The Academy of Forensic Nursing is pleased to announce a new partnership with The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). Through this partnership, current AFN members are invited to sign up for a one-year membership with APSAC at a discounted rate. Likewise, APSAC members are able to join AFN at a special one-year rate.

The mission of The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children is to improve society’s response to the abuse and neglect of its children. APSAC envisions a world where all maltreated or at-risk children and their families have access to the highest level of professional commitment and service. APSAC is your source for networking, education, publications, and resources. Thousands of child maltreatment professionals from all over the world – attorneys, child protective services workers, law enforcement, nurses, physicians, researchers, teachers, psychologists, clergy, administrators, and allies – have joined APSAC’s effort to ensure that everyone affected by child maltreatment receives the best possible professional response.

Featured APSAC Member Benefits:

• Free Zoom Chats with leading professionals on topical issues

• Free APSAC and The New York Foundling Webinar Series

• Free Members Only Sections on Mental Health and IPV

• Free Reading Club and Learning Collaborative on racial justice in child welfare

• Free access to Child Maltreatment Journal and other APSAC publications

• Significantly discounted Colloquium registration

• Discounted NCA-approved, interactive Virtual Forensic Interview Clinics

• Discounted APSAC and The New York Foundling Online Course (29 modules, asynchronous, self-paced)

• Access to No Hit Zone materials by developmental ages and stages in English and Spanish to provide for families served

• Advocacy Access Opportunities

  • Bring pressing legal issues to the APSAC Amicus committee

  • Engage with fellow members on committees, advisory groups, and commissions

  • Access resources of The APSAC Center for Child Policy

  • Join the National Initiative to End Corporal Punishment

You can join APSAC by visiting Partner Benefits in the AFN Member Center (AFN member login required). This membership plan gives you access to full APSAC benefits for $100 per year.