April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.  According to the U.S., state and local child protective services, approximately six complaints of abuse or neglect are reported every minute of every day.  On Friday, April 19<sup>th</sup>, leaders in child abuse prevention will host a <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4-19keepkidssafe">full-day workshop</a> for adults who work with and care for children.  You can register for the workshop at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4-19keepkidssafe">http://tinyurl.com/4-19keepkidssafe</a>.

“Empowering adults to prevent child abuse, neglect and maltreatment is our charge; keeping kids safe is our mission,” says Laura J. Hazen a child care and employment law attorney who is organizing the workshop.  “We’ve put together an impressive line-up of child abuse prevention experts who will provide tools and resources to help adults working with kids prevent and respond to allegations of child abuse and neglect and prevent liability.”

Speakers include Feather Berkhower a nationally recognized expert in child sexual abuse prevention and safety; educator, school counselor and consultant, Kari Knutson; the State of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s program director, Scott Bates, who also manages the state’s Child Maltreatment Prevention Unit; and Diana Goldberg, executive director of SungateKids, a Denver area child advocacy agency.  Hazen who helps child care centers prevent and respond to child abuse allegations, will also speak at the workshop.