There are many signs that a child may be the victim of childhood sexual abuse, and it depends on the age of that child. So in younger children, you’re looking for a failure to thrive. In infants, blood in diapers or unexplained bruises are oftentimes a sign that something may not be right, and as…
Every child needs a hero. Hurt and abused children need superheroes. Family & Children’s Services Child Abuse and Trauma Services – also known as CATS – leaps giant hurdles to provide hope and healing to nearly 5,000 children each year who have experienced abuse, neglect or trauma. One of CATS’ methods for helping children work…
Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) CEO Gail Lapidus and Senior Executive Director of F&CS Women in Recovery (WIR) Mimi Tarrasch presented at NatCon18, the national conference of the National Council for Behavioral Health. On April 23-25, over 5,000 like-minded leaders from across the country gathered in Washington DC to explore health care’s greatest innovations in practice improvement,…
White Party Eleven (WP11) raised the bar this year by raising more than $334,000, helping Family & Children’s Services continue to offer hope to those who need it – abused and hurting children, families in crisis and those suffering from mental illness and addiction. On Saturday, May 12 with over 800 guests, more of Tulsa’s…
Learning how to massage your baby is one of the simplest, most enjoyable things you can do with your child. Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) is teaching F&CS parents and/or caregivers how to perform massage on their baby or babies as a way to gently nurture and spend quality and loving time with children. Massage…
