By Claire Louge, Executive Director Last week, the team at Prevent Child Abuse Arizona held a meeting that had one purpose: to celebrate the successes we had in 2020. It was a tough year, and though there is value in noodling through our challenges, disappointments,...

By Thomas Claiborne, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona Parent Advisory Council Member An often cliché question: If you could do it all over again, what would you do differently?" If I asked the majority of my peers how they would approach 2020 knowing what they know now,...

Our 26th Statewide Child Abuse Prevention Conference, this year joined by the 7th Annual Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Consortium Summit, was a great success! With the support of eighteen sponsors, including NARBHA, Season for Sharing, and First Things First,...

At the beginning of November, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona hosted a two-day virtual Advanced Play Therapy training for master’s level therapists working with the Birth to Five population in the foster care system. Meghan Hays Davis, Training and Program Director who...

By Claire Louge, Executive Director A year ago, I had the opportunity to visit my sister, who lives in Tanzania. During my visit, we went to Gombe National Park, where the famous Dr. Jane Goodall had conducted her research on chimpanzees. At the park, we met a man...

Last summer, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona debuted Flourishing Families, a curriculum designed to teach family service professionals, actionable ways that they can help parents/caregivers build protective factors in their families. The five protective factors,...