On February 15th, Rachel, Rei and I headed out to a downtown elementary public school to watch CAPP’s child abuse prevention puppet show. We were going to be watching it with third and fourth graders, and I found how it was very interesting how the children interpreted the information. The puppet show was directed around…
Our group traveled to the New York Foundling building to meet with Marion White, the Senior Program Director, Trevor Raushi, Kylie, and Laura Isherwood of the Child Abuse Prevention Program. We learned about how CAPP taught children about intense topics like sexual and physical abuse without traumatizing them. They created a fun puppet show to teach…
For our second meeting with the NYSPCC, we helped them sort out presents that they would hand out during their Christmas party. They had hundreds and hundreds of presents and the three of us sorted them all by age (not gender). After we were done sorting, the clinicians for each kid came and picked out presents for…
For this interview, Alexa, Rei and I traveled to The New York Foundling building on 6th avenue between 16th and 17th street. There we interviewed the Senior Program Director Marion White, and her team. Since its start 1986, the Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) has been successful in giving children the tools they need to prevent and report abuse…
When we met with the Nicole Epps and Tessa Chermiset for the second time, they were very interested in learning more about our point of view on the topic of child abuse. They mentioned how great it was to have kids as young as we are, so dedicated and passionate about our subject. They wanted our…
On this fieldwork, we met with various people who were part of the World Childhood Foundation at their NYC headquarters. We spoke to Joanna Rubinstein and Nicole Epps, and we had previously met with them two times in the past. Talking to Joanna, who is the president and CEO of Childhood, and Nicole, who is…
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has an annual Holiday party in which they have presents for the kids and activities for them to do. We were invited by the funding administrator to come and help out in preparing the activities for the kids. We helped cut flowers, felt shapes, create…
For this fieldwork, we partnered with the same team of people we had worked with before (one of the directors of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a new receptionist and funding administrator for the organization, and the development officer). What we did is we sorted through the thousands of…
On this visit, we were invited to volunteer by one of the directors of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a new receptionist and funding administrator for the organization, and the development officer. During this fieldwork, I felt very happy because the idea of kids using what we were making…
On this visit, we were invited to volunteer by Inessa Spencer, and Beverly Orth-Geoghegan. Our job was to assemble arts and crafts toys for kids who have been abused. We along with 4 other volunteers, and 5 other staff members cut out hundreds of paper flowers for the children to make boquets out of. The people…
I think so far, this interview has affected my group most. We interviewed a child abuse survivor. For confidentiality reasons, the name of the survivor will not be named. In a private room in our school, we interviewed her about her experiences. When we interviewed this person, the conversation felt real, she wasn’t hiding anything…
For our third fieldwork, we talked with a child abuse survivor about her experiences with an abusive father a child. This meeting really made me think about how child abuse really has no face. I would never have been able to tell that this positive, well spirited person was treated in such awful dehumanizing ways. She…
Our second interview we did was with the NY Center for Children Sarah McNamara, the senior social worker there. This organization works to provide therapy, medical, and recreational services to abused children. It is a non-for-profit organization, and a large amount of its budget comes from donations. When we arrived, we sat in a waiting…
For our first fieldwork and attempt to learn more about taking action in our topic, we scheduled an interview with Nicole Epps and Tessa Chermiset of the World Childhood foundation. We took the D train to West 31st street and walked to the building #715 on 183 Madison Ave. We took the beautiful glass elevator up…
Our group is studying the many kinds of child abuse in America and how to prevent it. Child abuse is very common; 1 in every 6 children will be abused before they turn 18, but many people ignore it or believe that it doesn’t happen in our country. This is a lie, child abuse happens…
Our second interview we did was at the NY Center for Children. We interviewed Sarah McNamara, the senior social worker there. This organization provide therapy, medical, and recreational services to kids who’ve been abused in any way, such as; sexually, physically, emotionally, and psychiatrically. They also work with victims of neglect. It is a non-for-profit…
For our first fieldwork we scheduled an interview with Nicole Epps and Tessa Chermiset of the World Childhood Foundation. We took the D train to West 34th street and walked to their New York headquarters at 183 Madison Ave. We were greeted at their seventh floor sweet and were invited in. We were given water,…
