Online Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Packet

General Information

• About Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota    
• The Five Protective Factors   
• Telling the Core Story of Prevention (download this short PowerPoint Presentation and use it as an introduction to your own community prevention presentation)  
• Follow this link to the Federal Community Resources Packet for great information about strengthening families and communities.

New Reframed Information

• FrameWorks' Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Message Toolkit    

Includes:

• Telling the Core Story of Prevention 
• Talking Points  
• Responses to Frequently Asked Questions  
• Sample Editorial
• Sample Letter to the Editor 
• Case Studies that demonstrate how advocates have been able to successfully incorporate framing recommendations.

 Communities – Actions and Tools

• Child abuse prevention month ideas for your community   
• Tips for working with the media  NEW AND REFRAMED
• Do All You Can For Kids  NEW AND REFRAMED 
• Suggested radio script for PSAs  NEW AND REFRAMED
• • 15 Second PSA (audio): Click here to listen  
  • 15 Second Wakanheza PSA (audio): Click here to listen 
  • 30 Second PSA (audio): Click here to listen  
  • Script for "It Only Takes One" PSA    
      
• Sample letter to the editor  NEW AND REFRAMED
• Planning a local proclamation event 
• Child Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation  
• News release 
• How to involve parents and other local spokespersons 
• Tips for preparing spokespersons 
• Talking about child abuse and neglect prevention  NEW AND REFRAMED
• Presentation tips   
• What is child abuse? 
• Child Maltreatment Statistics  NEW AND REFRAMED

 Religious Organizations

• Strategies for faith-based communities  
• Bulletin Inserts

 Educators

• Winning ways with children in school  
• Public awareness activities  
• Pinwheel Activity  
• Order Pinwheels   

 Resources

• State and national contacts 
• Child abuse reporting fact sheets 
• Internet resources 
• Reporting to child protection services 
• Child abuse reporting facts for Minnesota  
• Minnesota Child Protection Agencies  
• Child Abuse Prevention Councils in Minnesota