Safe & Sound: Child Advocacy Center

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Programs sponsored and supported by the Safe & Sound Child Advocacy Center include:

  • Annual Meeting/Seminar - In addition to elections and awards, a professional speaker provides a seminar on relevant topics to community professionals.

  • Child Passenger Safety Program - A community initiative to purchase and distribute car seats and provide instruction on correct use to Midland County families.

  • Forensic Interviewing - Coordinating the investigation of child sexual or severe physical abuse limit child trauma and increase child safety.

  • Education Training Workgroup- A collaborative community partnership to assess, evaluate and respond to the needs of Midland County adolescents.

  • Child Abuse Prevention- Programs focusing on child safety, problem solving, and making good choices based on the curriculum Second Step and Talk About Touching from the prestigious Committee for Children. The program is being initiated as a pilot program at Bullock Creek Elementary with funding underwritten by the Midland Kiwanis Club.

Click on the links above or view our brochure for additional information about Safe & Sound's programs.

 

Adopt a Child's Smile

  

Adopt_a_Childs_Smile_logo.JPGThe Adopt a Child’s Smile program provides basic dental care to low-income, uninsured Midland County Offering both preventative and restorative dental care, participating dentists donate a portion of their services and provide additional services at reduced fees.

 

 

 Annual Meeting/Seminar

Safe & Sound sponsors an annual educational seminar for parents and professionals on a topic related to child abuse and neglect. The 2009 program featured Catherine Connell, Child Interview Specialist with the FBI, presenting on the Changing Face of the New Victim.

 

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Through the Child Passenger Safety Program, Safe & Sound purchases and distributes car seats and provides instruction on correct use to Midland County families. Periodic car seat inspections and recall information are also offered.

 

 

 

Starting July 1, 2008, Michigan enacted a new booster seat law.  All children MUST use a booster seat until they are 4'9" or 8 years old.  Please click here or view this short video clip for more information.


Education Training Workgroup

Education Training Workgroup is a collaborative community partnership to assess, evaluate and respond to the needs of Midland County adolescents. This information is shared electronically. To be connected to this information please submit your e-mail address in the "Contact Us" box, which is located above. 

Please join us for the 2009 workshop – Asset Building: A Framework for Change, scheduled for October 9 at the Valley Plaza in Midland.  Jim O'Neill, PhD. of Madonna University will be presenting on foundational knowledge for community wide systemic change in how we provide services for children and youth. Dr. O’Neill will explore the concept of asset building and its application to the work of family service professionals.

 

 

Page last updated on October 6, 2009 10:24am