One in Ten
Engaging the brightest minds working to solve one of the world's toughest challenges—child abuse. Join us for conversations with leading experts on science, law, medicine, morality, and messaging. One in Ten is brought to you by National Children's Alliance, the largest network of care centers in the U.S. serving child victims of abuse. Our host is Teresa Huizar, NCA's CEO and a national expert on child abuse intervention and trauma treatment. Visit us online at nationalchildrensalliance.org.
Episodes
111 episodes
Which Child Abuse Reports Matter? with Melanie Nadon, Ph.D., MPA
In this episode of One in Ten, Teresa Huizar interviews Dr. Melanie Nadon from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, about the intricacies of mandatory reporting in child abuse cases. The discussion delves into the disparities in report...
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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46:07
How Trauma Fuels The Sex Trade with Klejdis Bilali
In this episode of One in Ten, host Teresa Huizar converses with Klejdis Bilali, a doctoral researcher at the University of South Florida's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Lab, about the intricate connections between childhood abuse, substance abu...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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39:30
Breaking Taboo: Addressing Sibling Sexual Abuse with Amy Adams
In this episode of 'One in Ten,' host Teresa Huizar interviews Amy Adams, a Ph.D. doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham, about the complex and often overlooked issue of sibling sexual abuse. They discuss the challenges surrounding...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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43:28
The Ripple Effects of Firearm Injuries in Children with Dr. Zirui Song
In this episode of "One in Ten," host Teresa Huizar speaks with Dr. Zirui Song, an Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Medicine at Harvard Medical School, about the extensive impact of firearm injuries on children and their families. T...
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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49:38
Why Belonging Matters
In this episode of One in Ten, Teresa Huizar speaks with Gaelin Elmore, Youth Advocate, Speaker, and Belonging Champion. They discuss the significant impact of belonging on children who have faced adversities, and how child abuse professionals ...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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43:49
Why Don't More Teachers Report Abuse?
Why Don't More Teachers Report Abuse? Understanding the Challenges and SolutionsIn this episode of 'One in Ten,' host Teresa Huizar speaks with Amanda Glouchkow, a Research Assistant at the University of Ottawa, about the complexities te...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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38:48
Creating Change Through Storytelling
How do we persuade people more effectively and more authentically? And how does telling our own leadership story help those we’re trying to persuade to trust us and what we’re trying to do? Storytelling, and using it to make human connections, ...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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51:28
Which Kids Do We Believe?
Black children and other children of color are less likely to be believed when reporting sexual violence and are considered less credible by jurors. But in multidisciplinary team settings, we pride ourselves on openly discussing all aspects of ...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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37:35
How Good Are We at Keeping Kids Safe?
When it comes to child sexual abuse and exploitation, a new look at the U.S. shows we’re not doing very well. Economist Impact's Out of the Shadows Index report, supported by World Childhood Foundation USA, sets key indicators for performance o...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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43:08
What Is Weathering? With Dr. Arline Geronimus
Dr. Arline T. Geronimus coined the term “weathering” to describe the effects of systemic oppression—including racism and classism—on the body. In 2023, she published Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society to ...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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1:01:23
How Good Are Parents at Recognizing Grooming?
Would you recognize grooming if you saw it? We all think we know what it means, but that doesn’t mean we’re any good at spotting it—even if we’re parents determined to protect our kids from abuse. In fact, if anything, we’re overconfident about...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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41:33
Climate Change and Violence Against Children
All of us have had to give more thought to climate change and its effects in recent years. But to what degree have we yet reckoned with the way in which climate change may increase violence against children? Which children are most likely to be...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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39:41
Treating Adolescents With Problematic Sexual Behaviors
Cases involving problematic sexual behavior are between a quarter and a third of all cases of child sexual abuse that come through Children’s Advocacy Centers. How do we understand this behavior in teens? What are risk factors and key opportuni...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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49:05
Boys: The Invisible Victims of Child Sex Trafficking
Child sex trafficking is not a new phenomenon. And thankfully, the general public and child abuse professionals have greater awareness than ever of it. But has the full story yet been told? To what extent has the experience of boys been a part ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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50:59
Making Prevention Education Accessible for All
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities are more than three times more likely to experience abuse and neglect than children without these disabilities. We should see a prevention landscape filled with programs tailored to thes...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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40:35
A Sea of Red Dots: The Explosion in Online Child Sexual Abuse
While the presence of child sexual abuse images in child sexual abuse cases is not new, the sheer scale and scope and ubiquity of it all is. The exponential growth in the trading of these images has created a sophisticated marketplace designed ...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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41:53
Why Do People Believe Conspiracy Theories About Human Trafficking?
The rise in myths and conspiracy theories about human trafficking have been one of the most frustrating parts of being a child abuse professional over the past few years. It has been a deadly game of whack a mole, because as soon as one myth or...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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40:37
Understanding Kids With Problematic Sexual Behaviors
Geoff Sidoli joins us from NCA’s Institute for Better Mental Health Outcomes to talk about kids with sexual behavior problems. Myths abound about why these kids act out, how treatable they are, and what treatment settings and methods may be mos...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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40:58
Keeping Kids Safe in the Homeschool Boom
Homeschooling is the fastest-growing form of education in the U.S., a surge in popularity that crosses every demographic, political, and geographic line. Most parents who homeschool do so with their children’s very best interests in mind. But w...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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23:46
Cultural Considerations Working With Middle Eastern and North African Families
In the U.S., there are at least 1.2 million immigrants from Middle Eastern and North African countries, and close to 4 million descendants from prior waves of immigration. Yet there’s very little research on the experiences of those families wi...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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41:15
Glimpsing the Iceberg: Corporal Punishment and Physical Abuse
To truly address child physical abuse, we have to understand the scope of the problem and how the use of corporal punishment can escalate to the point in which children are harmed. What Dr. Amy Slep and her team did was to set up their...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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40:17
Tailoring TF-CBT to Black Children and Youth
If you listened to the last episode, you learned a lot about effective, evidence-based treatment—specifically, TF-CBT. But what do you do if, as a clinician and researcher, you see that a population of kids is not, perhaps, receiving the fu...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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49:05
TF-CBT: Helping Kids Get Better
In the mid-90s, little was known about how to effectively treat trauma, especially that trauma that can arise from child sexual abuse. Victims often languished in treatment for years with symptoms that might—or might not—ever improve. Then more...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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45:33
Best of the Best: The Real Red Flags of Grooming
One of the most compelling problems in child sexual abuse prevention has been how to describe to parents, caregivers, and the general public exactly what signs to look for to identify concerns. Frankly, much of the discussion has been ...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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38:49
Best of the Best: Let's Talk About Spanking
Research shows that about 75% of physical abuse starts as physical discipline gone terribly awry. We have years of data showing spanking is ineffective—and, in fact, harmful to kids. But often the topic is treated as a third rail by many child ...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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35:01