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The purpose of APSAC's Monograph Series is to provide in-depth treatment to important topics within the field of child maltreatment. The inaugural APSAC Monograph on Psychological Maltreatment (PM) includes: 

• Context, definitions, and forms of PM;
• Risk factors for PM;
• Assessment, intervention, and prevention of PM;
• Future directions for child rights and overall child well-being as they relate to PM;
• And much more.​

This monograph is available to all regardless of APSAC membership status. Please note that this is a living document, and any future version will replace all previous versions.

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Table of Contents

• ​At Issue: Child Abuse Reporters and the Immunity Myth

• An Overview of Published Medical Research About Child Abuse and Neglect During 2006-2015

• True Evidence-Based Practices Deserve Wide Acceptance

• A National Initiative to End Corporal Punishment

• No Hit Zones: A Single Solution to Address the Most Prevalent Risk Factor in Child Abuse

• Working with Molly: A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Parents Using Corporal Punishment Because of Their Religious Beliefs

These guidelines are an update of the 2012 series of APSAC Practice Guidelines, titled Interviewing in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse. They reflect current knowledge about best practices related to forensic interviews and should be considered in conjunction with the 2018 APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment, 4th Edition (see especially Chapter 19, “When Interviewing Children: A Review and Update” by Saywitz et al.). They are aspirational and intended to encourage the highest level of interview proficiency, offering direction for training professionals who conduct child forensic interviews. These guidelines are not intended to establish a legal standard of care or a rigid standard of practice to which professionals are expected to adhere in all cases. They provide a framework for professionals who conduct forensic interviews and are not an all-inclusive guide. Published 2023.

These guidelines were primarily developed for mental health professionals, with the goal of advancing the quality of their evaluations, when harm to a child by caregivers, substitute caregivers, or those acting in loco parentis is a question before the court. These are not forensic interviewing guidelines, which are for investigative and prosecution purposes and do not necessarily involve mental health professionals. Published 2022.

Materials include: effective alternatives by developmental age and stage, a pledge to become a No Hit Home, and latest research on harms of spanking.

Materials include: effective alternatives by developmental age and stage, a pledge to become a No Hit Home, and latest research on harms of spanking.

Materials include: effective alternatives by developmental age and stage, a pledge to become a No Hit Home, and latest research on harms of spanking.

Materials include: effective alternatives by developmental age and stage, a pledge to become a No Hit Home, and latest research on harms of spanking.

Materials include: effective alternatives by developmental age and stage, a pledge to become a No Hit Home, and latest research on harms of spanking.

If you would like to add your organization's logo, please contact hgilbert@apsac.org. 

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The third edition of Child Abuse Quick Reference features new and updated recommendations for the investigation, treatment, and prevention of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect in children. A team of contributors representing the fields of medicine, law enforcement, and social work fully revised this latest edition to include the most up-to-date best practices in response to child maltreatment. This pocket-sized, easy-to-use quick reference volume will prove invaluable to multidisciplinary professionals who work with abused children.

Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span, Volume 2: Evaluation of Children and Adults, part of a 3-volume set of sexual assault references, directs attention to specific age groups within infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. The text addresses each group's particular needs when identifying sexual assault.

Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children combines all aspects of abusive head trauma cases into one complete reference for clinicians, investigators, prosecutors, and social workers.

Abusive Head Trauma Quick Reference is a pocket-sized field guide for investigators, clinicians, and other involved professionals to identify abusive head trauma. Full-color clinical photography and comprehensive information combine to make a compact guide perfect for pediatricians, ER staff, nurses, medical examiners, and more.

Building on the first two assessment books in our forensic learning series on sexual assault, Advanced-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment offers the final step of education for forensic nurse examiners in any stage of their career.

STM Learning’s SANE/SAFE Forensic Learning Series: Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment is designed to challenge the critical thinking skills of sexual assault examiners responsible for identifying injuries, collecting evidence, and treating patients reporting a history of sexual assault or abuse.

The Entry-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment is designed to give novice and experienced sexual assault examiners the opportunity to learn, apply, and demonstrate competency in sexual assault evaluations of adolescents and adults.

The next step in our self-assessment books on sexual assault, Intermediate-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment provides more intricate and situation-specific case studies to educate nurse examiners, beginning and experienced.