April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. In 2019, an estimated 656,000 children nationally were victims of abuse or neglect based on referrals made to child protective services agencies (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2021). For this month’s e-newsletter feature, Teen Health Connection’s Chief Psychologist Jennifer Thomas, Ph.D., discusses risk and protective factors for child abuse and the impact of Covid-19.

 

Jennifer Thomas, PhD, Teen Health Connection Chief Psychologist