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Congratulations to the many CICM faculty members who have recently been awarded new grants! CICM would like to highlight some of their excellent work below. Eunhye Ahn is a co-principal investigator at the Institute for Strong Foundations of Policy Analysis. She and her colleagues were awarded Here and Next Spark Funding for this work. Manasseh […]

This week, we continued our tradition of planting a pinwheel garden at the Brown School.  Blue pinwheels were introduced as the national symbol for child abuse prevention in 2008.  Child maltreatment (including emotional, physical, sexual abuse and neglect) is highly prevalent in the US (Finkelhor et al., 2015; US DHHS, 2025) and globally (Stoltenbourgh et […]

Please join CICM in congratulating our newest PhD graduates, each of whom successfully defended their dissertations this spring! These scholars have contributed their knowledge, time, and expertise to CICM during their time at the Brown School, and we wish them the best in all their future endeavors! Fithi Andom will be working as a post-doctoral […]

Learn more about burnout with these materials from Ryan Lindsay’s presentation to CICM’s Field Advisory Board on May 1st, 2023. Burnout, compassion fatigue, exhaustion, and secondary trauma- these are all potential outcomes working in the helping professions. Most of this is driven by policies and systems that underfund, under-resource, and under-value the worth of all […]

Watch Trish Kohl’s presentation at Open Classroom on March 28, 2023! Description: Children require secure, nurturing and safe environments in order to thrive and flourish. This session will highlight micro and macro social work practice that aims to protect children, support families and empower communities to help children reach their full developmental potential, including policy […]

Though every family faces its own set of challenges, they possess inherent strengths that can be harnessed during tough times.  Learning to leverage these strengths in five critical areas can boost your confidence, reduce stress, and foster stronger connections with your children. These 5 areas are:  Families that are strong have a beneficial impact on […]

Dr. Aytakin Huseynli discusses her dissertation research, which proposed a new framework to study the association between the resource curse (regressive development despite massive oil and gas wealth) and child well-being.

When a child is having a hard time, adults often want to step in quickly to solve the child’s problem.  However, taking a moment to pause and help the child think about his or her emotions can be really helpful.   

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month!   Here are five things that we should know about National Child Abuse Prevention Month:  1) Why is Child Abuse Prevention Month needed?   During 2021, fewer than one-quarter (20.2%) of confirmed maltreatment victims were removed from their homes because of an investigation or alternative response. Approximately 1.8 million children […]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month was officially created in 1983. It is observed every April, and it is a time when the nation comes together to recognize and bring awareness to the child abuse and neglect epidemic in the United States. The theme for this year is “ Working Together to Strengthen Families.” This month […]