Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN)

Tonight's special guest is Maria Vinci-Savettiere, Esq, from Morris County, New Jersey, Executive Director of Deirdre's House since 2003. Deirdre's House is a nationally accredited child advocacy center and is the only site in Morris County, New Jersey, where child victims of abuse and/or neglect can be forensically interviewed and prepared for trial by law enforcement, medically examined and trea...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Bill Murray from Los Angeles, our founder. Bill's recovery is 12 Step-based and spans over 3 and a half decades. Sexually abused by numerous clerics, all men, betwee...

Tonight's special guest is Debra Hunt from Glendale, Arizona, a NAASCA family member and volunteer. Among other things, Debra is now one of our HOSTS on our "Stop Child Abuse Now" talk radio shows. She began life in Fontana, California, in a childhood home marked by mental and emotional trauma. Yes, she was given opportunities participate in normal childhood activities like choir, dance, and cheer...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest will be Pastor Deborah Schleich, who grew up all over the world in a military family where her mother was mentally ill, and is now a survivor-professional. Living in Pensacola,...

Tonight's special guest is Amber Jewell, LMSW, from Kansas, a returning NAASCA family member and a survivor of many kinds of child abuse, neglect and hurt. She spent many years in foster care along with being in homes fueled by addictions and mental illness. Amber endured a social stigma that many at-risk kids experience as she fought the years of psychological and emotional abuse. As a young adul...

Tonight's special guest is Jillian Coburn from Lago Vista, Texas, an abuse survivor and author of the memoir 'My Ugly Truth: Life Beyond Abuse'. When Jillian was 18 and unexpectedly got pregnant, her life changed. With little support from the baby’s father, a pill habit to feed, Jillian soon found herself in a cycle of addiction, psychological, and physical abuse. In the years following, she went...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest will be Dr. Lena G. Clark from Alpharetta, Georgia, a Domestic Violence survivor, coach and author. She's an expert in the area of mental health. "My abuse was domestic abuse by...

Tonight's special guest is Victoria Kelly from Minneapolis, Minnesota, a long-time NAASCA family member / volunteer. She will be accompanied by a couple friends who are helping her with the AHHHS Event on Sat, Sept 25 (A Helping Hand for Healing Souls). The day-long event (10am to 8pm) will be held both locally, in Fridley, Minnesota, and virtually over ZOOM. It will include multiple presentations...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Michelle Bless from Cincinnati, a survivor of severe child abuse who's now a Minister and Chaplain. She'll appear on the 1st Thursday of each month and is the author...

Tonight's special guest is Darlene J Clark from Pulaski, Tennessee, a returning NAASCA family member. She's a survivor of severe child abuse and author of 'Born In A Living Hell,' about her tortuous childhood, and has recently written a second book, 'Shattered Innocence'. She relates, “I was abused, basically since birth. As a child, I had believed everyone gets abused during growing up." She expl...

Tonight's special guest is Aland Stamps from Bay City, Michigan, a former foster youth who grew up in foster care during the late 70's and 80's after his mother, who was a heroin addict, eventually lost her parenting rights as a result of her addiction. After 11 years in foster care and 20 different placements (foster homes, group homes and institutions), Aland aged out of foster care and into hom...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Dr Jaime Romo from San Diego, CA, an educator, consultant, author, and Minister, who promotes prevention and healing from child sexual abuse, particularly abuse by r...

Tonight's special guest is Claudia P Marulanda from New York City, New York, who is  originally from Colombia. Her child abuse started early. "I was abused by two individuals when I lived in my country," she says. "One was a family member, my mother's cousin, and I believe the abuse started when I was very young. I might have been four or five years old, possibly younger. The second person who abu...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest will be Lori Golden from San Diego, California, a survivor and a private psychotherapist working with other trauma and abuse survivors. Lori shares, “I am a survivor of incest....

SPECIAL SHOW: Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-family member, using an OPEN MIKE forum. ~~ Led by Penelope Benis, members of our NAASCA Board will take a deep dive into NAASCA's mission of child abuse intervention, prevention and recovery. We will take a close look at the breadth of NAASCA's programs such as our Global Recovery Group, Worldwide Ambassador Program, the Recovery Groups o...

Tonight's special guest is Chrissy Marie from Turlock, California, born the only child of parents who were very loving and are still married, going on 53 years. "My older cousin was my abuser," she says. "I do not recall anything before the abuse. My earliest memory is preschool age." Chrissy goes on, "I remember being so confused and feeling scared anytime he was around, and he was around me a lo...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special co-host will be Barbara Joy Hansen (Bobbie Joy) from Milford, Massachusetts. Her award winning memoir, 'Listen to the Cry of the Child,' describes her childhood world of violence. She...

Tonight's special guest is Crista Johnston from Nashville, Tennessee, a child abuse survivor, an activist and a future writer. Christa was adopted when she was 3 weeks old, " .. to take care of my adoptive dad's sexual gratification needs," (for all the things her adoptive mother would not do). "So I was raped hundred of times," she says, beginning at 4 or 5 and lasting for 8-9 years. "I was traff...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Dr. Tina Medina from Kansas City, Kansas, sexually molested as a child by her uncle. In recovery, Tina is now a professional writer specializing in public relations,...

Tonight's special guest is Holly Davy from Saginaw, Michigan. She was sexually abused from age 5 to 10 by an older male cousin, a violent young man who later killed 4 men and is currently serving life in a Super Max prison. "I didn't speak of my abuse to anyone until I was 26 years old," she says. "I finally told my mother when I was 34. I felt so much shame, guilt, disgust and fear about it that...

Tonight's special guest is Teresa Syms from Woodstock, Ontario, a returning NAAACA family member. Teresa is a survivor of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. She was the youngest child born with a physical disability that delayed her ability to walk and was raised on a tobacco farm by a hard-working alcoholic father and an unstable deaf mother neither who knew how to love or nurture their child...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Michelle Bless from Cincinnati, a survivor of severe child abuse who's now a Minister and Chaplain. She'll appear on the 1st Thursday of each month and is the author...

Tonight's special guest is Lisa Zarcone from Massachusetts, a returning NAASCA family member and the NAASCA Ambassador for her state. A child abuse survivor and activist, she's the author of 'The Unspoken Truth, A Memoir.' Her book is about childhood neglect and abuse at the hands of her severely mentally ill mother and others. Lisa says, "I wrote my story to promote awareness for mental health is...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest will be Bill Murray from Los Angeles, our founder. Bill's recovery is 12 Step-based and spans some 3 and a half decades. Sexually abused by numerous clerics, all men, between th...

Tonight's special guest is Luke Wiersma from Dyer, Indiana. Luke was abused at 16 by  an older woman aged 22 who was a 'friend' of someone he was in school with. For the next two years she provided intoxicants to the boys and either convinced or forced them to do sexual things with her and she'd perform sexual acts on the youngsters. Luke, an addict, got hooked, and says, "I was under her control....