April is Child Abuse Prevention Month!
Child and Family Services has developed a month-long calendar of great events and opportunities to learn how you can get involved a play a role in preventing child abuse and neglect — and promoting family and well-being!
Prevent Child Abuse
Strong, nurturing communities that are supportive of families can get involved and play a role in preventing child abuse and neglect and promoting child and family well-being.
Protective Factors
- Knowledge of parenting and child development
- Parental resilience
- Social connections
- Concrete support for families
- Social and emotional competence of children
Protective Factors Framework (CSSP)
Protective Factors in Practice
Learn More
- Child Supervision Guidelines
- ArlingtonFamilies.com
- Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth and Families
- SCAN – Stop Child Abuse Now
- Prevent Child Abuse America
- Prevent Child Abuse Virginia
- Doorways for Women and Families
- KidsHealth.org
Tip Sheets
- English Packet (PDF – 421 KB)
- Keeping Your Family Strong
- Making Healthy Connections With Your Family
- Feeding Your Family
- Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
- Managing Stress
- Managing Your Finances
- Helping Your Child Heal From Trauma
- Human Trafficking: Protecting Our Youth
- Bonding With Your Baby
- Dealing With Temper Tantrums
- Parenting Your School-Age Child
- Connecting With Your Teen
- Teen Parents…You’re Not Alone!
- Ten Ways to Be a Better Dad
- Raising Your Kin
- Support After an Adoption
- Military Families
- How to Develop Strong Communities
- Parenting Your Child With Developmental Delays and Disabilities
- Building Resilience in Children and Teens
- Parenting After Domestic Violence
- Spanish Packet (PDF – 452 KB)
- Cómo mantener a su familia fuerte
- Haciendo conexiones saludables con su familia
- Cómo alimentar a su familia
- Cómo prevenir el abuso sexual de menores
- Manejando el estrés
- Manejando sus finanzas
- Ayudando a su hijo a curarse del trauma
- La trata de personas: cómo proteger a nuestros jóvenes
- Cómo fortalecer los lazos de afecto con su bebé
- Cómo lidiar con los berrinches
- Cómo criar a su hijo en edad escolar
- Cómo relacionarse con su hijo adolescente
- Hay muchos padres adolescentes como usted
- Diez maneras de ser un mejor padre
- Cómo criar a sus parientes
- Apoyo después de la adopción
- Familias militares
- Cómo desarrollar comunidades fuertes
- Cómo criar a su hijo con retrasos de desarrollo y discapacidades
- Cómo desarrollar resiliencia en los niños y adolescentes
- La crianza de niños después de la violencia domestica