Tuesday Travel Tip - In Search of the Best Cupcake

Traveling to a new location and looking for a restaurant nearby that serves great pad thai or barbecue?  Dishtip  is a website that lets you find the best restaurant, rated by consumers, in any given city by type of food. For example, Trophy Cupcakes and Party in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood apparently has the best red velvet cupcakes in Seattle, beating out the infamous Cupcake Royale.  Good to know when you are caught in the grips of a red velvet cupcake craving and don't want to leave it up to a cab driver's recommendation. Try it out at www.dishtip.com.

The information provided in this blog is intended to help readers access a wide variety of information related to the work of Children's Advocacy Centers and should not be seen as an endorsement of any particular model or approach and does not necessarily reflect the views of Western Regional CAC, Safe Passage CAC, or OJJDP, especially since determination of the best cupcake anywhere is really pretty subjective when you think about it.

Creating Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Systems

The Chadwick Center in San Diego, in partnership with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), has developed an online resource for administrators and others involved in the child welfare system.  This downloadable guide contains information that is not only helpful for administrators, but for anyone working within, or wanting to work within, a trauma-informed system.  The toolkit, Creating Trauma Informed Child Welfare Systems, A Guide for Administrators can be found at
http://www.chadwickcenter.org/CTISP/images/CTISPTICWAdminGuide.pdf

or you can access it on our CAC Director Toolkit website:  www.wrcactoolkit.org.

The information provided in this blog is intended to help readers access a wide variety of information related to the work of Children's Advocacy Centers and should not be seen as an endorsement of any particular model or approach and does not necessarily reflect the views of Western Regional CAC, Safe Passage CAC, or OJJDP.

Outstanding Service Awards

Outstanding Service Awards Do you know someone who has made a significant contribution to address child sexual abuse and exploitation in their community? The National Children's Advocacy Center is now accepting nominations for 2013 Outstanding Service Awards. These awards recognize professionals who demonstrate excellence in the collaborative approach to protecting children from the impact of child sexual abuse and exploitation. Award recipients will be recognized during the Networking Luncheon at the 29th National Symposium on Child Abuse, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama.   Deadline for nominations is Friday November 30, 2012.   Complete and Submit Your Nomination Application For more information about Symposium, please contact Marilyn Grundy at mgrundy@nationalcac.org The information provided in this blog is intended to help readers access a wide variety of information related to the work of Children's Advocacy Centers and should not be seen as an endorsement of any particular model or approach and does not necessarily reflect the views of Western Regional CAC, Safe Passage CAC, or OJJDP.

CAC Director Toolkit

Check out our new CAC Director Toolkit with over 140 resources to help established and developing CACs.  You can find it at www.wrcactoolkit.org or go to our website at www.westernregionalcac.org and click the resources tab.  Let us know what you think.  Thanks!

Child Abuse Related Injuries on the Rise

Despite reports that child abuse is declining, the number of children under one year of age hospitalized for abuse-related injuries has increased.  You can read the article at

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/01/us-injuries-child-abuse-idUSBRE89004620121001

The information provided in this blog is intended to help readers access a wide variety of information related to the work of Children's Advocacy Centers and should not be seen as an endorsement of any particular model or approach and does not necessarily reflect the views of Western Regional CAC, Safe Passage CAC, or OJJDP.

Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

Researcher Amy Cuddy talks about what your body language communicates to others, how it creates physical changes that can impact outcomes in your life and why it is important to fake it until you become it.   You can see her Ted Talk at http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html. 

Tuesday Travel Tip: Avoid that Middle Seat

If you are traveling with another person and don't want to play rock-paper-scissors over who gets the middle seat, have each person reserve an aisle seat across from each other.  That way you can still talk to each other but you each get a more comfortable seat.  Unless you want the window, then you are on your own.

The information provided in this blog is intended to help readers access a wide variety of information related to the work of Children's Advocacy Centers and should not be seen as an endorsement of any particular model or approach and does not necessarily reflect the views of Western Regional CAC, Safe Passage CAC, or OJJDP.

NSVRC Fact Sheet Helps Media Understand CSA

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center has prepared this fact sheet  to help journalists, and other media sources, better understand child sexual abuse.  You can find it at http://nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/Publications_NSVRC_Factsheet_Media-Packet_What-is-CSA.pdf

The information provided in this blog is intended to help readers access a wide variety of information related to the work of Children's Advocacy Centers and should not be seen as an endorsement of any particular model or approach and does not necessarily reflect the views of Western Regional CAC, Safe Passage CAC, or OJJDP.