ISPCAN Working Groups
A unique way to connect with people interested in special topics in child protection.
ISPCAN’s Working Groups bring together experts from around the world to work together on a specific aspect of child abuse and neglect and achieve the goals set forth by the group. The groups include members and nonmembers from across disciplines who meet regularly and can share resources, data, reports, and build new tools together to address a gap.
ISPCAN Working Group Expectations
•General concept note and 1-3 yr goals to address gaps in this area of work
•Updates to WG Website pages and Member Forum posts by leads once per quarter on projects and how members can engage
•Post projects and invitations to join, share final outputs / resources using special hashtags for the WG and tag ISPCAN on social media
•Project Outputs – Yearly requirement to develop a unique international guidance or resource (Policy briefs, International Frameworks or Guidelines around specific issues, Special Issue for journal, etc.)
•In person or online event at the ISPCAN Congresses with agenda coordinating with local partner
ISPCAN's Working Groups
Child Maltreatment Data Collection
The goal for this group is to identify and share the key methodological approaches and findings and to explore areas of difference and comparability. The group seeks to include participants from a range of countries in order to represent a broad diversity of cultures, approaches to service delivery, languages, methodologies, and comparative data.
N.E.X.T Network of Emerging eXpertise in child proTection
ISPCAN NEXT is a supportive, global network of emerging child protection professionals. Equipping the next generation of global leaders in child protection with knowledge, connections, and tools to create a safer and more supportive world for children, now and in the future.
Parenting and Scale-Up Working Group
Our goal for this Working Group is to have a collective group of people collaborating, learning from one another and engaging to provide personal growth in your daily work. The Parenting Working Group will be moderated by Genevieve Haupt Ronnie and Saara Thakur from the Global Parenting Initiative
Trauma Informed Care/Mental Health
We are bringing together trauma-informed care and practices that would be beneficial to any community. The goal is to develop practical tools and resources that make providing mental health care attainable for children and families.
Multi-disciplinary Collaborative Practice
The Mission of this working group is to share ideas around collaborative practices, and best ways to expand collaboration across sectors, regions, and the world. Our goal is to have global responses to child abuse to benefit all children, regardless of geographic location and resources.
Child Death Review Working Group
Child Death Review (CDR) is a systematic process aimed at examining child fatalities to identify causes and implement preventive measures to enhance child safety and health. This working group is a community of practice shared learning for members to connect and build lines of communication with one another, share ideas, skills, research, resources, multiple perspectives, and new information regarding this topic.
The Intersection of Schools and Child Protection
The aspiration is that the group will enable sharing of research and professional knowledge from different countries, provide a global picture of how education systems deal with the phenomenon of child maltreatment in order to advance practice and policy in this field
Child Safeguarding Working Group
The Child Safeguarding Working Group is specifically focused on implementing preventative actions that ensure that all children and young people are protected from deliberate or unintentional acts that could lead to the risk of or actual harm. Thia group plays an important role in protecting children from harm, abuse, neglect, or exploitation
