ROAR on Living Oklahoma
Education Manager, Shelby Lynch, sat down with Living Oklahoma to chat about ROAR and The CARE Center’s plan to end child abuse in Oklahoma County.
Education
10,000 ROARs!
The CARE Center has reached 10,000 kids through ROAR, a child abuse prevention program created by the Center and launched in 2017.
Basic Safety Rules To Teach Your Children
Here are some basic safety rules to implement at home and beyond to help keep your children safe in everyday situations.
Teaching Kids Body Safety
View Article in Metro Family Magazine In Oklahoma County, one in three girls and one in five boys will be victims of sexual assault by age 18, according to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. “We teach our kids how to call 911 if there is an emergency, how to safely get out of a …
Talking to Children About Traumatic Events
Trauma Causes Stress Natural disasters, man-made crises such as car or plane accidents, or violent episodes like shootings or bombings happen all too often these days. Traumatic events can have profound effects not only on those who have been directly involved and influenced but also on people close to those people and to witnesses. Effects …
Keeping Your Children Safe
Did you know that most child victims suffer abuse at the hands of someone they know, love, and trust? Someone that YOU know, love, and trust? We teach our kids not to talk to strangers, but how do we teach them to be safe around the people they know? The first steps to preventing abuse …
What Happens When I Make a Report?
After making a report through the Child Abuse Hotline the following steps will be taken: A Department of Human Services (DHS) supervisor screens the report of child abuse to determine whether the allegation meets the statutory definition of abuse and neglect and whether the report falls within DHS responsibility. DHS is mandated to investigate substantiated …
Recognizing & Reporting Abuse
Child abuse is an act that endangers or impairs a child’s physical, mental or emotional health and development. Child abuse may take the form of physical or emotional injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploration, physical neglect, medical neglect, or inadequate supervision. Child victims are often abuse by someone they know or by someone is a position …
