The children are often victims of child abuse and neglect. Kidsafe will honor Mrs. Linville with a plaque and donations to her toy supply. Prenatal Substance Abuse Training Kidsafe is co-sponsoring training with Kansas City Healthy Start. One of the nation s leading researchers in the field of maternal drug use during pregnancy and the effects on the newborn infant and child, Dr. Ira Chasnoff, will share his expertise to participants. Dr. Chasnoff is currently the President of Children s Research Triangle and a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago.
Compassion fatigue is the cost of caring about, and for, traumatized people.
This workshop will help participants recognize symptoms of compassion fatigue and help create solution-focused, personal and professional tasks. Rebecca Palmer, MS from the Center for Contextual Change in Chicago, will conduct the workshop . Preventing Abuse through Public Awareness Grant Activities. Grantees were encouraged to create an opportunity to celebrate children and families. PAPA activities will be conducted throughout the month of April.