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Candlelight Vigil 2018

Candlelight vigil for child abuse awareness set for March 28 at Penn State York

3/21/19

Penn State York students in the Human Development and Family Studies Club are preparing for the eighth annual candlelight vigil for child abuse awareness and prevention set for March 28 at the campus. Programming will begin at 4 p.m. as part of the weekly Coffee Hour in the conference center in the Main Classroom building. The vigil will take place at 5:30 p.m. outside the John J. Romano Administration Building.

Dr. Lori Frasier poses for a photo in a white physician’s coat, against a blue, lightly textured backdrop.

Frasier recognized with Helfer Society Award

5/9/18

Dr. Lori Frasier, director of the Center for the Protection of Children at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, has been honored for her contributions to the field of child abuse pediatrics with the Helfer Society Award.

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Clues to child abuse: Dr. Lori Frasier on the front line of new training

4/13/16

“If it’s never on your radar screen, you’re never going to see it.” That’s the philosophy that drives Dr. Lori Frasier, director of the Penn State Center for the Protection of Children and division chief of child abuse pediatrics at Penn State Children’s Hospital, in her efforts to better train pediatricians and other clinicians to be aware of clues that might suggest abuse.

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The Medical Minute: Knowing whether it’s abuse and how to respond

4/13/16

What do you do when you’re out in public and you witness what you believe to be child abuse? In many situations, the standard suggestions are easier said than done, according to Dr. Lori Frasier, director of the Center for the Protection of Children at Penn State Children’s Hospital.

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Better definition needed for reasonable medical certainty in child abuse cases

2/10/16

Physicians use different definitions of "reasonable medical certainty" when testifying as expert witnesses in child abuse cases. The variability is troubling because it could result in flawed rulings, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. In court cases involving alleged child abuse, expert medical witnesses are asked to testify if abuse has occurred and when. Attorneys commonly ask expert witnesses to express their opinions in terms of reasonable medical certainty. However, there is no clear legal definition for the term.

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Unreported past child maltreatment may contaminate research results

8/27/15

Researchers may unknowingly be overlooking a critical factor that could aid in more consistent results in studies involving child abuse. Penn State Network on Child Protection and Well-Being faculty member Chad Shenk is opening the door to more precise results in the realm of child abuse and maltreatment and is hoping to use his findings to strengthen the research process as a whole.

Online resource gives child care providers needed training

2/24/15

A new, free, online training module created by Dr. Benjamin Levi, director of Penn State Hershey’s Center for the Protection of Children, takes child care providers and employees of daycare centers through an interactive, story-based program that gives them the experiential learning they need to more accurately identify and report suspected child abuse.

Center for the Protection of Children launches online training program

12/29/14

The Penn State Hershey Center for the Protection of Children has created an online training module – iLook Out for Child Abuse – to help early child care professionals meet new state laws regarding training and reporting of suspected child abuse, the regulations under Act 31 of 2014.

School violence prevention event April 1 examines child safety, research

3/25/13

Since the deadly Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December, legislators and policy makers have been searching for ways to prevent school violence. Penn State, in collaboration with several local school districts, will hold a special event April 1 to explore how community advocates and researchers can work together to prevent tragedies in schools.

Penn State hiring faculty to advance prevention of child maltreatment

1/28/13

Penn State will be hiring a dozen new faculty members over the next three years as part of its recently launched Network for Child Protection and Well-Being, with the goal of advancing knowledge, practice, education and outreach to combat child abuse.

As part of its aspiration to be at the forefront of national efforts toward prevention and therapy for child maltreatment, the University has begun a "cluster" hire that will include clinical and research tenure-track faculty members who are focused on the complex and pervasive problem of child maltreatment.

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