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David Prescott has accepted an appointment as Editor of Safer Society Press
In this time of uncertainty and bad news, we are pleased to be able to deliver an exciting update about Safer Society Press. Many of you know David personally and professionally, but for those of you who do not, here is a brief summary of his illustrious career as a ...
MASOC/MATSA and ATSA Conference announcements
Postcard announcements arrived today for the 22nd MASOC/MATSA Joint Conference, and for the 39th Annual Research & Treatment Conference for ATSA. The MASOC/MATSA Conference will take place April 13-15, 2020 at the Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Learn more and register by clicking the link below: ...
Tech platforms still have a long way to go in policing child sex abuse online
"EVERYONE AGREES that child exploitation material should be off the Web. The trouble is actually getting rid of it. The New York Times writes that technology companies last year reported 45 million online photographs and videos of minors, including infants and toddlers, being sexually assaulted and in some cases even ...
Congratulations to MASOC on their new newsletter
We just received the inaugural issue of the MASOC Practice Update: Prevention and Progress newsletter. Picking up where NEARI Press and Training Center left off, the MASOC Newsletter will capture "the importance of keeping our work with children and youth grounded in emerging research." Joan Tabachnick and David Prescott are ...
Author Dr. Alissa Ackerman | The Importance of Connection | TEDxCSULB
"Dr. Alissa R. Ackerman offers a new perspective on restorative justice and how it can help those who suffered from sexual assault. With her personal experience, she shares with everyone the true importance of engaging in difficult conversations to heal from intimate harm. Dr. Alissa R. Ackerman is a criminal ...
Author David Prescott interview
The Prostasia Foundation is a new organization describing itself as follows: We are a child protection organization that combines our zero tolerance of child sexual abuse with our commitment to human and civil rights and sex positivity. They recently interviewed David Prescott -- author of our Becoming Who You Want ...
Calls for Abstracts/Presentations
We received a notice in the mail today announcing the call for Abstracts for the 2019 ATSA Conference. You can find more information here. We also received an email notice that the call for presentations deadline for the NYS ATSA & NYS Alliance 24th Annual Joint Conference has been extended ...
New Year’s Holiday Hours
The offices of Safer Society will be closed on December 31st and on January 1st. We will be reopening on Wednesday, January 2. Our webstore is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you need to place an order via purchase order before the end of the ...
