What could $100 do:
- Two weeks of trauma-focused therapy for an abused child
- A forensic interview at West Pine so an abused child only has to tell her/his story one time in a comfortable setting with a trained interviewer
- Two months worth of DVDs to record forensic interviews or therapy sessions
- Art supplies to help traumatized children express their feelings about their experiences
- Ten copies of “What to do When Your Child has been Molested” for a Parent’s Group
- Ten copies of workbooks used by traumatized children and adolescents during counseling
- Supplies for a 16-week FLARES (Families Learning About Recovery Strategies) group
- Supplies for a 16-week SPARCS (Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress) Group
- Snacks for 16 weeks for a Preschool, Elementary Age or Adolescent Group
- Six months of snacks for a therapist’s individual clients
- Three months of snacks for forensic interview clients
- An honorarium for speakers in the monthly Child Trauma Colloquium Series
- The cost of presenting a training session to educate 30-40 people about sexual abuse and other child traumas
- The cost of following a child’s progress for two years after s/he finishes trauma-focused counseling to make sure the child maintain her/his gains
- Therapeutic board games to help children recover from abuse and neglect
- Four sets of appropriate toys to give to families to promote positive interaction between parents and children and practice skills they learned in counseling
- Transport a child to therapy for a month
- Provide breakfast at 3 Case Review meetings where law enforcement, prosecutors and child protective workers on our team update investigations
- Print 250 brochures which outline our services
- A pair of anatomically correct dolls used in forensic interviews
- 21. A month’s worth of clinical supervision for a Social Work, Counseling or Psychology graduate student
Donations can be conveneinantly made via online giving through the University of Missouri's donation system. To ensure your donation reaches the CASGSL kids please choose "Children's Advocacy Services" in the drop down menu when asked to designate where you would like your gift to go.
Donations may also be sent directly to the agency at: Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis, One University Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63121.