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Recognizing Child Abuse

 
Learn how to recognize indicators of abuse when caring for a child and how to begin the healing process. According to research from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), more than 700,000 incidences of child abuse are reported each year in the United States with more than a fourth of them being ages of three and under. It is believed that the reporting of any type of abuse – for both children and adults - is extremely low, conservative figures indicate that one out of three or one out of four children experience abuse by the age of eighteen. The lifetime financial consequences of child abuse cost more than $124 billion dollars per victim. With staggering healthcare costs, increased risk of certain diseases, impact on relationships and life goals, as well as the impact on society, identifying the pain is the beginning of healing. A professional recognizing the indicators of abuse and helping those to start a path to healing may actually help change the world one person at a time. Since a small portion of behavioral healthcare and medical professionals are ever taught to recognize those with abuse histories, this topic can help give you the essential tools to recognize child abuse and the ravages of that abuse on the client’s mental, physical and financial health.

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Melissa Bradley-Ball, MS, NCC, BCETS, FAAETS

Melissa Bradley-Ball, MS, NCC, BCETS, FAAETS

The Omnibus Center

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Faculty

Melissa Bradley-Ball, MS, NCC, BCETS, FAAETS

Melissa Bradley-Ball, MS, NCC, BCETS, FAAETS

The Omnibus Center

  • Has spent more than three decades as an educator and clinical trainer
  • As an EMDR trained (Level I and Level II; specialized protocol trainings) counselor, she has had extensive experience in the field of trauma and frequently trains medical and mental health personnel, agencies, Veteran Administration Hospitals, universities, crisis lines, school systems, corporations and retreat centers in dealing with victims of trauma and other mental health and post-traumatic growth and resilience issues
  • Skills include being a former Child Sexual Abuse Investigator and providing expert witness testimony in criminal and civil court
  • Most notably, as the developer of dozens of clinical continuing education courses, she has taught full day and multi-day continuing education trainings to more than 250,000 professionals, including physicians, psychologists, nurses, clergy, chaplain, Law Enforcement and District Attorneys in hundreds of cities in every state in the United States, Canada and Central America
  • Fellow, Diplomate and Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress for the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and a National Certified Counselor
  • Frequent keynote speaker at national and statewide conferences
  • Among her professional associations, she is also a member of the American Counseling Association
  • Frequent guest on regional and national radio and television news shows discussing a wide range of issues on trauma, abuse, resilience and healing; several of those news series addressing the subject of rape and sexual abuse have won prestigious national and international media awards for those interviews, including the Scripps Howard Award for Broadcasting Excellence, the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Tennessee Educators Association and the New York Festival
  • Educates the masses about how to live resiliently using the heroic journey framework, as Editor of a monthly publication The Heroic Journal which is sent throughout the U.S., Canada & Europe
  • Currently waiting for the release of a PBS Documentary, which was filmed in 2014 with Bradley-Ball, about children and their heroic journey of healing post-divorce
  • Also wrote multiple 100+ page training manuals on the topic of trauma and abuse and is a family mediator
  • Can be contacted at 615-574-0122, [email protected], website www.theomnibuscenter.org, Twitter: MissyBradley or FaceBook: The Omnibus Center

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