“Like the children in the painting, floating beacons of light into a night sky, Family & Children’s Services provides a light in the darkness, consistently standing as the place to turn when problems seem too difficult to manage alone.” – Gail Lapidus
I want to jump into the tiger’s cage, so they will eat me and I’ll die,” said 7-year-old Matthew to his mom during a trip to the zoo. Formerly a happy child, Matthew had become hyperactive, nervous and depressed after being sexually abused at his daycare. He was also compelled to touch objects multiple times…
Did you know that suicides tend to rise in the spring and summer? Strange as it may sound, one reason is warm weather. Deborah Serani writes in Scientific America that when depressed people don’t find that their life’s trajectories are aligning with a season that is supposed to be about happiness and renewal, it can make…
Christine Marsh is the Senior Director of the Child Abuse and Trauma Services at Family & Children’s Services (FCS). Marsh has been the director since 1990 when the program was the Family Sexual Abuse Treatment Program before expanding to serve all types of child abuse and trauma experiences. Marsh is a licensed clinical social worker…
In 1983, during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan, April was set aside as National Child Abuse Awareness month as a way of raising awareness for the issues of child abuse in America. The Blue Ribbon that’s associated with child abuse (much as pink ribbons are associated with breast cancer) was first established in 1989, yet…
