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Kshir & Potter Release Their Third Book Together

Posted by Sandra On October - 10 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

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Publish America is proud to announce the release of “One Step Ahead of Fate” by Dreamcatchers best-selling authors.

This is an shocking story of domestic violence. Every woman dreams of meeting the perfect man, but no woman dreams of being physically and sexually abused, tortured or held hostage in their own home.

This powerful story will take our reader through the vicious cycle of abuse, shattered dreams, broken promises and the brutal reality of having to fight just to stay alive. After surviving being hit, kicked, punched, slapped, raped, stalked and beaten daily for over five years she finally manages to escape.

Her road to recovery would be a long, emotional battle, but new beginnings would soon follow as she desperately struggles to regain back her life and her dignity. This must-read shocking story will also provide domestic violence education, advice, tips, escape plans, hotline numbers and resources.

Recently the writing duo recently released “The Child Abuse Survivor Project” and “Unnecessary Roughness: Til death do us part.”  Each educational book released surrounds a heartfelt story of an abusive situation, as well as an educational self-help section assisting victims in seeking the help they so desperately need.

The writing duo was recently invited by director and producer Benford Standley to attend the Paso Digital Film Festival, and will appear on a guest spot on Mary Aguilar’s radio talk show, Victims Speak Out, to promote their upcoming release. Aguilar is best known for her role on HBO’s the Sopranos.

Books are available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other fine online book stores.

Keith Dudley Joins As A New Sponsor

Posted by Sandra On October - 8 - 2009 1 COMMENT

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Dreamcatchers for Abused Children Announces Keith Dudley to Be a New Sponsor

October 7, 2009

Michigan, USA

Just Announced! Hundreds of dedicated volunteers from Dreamcatchers for Abused Children are pleased to announce a partnership with County Music Star, Keith Dudley.

Keith Dudley is a singer/songwriter based in Nashville, TN and Fort Mill, SC. Keith began his 25 year music career at the age of 13 when he wrote and performed his first song. From an early age his mother had a major impact on his love of music and helped shape his soulful roots.

With a diverse love of music culminated in his life long career as a singer/songwriter, Keith has traveled extensively throughout the United States and other countries as a performing artist. Formerly a gospel artist with The Benson Music Group, Keith charted two top five singles from his album “Talk About It”. He had two number one songs for the group 4Him. In 2000, Keith was nominated for a Dove Award for his song “The Hand of God”. He has toured with such groups as the Imperials, Point of Grace, 4Him, Truth and Phil Driscoll.

Keith is also an accomplished public speaker, performing at corporate events, high schools, colleges and universities throughout the US and other countries. For seven years Keith was involved in the cable television industry. He served as executive vice president in charge of Creative Development for an upstart cable network and three years as CEO and chairman of IMT (International Music Television).

His current project, “China Grove”, showcases Keith’s philosophy, “We are created as creatures of passion – passion for love and a passion for life. We also have experienced pain and loss, therefore we can only hope that our passion for life overcomes this pain, and helps us pick up the pieces and live.” “Love’s Been Good” has already reached #7 on the Power Source Charts in only a few months. The title song “China Grove” is slated to be released in 2009.

When asked why he agreed to join the force of Dreamcatchers, his response…

The site looks amazing. I am proud to be associated.

Love being a part of what you are doing.

Blessings,

KD

 

 

You can visit Keith’s at:

WEBSITE: http://www.keithdudleymusic.com/KeithDudley/Home.html

Dreamcatchers for Abused Children is a worldwide non Profit 501(3) child abuse organization dedicated to educating the public on child abuse awareness, intervention & prevention. www.dreamcatchersforabusedchildren.com

Report Child Abuse

Posted by Sandra On October - 8 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

United States Child Abuse Reporting Numbers

If you suspect abuse DO NOT WAIT until you can “prove” child abuse — make a report whenever your worries about the safety of a child turn into suspicions that the child is being abused or neglected.

If the abuse is happening right now, call now.

YOUR CALL COULD SAVE A CHILD’S LIFE!!! Read the rest of this entry »

Child Safety Tips

Posted by Sandra On October - 8 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Child Safety Tips

One in 42 children will become lost, missing, kidnapped or run away this year.  While stranger abduction is relatively rare, it still happens.  Most abductions are perpetrated by someone the child knows.

Child abduction is a tragedy….It devastates the parents, families, and touches all of us.

Please read the following carefully about ways to keep your children safe.

Things You Should Do

  • * Pay attention to where your children are at all times; don’t lose sight of your child in public places.
  • * Never leave children alone in cars.
  • * Establish strict procedures for picking your children up at school, at a friend’s, a movie, etc. Tell your children not to accept rides from people with whom you have not made previous arrangements – even if they say they are a police officer, teacher, or friend of the family.
  • * Establish a family code word. Tell your children never to go with someone who does not know the code word.
  • * Teach your children their full names, your full name, address, and telephone number. Teach them how to reach either you or a trusted adult, and how to call for police assistance.
  • * Make sure they know how to make local and long distance telephone calls. Even a small child can be taught to dial 911 or 0 for “Operator” for help.
  • * Tell your children about the abduction problem in a calm and simple way as if you were teaching any other important coping skill.
  • * Listen attentively if your children talk about anyone they encounter in your absence.
  • * Have photographs of your children taken four times a year (especially for pre-schoolers). Make a note of birthmarks and other distinguishing features.
  • * Have fingerprints taken of your children.
  • * Remember that child predators look like regular folks.
  • * Keep an open dialog about safety; give situational quizzes about all safety issues.


Teach Your Children

  • * Never to leave the yard without permission. Very small children should play only in the backyard or in a supervised play area.
  • * Not to wander off, to avoid lonely places, and not to take shortcuts through alleys or deserted areas.
  • * They are safer walking or playing with friends.
  • * Always to come straight home from school unless you have made other arrangements.
  • * Never to enter anyone’s home without your prior approval.
  • * To scream, run away, and tell you or a trusted adult if anyone attempts to touch or grab them.
  • * Not to give out any information on the telephone, particularly their name and address, or that they are alone.
  • * Never to go anywhere with anyone who does not know the family code word.
  • * To keep all doors locked and only admit authorized people into the house. No one else should be permitted to enter.
  • * To memorize their full names and address, including city and state.
  • * To memorize their telephone number, including zip code.
  • * How to use the telephone to make emergency, local, and long distance calls.
  • * Never to go into your home if a door is open or a window is broken.
  • * How to work door and window locks.
  • * How to answer the doorbell and telephone when they are home alone.
  • * To run to the nearest public place, neighbor, or safe house if they feel they are being followed.
  • * To tell you if someone asks them to keep a secret, offers them gifts or money, or asks to take their picture.
  • * To always tell you if something happened while they were away from you that made them feel uncomfortable.

Life Skills- Coping Links

Posted by Sandra On October - 5 - 2009 2 COMMENTS
A LISTING OF RESOURCES TO HELP YOU:
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MOST OF THESE HELP AGENCIES ARE NATIONAL, BUT THEY CAN REFER YOU TO THE APPROPRIATE GROUP CLOSEST TO WHERE YOU ARE.

 

Informational Links

Posted by Sandra On October - 5 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Help Is Always Around. Read the rest of this entry »

Child Abuse Links

Posted by Sandra On October - 5 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Child Safety Links

www.amberchildsafety.com

National Sex Offender Registry
True Tracker Pro
Child Protection Community
Tad Camp Investigations
Warriors Of Innocence
Parent Internet Education and Safety

Information on Child Abuse

Following is a list of Web sites containing useful information on child abuse as well as effective parenting. Many of the organizations who sponsor the sites use offer additional resources such as consultation, training, research, advocacy, or dissemination of information on child abuse.

American Humane – Devoted to preventing cruelty, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children and animals.
Center for Effective Parenting – Provides helpful parenting information.

Child Care Aware – Committed to helping parents find the best information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community.
Child Welfare League of America – Child Welfare League of America National Data Analysis System CWLA, in cooperation with the nation’s state child welfare agencies, provides a comprehensive, interactive child welfare database. Internet users can create customized tables and graphs, as well as access to information on child abuse.
Child Welfare Information Gateway – Child Welfare Information Gateway connects professionals and concerned citizens to timely, essential information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
Child Welfare League of America National Data Analysis System – CWLA, in cooperation with the nation’s state child welfare agencies, provides information on child abuse in a comprehensive, interactive child welfare database.
Child Trends Data Bank – Source for the latest national trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being.
Children’s Action Alliance – Helps promote the well-being of children and their families through research, policy development, media campaigns and advocacy.
Children’s Defense Fund – Mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life.

Children Now – Information on child abuse and on making children the top public policy priority.

Circle of Parents – Network of parent-led self-help groups where parents and caregivers can share ideas, celebrate successes, and address the challenges surrounding parenting.
Family and Marriage Counseling Directory – Articles, resources, and databases for finding family and marriage counselors.
Focus Adolescent Services – Resources on Teen and Family Issues. Topics include anger and violence; self injury such as carving, branding and marking; and abuse.

G.W. Medical Publishing – G.W. Medical Publishing is a leading clinical and forensic publisher serving the medical, legal, social service, and law enforcement communities with the resources they need to combat child abuse, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, child trafficking, and other maltreatment.

KIDS COUNT Data Book
– Project by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to track status of children in the United States.
Life Prints Child Protection Technology – Life-Prints’ mission is to provide the most advanced technology to the Child/Infant ID market, by developing and supporting proprietary, user-friendly software that interfaces with state-of-art equipment, with levels of customer support unattainable elsewhere.
MEDLINEplus – A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
National Data Archive on Child Abuse – Exchange among researched in child maltreatment field.


NetSmartz
– Interactive, educational safety resource that teaches kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet.
New Parents Network – Articles and information on child abuse and other topics for new parents.
Parents Anonymous – The nation’s oldest for information on child abuse prevention.
Prevent Child Abuse America – Dedicated to providing information on child abuse and inspiring hope to everyone involved in the effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of children.


Search Engine for Children
– This site contains over 20,000 child-safe sites, and over 4,000 categories including the arts, computers, directories, entertainment, games, health, news, people, pre-school, school time, sports, hobbies, and family.
Stand for Children – Advocate for improvements to and funding for programs that give every child a fair chance in life.
State Sex Offender Registries – Registered sex offenders, listed by state.
The Stephanie Zimbalist Caring for Kids Fund – Judith Moose, Publicist and PR Friend to Childhelp is donating $2-3/book sold, including her up coming book, “The Greatest Cowboy of Them All,” a reflective story about Johnny Cash that will be distributed through WalMart.
TeensHealth – Created by The Nemours Foundation’s Center for Children’s Health Media, TeensHealth provides teens and families with up-to-date, jargon-free advice about health, relationships, and growing up. Topics include issues such as depression and self-cutting, abuse in the family, and safety basics such as internet safety.


U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau – Government site featuring information on child abuse, statistics, and resources related to child welfare.

Zero to Three – Publications, reference guides to programs, projects and professional developmental services promoting the healthy development of our nation’s infants and toddlers.

Sex Offender Registry

Posted by Sandra On October - 5 - 2009 1 COMMENT
WHO IS LIVING NEXT DOOR TO YOU?
WHO IS BABYSITTING YOUR CHILD?
WHO IS YOUR CHILD’S COACH/TEACHER/BUS DRIVER?
WHO IS YOUR CHILD’S BEST FRIEND’S PARENTS?
WHO IS YOUR CHILD’S PASTOR?
WHO IS YOUR CHILD’S CAMP COUNSELOR?
CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO FIND OUT:

http://www.familywatchdog.us/


http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/registry.htm


http://www.nsopr.gov/

National Sex Offender Public Website

The National/State Sex Offender Public Website—coordinated by the Department of Justice—enables every citizen to search the latest information from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for the identity and location of known sex offenders.

To run a search: Enter the site, select the “I agree” button under Conditions of Use, fill out the Search form, and select “Search.”

You can also search registry websites maintained by individual states by following the links below. Note: the information contained in the national registry and the state registries is identical; the national registry simply enables a search across multiple states.

Alabama Louisiana Oklahoma
Alaska Maine Oregon
Arizona Maryland Pennsylvania
Arkansas Massachusetts Puerto Rico
California Michigan Rhode Island
Colorado Minnesota South Carolina
Connecticut Mississippi South Dakota
Delaware Missouri Tennessee
District Of Columbia Montana Texas
Florida Nebraska Utah
Georgia Nevada Vermont
Hawaii New Hampshire Virginia
Idaho New Jersey Washington
Illinois New Mexico West Virginia
Indiana New York Wisconsin
Iowa North Carolina Wyoming
Kansas North Dakota
Kentucky Ohio

For more information:

Visit the background on The National/State Sex Offender Public Website for details on our role in developing and maintaining the registry.

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DREAMCATCHERS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN, INC. is an official non-profit 501(c)3 child abuse & neglect organization. Our mission is to educate the public on all aspects of child abuse such as symptoms, intervention, prevention, statistics, reporting, and helping victims locate the proper resources necessary to achieve a full recovery. We also cover areas such as bullying, teen suicide & prevention, children\'s rights, child trafficking, missing & exploited children, online safety, and pedophiles/sex offenders.

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