| Provides list of organizations and agencies in the United States for victims and survivors of child abuse and includes addresses, phone numbers, and fax numbers.
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SAVE: Survivors and Victims Empowered
Dedicated to stopping the physical, emotional, and sexual assault on children. Provides a Child Protection Guide, a list of speakers on child abuse, and access to a Survivors & Victims Resource Database that contains over 350 resources in the U.S. and Canada.
Safe-T-Child Online
Site that is an electronic resource for the prevention of lost, missing, abducted, or abused children. Offers tips and suggestions for educating your kids about abuse and strangers in a non-fearful, entertainment-driven way (including books and songs), online newsletters, information about corporate sponsorships, and I.D. card kits.
PeaceDove
Provides links to missing children sites. The other sites aren't necessarily huge, but the info contained at those sites are equally as important.
OUDPS: Kids Safety on the Internet
Provides an array of topics on which you would want to educate your child, such as Internet safety, drugs and alcohol, home safety, stranger danger, and so on. This is a site that you can share with your children!
National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
Provides facts about the Child Abuse and Neglect program, statistics on child abuse and neglect, a national clearinghouse on child abuse and neglect information, and access to the National Data Archive on Child Abuse And Neglect.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Site of a private, non-profit organization working in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice dedicated to the search for missing children and pursuit of child protection. Offers training for those involved in child protection and recovery, search assistance to those looking for missing children, and provides publications and resources pertinent to the safety of children. Also provides access to a missing children database.
Minnesota Higher Education Center Against Violence & Abuse
Site of an electronic clearinghouse via the World Wide Web for issues that pertain to domestic violence. Offers information about domestic violence in the forms of research papers and book suggestions, support for professionals, school safety info, list of treatment guidelines, gallery of children's art, poetry and prose by survivors, and links to help resources and other sites.
Mental Health Net: Responding to Sexual Child Abuse
Site that contains suggestions for adults who suspect child abuse or are approached by a child indicating that he or she has been abused. Suggestions are specific to your reaction to the child and what you should do after the discussion with the child.
KidsPeace: The National Center for Kids in Crisis
Loaded with graphics (be prepared to wait), this site provides data from the Salk Research Center, a quiz parenting quiz, and parenting tips that include child abuse prevention, parenting standards, information about kids in crisis and how to help, and how to talk with your preteen.
The KEYEYE Making Kids Safe Page
Site dedicated to teaching personal safety to children. Offers videotapes that help teach your child how to recognize ploys of abductors, safety tips for parents and children, and links to other safety pages.
Kevin Collins Foundation for Missing Children
Site of volunteer organization that is dedicated to providing immediate response and experienced guidance for the families of stranger abducted children. Also provides an online directory of missing children, literature about stranger abductions, and links to other sites pertaining to missing children.
Kathy's Resources on Parenting, Domestic Violence, Abuse, Trauma, and Disassociation
Offers tons of information about the different aspects of violence, including information for parents; data and info on trauma and disassociation, abuse, rape, and domestic violence; and a Net ratings guide.
The Institute for the Prevention of Child Abuse
Canadian site of a child abuse education and information center. Provides information, such as handbooks for recreational leaders, conference, and publications, to professionals, community agencies, and the public.
How to Identify Child Abuse
Detailed descriptions of symptoms to look for in a child that is being abused (emotionally, physically, sexually) and description of symptoms displayed by abusers. Difficult to read because of the nature, but imperative information to have if you suspect child abuse.
Family Law Center---Child Abuse and Neglect
Part of courtTV, this site provides information in a straightforward fashion about child abuse and neglect, what to do if you suspect abuse, child representation in abuse sitations, and more. Good place to start when investigating this topic.
Domestic Violence Page
Site devoted to fighting all forms of family violence. Great info here, such as facts about domestic violence, readers stories, suggestions for where to get help, suggested reading list, and links to other sites that pertain to domestic violence.
CyberPages International Inc: Missing Children
Provides a list of missing children. This page is free of charge and enables you to add to the list. Also provides a list of other sites on the Intenet that provide a similar service.
Children's Safety Network Home Page
Contains publications and resources produced by CSN and other EDC injury prevention projects that include full-text in HTML format that can be viewed, downloaded, and printed directly from this site.
Children's House Home Page
Site that is an interactive resource center---a meeting place for the exchange of information that serves the well being of children. Offers workshops and training, information resources on the well being of children, information about early childhood, and a spot about children's rights.
Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation: What to Do
Page that provides instructions for family and school if a child indicates that he or she has been abused. Offers do's and don'ts and specific steps to take in the event that something like this should take place. Geared toward a loving approach to children.
Child Sexual Abuse
Not a lot of bells and whistles at this sight, but really good, must-know information about child sexual abuse. Offers sections on symptoms, feelings the child (and the parent) may have, protecting kids, and listening to children.
Child Sexual Abuse
Supportive site that provides personal stories as well as legal info and statistics on child abuse, bibliographic reference of films, videos, documentaries and presentations, list of journals and articles that pertain to child abuse, and directories listing agencies for services related to child sexual abuse. This is a great site that has tons a great information to offer.
Child Search: National Missing Children's Center
Provides support services for those whose children are missing, such as crisis counseling, search assistance, photo distribution assistance. Also provides photo-listings of missing children, child ID kits, and safety tips for parents.
Child Quest International
Site dedicated to the recovery of missing, abused, and exploited children. Offers safety tips to keep your kids safe, lists of other resources that can answer questions you may have, and links to other important sites dedicated to the safety of children.
Child CyberSEARCH: English Home Page
Canadian site that provides a database of missing children, a list of Canada's missing children agencies, a library that contains helpful tips, pamphlets, special interest articles about missing children, child-care, and parenting. Mostly geared toward Canadians, but some information is universal.
Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources
Site offers wealth of information, including statistics, methodological issues, sexual abuse of girls, sexual abuse of boys, substantiated cases, issue of memory, and additional resources.
Child Abuse Prevention Network
This site is dedicated to enhancing Internet resources for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Offers list of state-level programs on the prevention of child abuse, electronic newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on the developments of this site, and links to other helpful sites.
Blain Nelson's Abuse Pages
Great site that provides personal experience with abuse (the giving and receiving end), questions to help you determine whether you are an abuser or have been abused, information about the "cycle of abuse," and links to other sites that pertain to this subject.
America's Lost Children Television Network
Site of a non-profit corporation based in Missouri whose purpose is to provide the general public with information about America's lost children via television stations and cable companies on a full time basis. Site provides satellite broadcast info, a section on helping law enforcement, and forms that enable you to list a missing child.
Amber Hagerman's Missing Children Home Page
Dedicated to the memory of Amber Hagerman, this site provides information about runaway prevention, parental child stealing prevention, child neglect, child protection agencies, emotional abuse, abduction prevention and awareness, and links to missing children Web sites.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Check out the latest press releases and new Web features by the Academy. This site also includes the Interactive Guide to the Academy Awards, the winners of the latest Academy Awards, and information on the Academy itself.
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