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In the seventh episode of Chasing Hope for America’s Children, Kendall Marlowe speaks with Mary Taylor “MT” Goeltz, a graduate student in the Clinical Health Psychology Program at the University of Colorado Denver, about the rapidly evolving challenge of keeping children safe online. MT brings a developmental and clinical psychology lens to the conversation, drawing on her work with the Eugene Far...

In the sixth episode of Chasing Hope for America’s Children , Warren Binford speaks with Jenelle Goodrich, Founder and Executive Director of From Silenced to Saved (FSTS), a nonprofit organization providing on-scene response, advocacy, and comprehensive case management for victims and survivors of human trafficking. A certified Family Trauma Professional with over a decade of frontline experience,...

In the fifth episode of Chasing Hope for America’s Children , we share a recorded conversation between Dr. Antonia Chiesa, a nationally recognized child abuse pediatrician and Director of the Kempe Center’s Integrated Health Services program, and medical student Gagandeep "Gigi" Rai. Together, they explore how child abuse pediatrics sits at the intersection of medicine, justice, and huma...

In the fourth episode of Chasing Hope for America’s Children , Warren Binford speaks with South Carolina State Representative Brandon Guffey about the growing crisis of online exploitation impacting children and teens. Rep. Guffey has become a leading advocate for child safety online, mental health awareness, and legislative action to hold platforms accountable. His work has been featured by CN2 N...

As pediatric health care providers, you are certain to encounter patients who have experienced foster or kinship care. Caring for children in foster care or kinship care can be complex and requires specialized knowledge and skills. Join Dr Mary Greiner, Chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care, to learn about the newly released 3rd editio...

In the third episode of our “Chasing Hope for America’s Children,” Warren Binford interviews groundbreaking researcher Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau, who has dedicated her career to identifying effective ways to prevent the sexual abuse of children.  Learn more about Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau here: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/2594/elizabeth-j-letourneau . Watch her TEDMED talk at: https://www.t...

Our series on 21st Century Child Abuse continues as host Warren Binford sits down with legal trailblazer James Marsh. They're diving deep into the constantly shifting legal landscape for victims and survivors of tech-facilitated child abuse. How are our laws catching up with technology to protect children? Tune in to find out! James R. Marsh Bio: Founding Partner  James has been licensed to p...

Everyone has now heard about the horrific sex crimes Jeffrey Epstein committed against countless girls and young women for decades through his sex trafficking organization. What many people do not know is that the Epstein survivors’ courageous fight to pursue justice and assert their rights changed the legal landscape for victims and survivors across the nation, and that their positive impact cont...

Don't miss the latest episode of "Chasing Hope for America’s Children: A Conversation with Bruce Lesley." We sit down with Bruce Lesley, the President of First Focus on Children, to discuss critical issues facing kids in America. Learn more about Bruce's work here: https://firstfocus.org/about-us/staff-and-board/bruce-lesley/ . 

The discussion focuses on the intersection of technology and child protection, particularly the risks children face online due to instant access to information, experiences, and people globally through smartphones.   Richardson, with nearly 20 years at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, explains their work, which includes operating Canada's national tip line for reporting online sexual...

Summary of Key Findings   In the current state of technology, we have failed to create any meaningful legal framework to ensure our children are safe in the digital world. The lack of legal protections for children online differs from those of the physical world. Children online are at risk of experiencing poor mental health outcomes, being victims of predatory behavior, being exposed to harmful c...

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OPSC) are the foundational international legal instruments designed to protect children. However, as these treaties were adopted before the widespread digital era, their provisions require a modern interpretation to effectively combat the increasing links bet...

When we journey to distant lands—places rich with unfamiliar customs, cultures, and ways of being—we often pause to observe, to learn, and to honor the rhythms of life that differ from our own. Why? Because something deep within us longs to be in “right relationship” with others. Unconsciously, we hold a collective dream of being better together.   In this episode of Radio Kempe, we invite you to...

Professor Michael Salter is the Director of Childlight UNSW, the Australasian hub of Childlight, the Global Child Safety Institute, which undertakes research for impact on child sexual abuse and exploitation. Childlight UNSW is based in School of Social Sciences at UNSW, where Professor Salter conducts national and international research on child sexual exploitation, gender-based violence and comp...

Many therapists find it challenging to work with children who have experienced trauma and families facing multiple stressors, high conflict, and systemic issues. These families can be difficult to engage, leading therapists to feel ineffective, and thereby contributing to overarching burnout. Consequently, the children who often need the most support sometimes go without it.  But what if clinician...

Emily leads efforts to keep children safe online at one of the world’s largest and most powerful technology companies, Google. Previously, she led the policy team at Thorn, a tech-focused nonprofit working to end online child sexual abuse. And earlier, she spent seven years both in her home state of New Hampshire and in Washington, DC as an assistant to US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).  In the Ra...

The last of the three drivers of workforce resilience is the critical role that leaders play in creating a culture where resilience and well-being are valued and supported. Research tells us that compared to client-related burnout, staff experience higher levels of burnout related to agency-level factors. Workplace-related burnout was also more strongly associated with job stress, job dissatisfact...

Lucy Berliner is a renowned giant in trauma and trauma screening and was the former Director of the Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress at UNICEF’s global research arm in Italy. She was the long-time Director of the Harborview Center on Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress at the University of Washington, and Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and the De...

Dr. Daniel Kardefelt-Winther leads the Digital Engagement & Protection Team at UNICEF’s Global Office of Research and Foresight in Florence, Italy. He is one of the world’s foremost researchers on the harm to children in the digital world.   In the Radio Kempe Podcast, Daniel discusses his pioneering Disrupting Harms research and how extensive the risks are to children online today.  He also a...

One of the three drivers of workforce resilience is cultural practices that support well-being and resilience within an organization. Supervisors in child welfare play a pivotal role in creating and sustaining the culture of the organization. Consider that “culture” is the way things are done in an organization, and how it feels to work in that organization. No one has more impact on that than the...

Jacqueline Beauchere is the first Global Head of Platform Safety at Snap. Inc. She heads Snap’s online safety strategy and is working on these issues worldwide. Previously, Jacqueline spent more than 20 years at Microsoft where she was the company’s, and the industry’s, first Chief Online Safety Officer. At Snap she is raising awareness of online risks, advising on Snap’s tools and policies, and e...

One of the three drivers of workforce resilience are 5 surprisingly simple behaviors individual staff can practice to support their personal resilience. These research-supported practices; Gratitude, Moving Your Body, Mindfulness, Acts of Kindness, and Building Social Support are simple, yet amazingly impactful ways anyone can do to support their well-being and resilience. And a huge bonus is that...

Dr. Ethel Quayle was a research clinical psychologist (no longer in practice) at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in the United Kingdom. She is also a world-renowned researcher, who has focused on sexual crimes against children, especially sexual offenses involving the Internet. A particular priority for her work has been the role of abuse images in the offending process.     In the Radio K...

Human services organizations are facing unprecedented burnout, turnover, and recruitment challenges. The Kempe Center has developed "Be Well> Do Well> Stay Awhile," an evidence-informed framework to support workforce resilience. This framework targets three key drivers: leadership, workplace culture, and five simple resilience behaviors for staff. In addition, there are five simple...

In this podcast, we discuss a recent paper published by Dr. Suzanne Kerns and colleagues from the Kempe Center, Clayton State University and Kaiser. The paper is called “An Equity-Focused Assessment of Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention Research.” It was published in May, 2024 in the journal Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review . The paper describes the extent to which the research studi...