the most common...
read moreWhat’s your CALiO™ IQ? January 2019
In the study titled, “It must be great being a female pedophile!”: The nature of public perceptions about female teacher sex offenders, over 30 percent of all comments referenced an existing double standard in sentencing between male and female sex offenders. This...
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ January 2019
Educator Sexual Misconduct: A bibliography It must be great being a female pedophile!”: The nature of public perceptions about female teacher sex offenders
read moreFact Sheet-What Educators Need to Know about Sexual Misconduct with Students
This new NCAC Fact Sheet for educators is the latest addition to CALiO's Fact Sheet page.
read moreEducator Sexual Misconduct-What Parents Need to Know
A new fact sheet, What Parents Need to Know About Educator Sexual Misconduct with Students, has been added to CALiO's fact sheet page.
read moreSkill building for forensic interviewers
A new Research to Practice paper, Continuous Skill Building for Child Forensic Interviewers, is available in CALiO. Read this paper and other helpful forensic interviewing resources here.
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ November 2018
Addressing Barriers to Care Among Hispanic Youth: Telehealth Delivery of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Enter the title in the CALiO™ Collections search box
read moreWhat’s Your CALiO™ IQ November 2018
In the study, A Pilot Study of Trauma-Focused Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy Delivered via Telehealth Technology, which of these was not among the study’s results? A. the treatment resulted in statistically significant and clinically meaningful change in pre-to...
read moreFinding resources about child witnesses of interpersonal violence
Studies indicate that 3 to 4 million children witness domestic violence annually. Children can be frightened, depressed or traumatized, and often suffer feelings of guilt and shame as a result of exposure to family violence, even if they do not suffer abuse...
read moreA New Milestone for the Child Abuse Library Online-January 2017
David N. King, MS, PhD National Children’s Advocacy Center 2017 marks the beginning of a new era for CALiOTM – the Child Abuse Library Online. Since the National Children’s Advocacy Center first opened the doors to its digital collection of resources for child abuse...
read moreWhat’s Your CALiO™ IQ? October 2018
True or False? The study, Neighborhood characteristics and violence behind closed doors: The spatial overlap of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence found that the neighborhood characteristics that explain the risk of child maltreatment are the same...
read moreWhat’s Your CALiO™ IQ? September 2018
In the study, The effects of trauma type and executive dysfunction on symptom expression of polyvictimized youth in residential care, which of these were found? A. Caregiver trauma negatively impacts executive function B. Caregiver trauma indirectly predicted...
read moreWhat’s Your CALiO™ IQ? August 2018
True or False? In the study, Individual-level factors related to better mental health outcomes following child maltreatment among adolescents, results show that the effect for being satisfied overall with oneself was slightly stronger among respondents without a...
read moreWhat every prosecutor needs to know
A new monograph titled Forensic interviewing: What every prosecutor needs to know. co-authored by NCAC’s Linda Cordisco Steele and Mary Sawicki from the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys is now available.
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ October 2018
Interventions to improve the response of professionals to children exposed to domestic violence and abuse: A systematic review Neighborhood characteristics and violence behind closed doors: The spatial overlap of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence....
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ September 2018
The effects of trauma type and executive dysfunction on symptom expression of polyvictimized youth in residential care. Enter the title in the CALiO™Collections search box.
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ August 2018
A new bibliography, Issues Affecting Utilization of Mental Health Treatment by Victims of Child Sexual Abuse and Their Caregivers,has been added to CALiO’s bibliography collection. Individual-level factors related to better mental health outcomes following child...
read moreManipulation – The New Grooming, or Maybe What It Has Been All Along
A Commentary by Chris Newlin, MS LPC Executive Director National Children’s Advocacy Center Why do we use the word “grooming” to describe offender behavior? This article is not about semantics, it is about the importance of the language we use in the everyday...
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To obtain login privileges for your CAC, directors simply fill out this short Registration Form and submit it to your regional CAC. Once the registration form is reviewed for eligibility and accuracy, access will be activated. The executive director will receive a...
read moreA Blueprint for Change: Toward a National Strategy to End Sexual Abuse of Children with Disabilities
Read the new report from the VERA Institute
read moreApproaching cases of child abuse involving recantation
A new monograph titled, A multidisciplinary team approach to the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases involving recantation, has been published by the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.
read moreNew bibliography-Utilization of mental health treatment
A new bibliography, Issues Affecting Utilization of Mental Health Treatment by Victims of Child Sexual Abuse and Their Caregivers, has been added to CALiO’s bibliography collection.
read moreUpdated!- The Vicarious Trauma Plan Guide
See the updated Vicarious Trauma Plan Guide and other resources and publications for assessing and dealing with Vicarious Trauma.
read moreBias/Neutrality Among MDT Members
What’s Your CALiO™ IQ? June 2018
In the publication, The impacts of institutional child sexual abuse: A rapid review of the evidence, which of these were found to be true? A. Institutional child sexual abuse is often more severe, more likely to occur over longer periods of time and more likely to...
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ June 2018
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Criminalising Institutional Failures to Prevent, Identify or React to Child Sexual Abuse Enter the title into the CALiO™Collections search box.
read moreWhat’s Your CALiO™ IQ? April 2018
True or False? In the study, Identifying Effective Components of Child Maltreatment Interventions: A Meta-analysis, the results showed that the types of preventive interventions that were effective in preventing child maltreatment were: home visitation...
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ April 2018
New Prevention Resources Just enter these titles into the CALiO™Collections search box. Identifying Effective Components of Child Maltreatment Interventions: A Meta-analysis A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions designed to...
read moreUpdated Child Maltreatment Trends
Want to read more child maltreatment statistics? Enter statistics in the CALiO™Collections search box.
read moreThe Subtle Tactics of Perpetrators
Finding Resources about the Manipulation/Grooming of Children March 2018 David N. King, MS, PhD The tactics used by child abusers take many forms, and rarely does a perpetrator rely totally on one specific tactic. Research has shown that perpetrators employ a myriad...
read moreWhat’s Your CALiO™ IQ March 2018
In the study, Stages of Sexual Grooming: Recognizing Potentially Predatory Behaviors of Child Molesters, participants were unable to recognize: A. Overt grooming behaviors (e.g., hugging a child, working or volunteering with children) B. More covert grooming...
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ March 2018
Grooming and child sexual abuse in institutional contexts Stages of Sexual Grooming: Recognizing Potentially Predatory Behaviors of Child Molesters These publications can be found easily by entering the titles in the CALiO™Collections search box.
read moreFinding resources about child witnesses of interpersonal violence
Studies indicate that 3 to 4 million children witness domestic violence annually. Children can be frightened, depressed or traumatized, and often suffer feelings of guilt and shame as a result of exposure to family violence, even if they do not suffer abuse...
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ January 2018
Two new publications What are the factors that prevent social workers from identifying domestic minor sexual traffic victims? Child sex trafficking in the United States: Challenges for the healthcare provider Enter the titles in the CALiO™Collections Search...
read moreWhat’s your CALiO™ IQ February 2018
True or False? According to the Fact Sheet, Impact of Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence on Children at Different Ages, Infant and toddler exposure to IPV has no developmental consequences because children at such a young age are unable to comprehend what is...
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ February 2018
A New Fact Sheet Impact of Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence on Children at Different Ages Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence Intimate Partner Violence and Child Trauma Enter the titles in the CALiO™Collections search box.
read moreWhat’s your CALiO™ IQ November 2017
In the Research-to-Practice Summary, Considerations for the Multidisciplinary Team and Children’s Advocacy Center Approach to Recantation, it was suggested that MDTs should consider developing guidelines within their existing investigative protocol to outline steps...
read moreWhat’s New in CALiO™ November 2017
You Learn What You Live: Prevalence of Childhood Adversity in the Lives of Juveniles Arrested for Sexual Offenses. Mock Jurors’ Perception of Blind vs. Non-blind Interviewing: The Role of Recantation Enter the publication title into the CALiO™Collections...
read moreA New Research-to-Practice Summary
Considerations for the Multidisciplinary Team and Children’s Advocacy Center Approach to Recantation has been added to CALiO™’s Research-to-Practice collection.
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