Increase Your Awareness. Help Support Children.

By Amanda C. Jones, PBB Grants Officer

April is National Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.

Right now, Psychology Beyond Borders’ two main projects focus on supporting children and young people overcoming the impact of traumatic events. In Indonesia, it’s school children impacted by the May 27, 2006 earthquake. In Sierra Leone, it’s young people who were affiliated with fighting forces during the country’s ten-year civil war. Either way, right now we’re focused on youth and on figuring out how to support them and help them better their lives when they’re dealing with trauma.

So, it seems appropriate to draw attention to the fact that April, just next month, is National Child Abuse Awareness (and Prevention) Month in the United States.