Research has proven that Adverse Childhood Experiences, including child abuse, affect the health and well-being of our society and increase the risk of suicide, substance abuse and mental and physical health issues. This interactive session will review the ACES study and the research underlying child abuse prevention education, briefly discuss HB 286 that mandates training and will also provide an overview of Prevent Child Abuse Utah's free prevention education for students, school personnel and parents. A discussion will also be held on how Prevent Child Abuse Utah's curriculum links to the new Utah Health Core Standards.
Resources:
PCAU School Based Programs
School Based Program PDF
Presenter:
Gwen Knight
Gwen is the Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Utah. Prior to joining PCAU, she worked for 25 years in the Utah Judicial System, both in Juvenile and District Court. During her last eight years of tenure with the Court, Gwen supervised over 150 volunteers in the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children) Program, recruiting, training and managing caseloads. She has interacted frequently with DCFS and other state agencies. Gwen is passionate about giving children a voice and keeping them safe as well as educating adults in order to strengthen families. Gwen serves on several coalitions including the PTA Family Life Commission, the Child Welfare Improvement Council, Salt Lake Region Quality Improvement Committee, Protecting Childhood Coalition, Salt Lake County Safe Kids Coalition, and the West Jordan Domestic Violence Coalition. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Masters of Public Administration from Southern Utah University.
gknight@pcautah.org
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