Seekonk Guidance Counselors & Psychologists Learn About Child Abuse

On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, Michelle Loranger, Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) of Bristol County Executive Director, provided child abuse training to the Seekonk School District. Guidance counselors and psychologists came together at the Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School to learn about child sexual abuse, mandated reporting and how to navigate a complex subject. Thanks to Seekonk's Interim Superintendent and the Seekonk Police Department for bringing this training and awareness to the Seekonk Public Schools. Bristol County has had a 45% increase in the number of child sexual abuse cases who have presented to the CAC since the agency's inception five years ago.

The Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) of Bristol County, created in July 2007, is a private, 501c(3) non-profit agency. Based upon a national, child focused evidence-based model, the CAC provides forensic interviews, health exams and consultations, and referrals to mental health and other support services to children and adults with intellectual disabilities who have been victims of sexual abuse, severe physical abuse and witness to violence. Working closely with a multi-disciplinary team (MDT), comprised of law enforcement, Department of Children & Families, District Attorney’s office and community-based agencies, the center provides direct services to children and families from any of the 21 towns and cities in Bristol County, Massachusetts. The Children’s Advocacy Center model was created 28 years ago. A CAC in located in each Massachusetts county and there are over 800 CACs nationwide.

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