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Virginia Sears from Moore, Oklahoma won the 2009 Harley Davidson  Nightster XL1200N!

Thank you to everyone who participated!

On Friday, August 28, 2009,

Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma

will celebrate its 21st anniversary at

"Melody Lane: A Night For Children"

Guests at Melody Lane will be treated to an elegant evening filled with music, dancing, enticing live and silent auctions featuring luxurious prizes and a wonderful dinner at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, 7000 N. Grand Blvd.

 

We hope you will join us for this wonderful evening as we look back on our more than two decades of providing healthy safe, and nurturing experiences for children and families.  Join us as we also look to the future and how to develop even better efforts for caring for our state's children.  You can be a part of the solution and a part of caring for all our children by joining us and supporting this fun and important event.

 Sponsorship opportunities are available.  Please call us for more information.

Buy individual tickets for $50.00 each.


 


April 14th – 16th

The Exchange Club Center presented “The Healing Field.” 

 

This moving tribute featured 1,500 American flags and 32 Oklahoma state flags posted on the south lawn of the state Capitol to represent the 1,500 children in the U.S. and the 32 children in Oklahoma who lost their lives to child abuse last year. 

 

 

Healing Field Flags Are Still Available

 

“Inspire Hope, Prevent Child Abuse”

Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma Announces April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month

OKLAHOMA – Last year, in Oklahoma alone, there were over 13,000 confirmed cases of child abuse. There were 51 child deaths as a result of maltreatment, 82% of those were children under two years of age.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma (PCAO) is championing the effort to raise awareness in Oklahoma.

“Prevention efforts are our best hope for reducing the effects of child abuse,” said Micah Stirling, Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma.  “The most important thing we can do to prevent abuse is support families.” 

Child abuse prevention programs help families learn five protective factors: nurturing and attachment; knowledge of parenting and child development; parental resilience; social connections; and support for parents. When these factors are present in parents, child maltreatment rates are dramatically reduced. 

“When we teach parents the five factors, we are teaching them that they can succeed,” said Stirling. “When we inspire hope in struggling families, they are able to solve problems and focus on providing a safe and healthy home for their children.”
 
PCAO was founded in 1986 to prevent child abuse through education, public awareness, advocacy, support groups and community-based programs. PCAO has helped over 5,000 families develop their skills and abilities to raise healthy children and has reached out with over 150 educational presentations in schools, churches, civic clubs and community events each year. PCAO believes that abuse is preventable through the combined efforts of parents, children, and their communities.
Healthy Families
Healthy Families is a home-visitation program for new
parents needing support and guidance during the exciting
and challenging time of having a new baby. Healthy Families
begins visitation either prenatally or within three months of
birth. Visits are offered, on a voluntary basis, at least once
a week. The family creates a Family Plan and works with a
Support Worker to achieve goals. The program lasts up to
five years.

Parent Support Groups
Parent Support Groups allow parents to get together to
learn about topics relevant to parents, as well as build a
support system. Topics include child development, proper
parent-child interaction, finances, college, and other
community resources.

Play Groups
Play Groups offer parents an opportunity to bring their
children to participate in age appropriate activities to
increase parent-child interaction.

Parenting Workshops
The Parent-Child Center offers Parenting Workshops that cover information needed to parent infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. These workshops are taught at the Parent-Child Center, and at local schools and churches.

Also available:

Links to Community Services
The Parent-Child staff work to make sure that families are aware of and able to utilize any available community resources that will help them meet their goals.  We work closely with such agencies as Infant Crisis Center, WIC, TANF, the Housing Authority, and many, many more.

Child Development Screenings
Staff are certified in the Denver Developmental Screening. This instrument is designed to be used with apparently well children between birth and six years of age and is administered by assessing a child's performance on various age-appropriate tasks.

Resource Room
The Center keeps a variety of items on hand to help families with emergency needs. Items such as diapers, formula, clothing and toys are kept on hand to help families in our program through a difficult time.

Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse

437 N.W. 12th Street, Oklahoma City, OK  73103

405-232-2500

Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma/
The Exchange Club Center       

Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma began in 1986 as a
commitment and dream of volunteers, professionals, and
concerned citizens. From humble beginnings, Prevent
Child Abuse Oklahoma has grown to a statewide reach
and has helped over 5,000 families.  

In 2001, Prevent Child Abuse merged with The Exchange
Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse. Together,
our agency has led the way in building awareness,
providing education and inspiring hope to everyone
involved in the effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of
our children.