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Prevent Child Abuse presents special showing of ‘Resilience’

Posted at 12:04 pm March 27, 2017
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee will present a special showing of “Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope” in April in Oak Ridge.

“This impactful documentary is a great introduction to the topic of making our community more trauma informed,” said Susan Moore, regional program manager for Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee.

The video portion is about one hour long, and it will be followed by a panel discussion, Moore said.

It’s a free community event, and it will be at Roane State Community College at 701 Briarcliff Avenue in Oak Ridge. The screening will be in Goff 107. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits Tagged With: Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee, Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope, Susan Moore

Regional Prevent Child Abuse manager to discuss Healthy Families, Healthy Start

Posted at 2:26 pm January 24, 2015
By Dawn Huotari Leave a Comment

Susan Moore of Healthy Start

Susan Moore

Susan Moore, program manager for the East Tennessee region of Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee, will be the featured speaker at a February meeting of Women’s Interfaith Dialogue of Oak Ridge.

Moore will discuss “Healthy Families, Healthy Start: A home-visiting program promoting the well-being of children.”

The meeting will start at 11 a.m. Monday, February 2, in the Entry Forum of the Jewish Congregation at 101 West Madison Lane. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Health, Meetings and Events, Nonprofits Tagged With: Healthy Families Healthy Start, home visits, Jewish Congregation, Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee, Susan Moore, Women's Interfaith Dialogue, Women's Interfaith Dialogue of Oak Ridge

Guest column: Tips for managing family stress during the holidays

Posted at 9:38 am December 24, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Guest Columns Leave a Comment

Submitted by Susan Moore

Around this time of year, we start hearing phrases like “Give thanks” and “get into the Christmas spirit” everywhere we go. Just about every advertisement reminds us that the holidays are right around the corner. It is a festive time of year with plenty to do. There are parades, Black Friday sales, family get-togethers, good food, and gifts to buy.

But as the joy and excitement of the season spreads, stress and anxiety also increase. During the holiday season, we actually see an increase in child abuse attributed to the additional stresses on families.

At first this sounds surprising, but everyone, especially parents, can relate to the stress of setting aside money to purchase gifts for Christmas and food for Thanksgiving. With extra expenses and additional events piling up, parents are vulnerable to losing control of themselves in an attempt to release their stress. Instead of finding a healthy outlet for stress release, many parents take out their frustration on their children and use abusive discipline.

“Typically around this time of year we see the parent with a full plate losing it a little bit and hurting their children,” says Kristen Rector of Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee. “It’s not the out-of-control raging parent who usually abuses a child but the parent stressed out by the holiday expenses.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guest Columns, Opinion Tagged With: Anderson County, anxiety, child abuse, Christmas, Christmas Spirit, family stress, giving, Healthy Families Tennessee, Healthy Families TN, holidays, hosting, Kristen Rector, PCAT, Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee, stress, Susan Moore, Tennessee Parent Helpline, Thanksgiving

Letter: Healthy Start to kick off fall campaign, seeks donations

Posted at 11:53 pm November 26, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Letters Leave a Comment

To the Editor:

After 15 years, with its continued mission of preventing child abuse and neglect in Anderson County, Healthy Start continues to support our families and is regarded as a model program. Healthy Start of Anderson County is funded solely through contributions from within Anderson County.

As part of its mission to prevent child abuse and neglect in Anderson County, Healthy Start seeks to support new parents toward a positive future, as well as enhancing their child’s development. Evidence shows that 98 percent of Healthy Start babies are at their age-appropriate developmental level, and 100 percent have well-baby checks and age appropriate immunizations.

Currently, however, the demand for Healthy Start services outpaces the ability to provide them because of funding limitations. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Anderson County, Anita Vines, babies, Carmen Willis, Carol Plasil, child abuse, donors, funding, Healthy Start, Healthy Start of Anderson County, Janie Hiserote, Kay Brookshire, Kelly Noel, Marcia Slagle, neglect, Susan Moore, Tanya Brown, Vicki Pickett, Virginia Jones

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