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Preventing school shootings

Stop Abuse Campaign

His grandfather was involved in the criminal justice system. What about mental health care? There is no doubt that we would lessen many of our society’s problems with improved mental health care. His mother’s drug use seems “common knowledge” around town and within the family.

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Why Family Courts Usually Fail Abuse Victims

Stop Abuse Campaign

Domestic violence custody cases are often the last chance to save children from painful — and sometimes tragically shortened — lives. . The ACE (adverse childhood experiences) Research helps courts understand the full harm to children from exposure to domestic violence and child abuse. . How Was This Case Different?

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Suicide prevention means child protection

Stop Abuse Campaign

We can break the ten ACEs into three categories: abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual), neglect (physical and emotional), and household or familial stressors (severe parental mental illness, parental addiction, parental domestic violence, parental incarceration and having a parent disappear due to death, abandonment or divorce).

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Suicide prevention means child protection

Stop Abuse Campaign

We can break the ten ACEs into three categories: abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual), neglect (physical and emotional), and household or familial stressors (severe parental mental illness, parental addiction, parental domestic violence, parental incarceration and having a parent disappear due to death, abandonment or divorce).