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Childline
24-hour toll-free to report suspected child abuse and neglect.
1-800-932-0313

National Child Abuse Hotline
24-hour crisis hotline offering support, information, literature, and referrals.   The hotline counselors work with translators who speak 140 languages to help people who call and speak something other than English. All calls are anonymous. (The hotline counselors don't know who you are and you don't have to tell them.)
1-800-422-4453 (1-800-4-A-Child)         1-800-222-4453 TDD (1-800-2-A-Child)

Special Kids Network
Information about services for children with special health care needs.
1-800-986-4550

The Arc of Pennsylvania - The Arc of PA, founded in 1949 by the parents of individuals with mental retardation, continues to work toward Service, Advocacy, Quality and Leadership for persons with mental retardation.
717-234-2621 

• Child Abuse Prevention
• Physical Child Abuse
• Abusive Pediatric Head Trauma
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Coping Skills with a Crying Baby
• Stress/Anger Management

• Second International Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma:Medical, Forensic, & Scientific Advances & Prevention Programs
  Snow King Resort & Conference Center  • Jackson Hole, Wyoming June 25-26, 2009
• Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma Conference: Medical, Forensic, and Scientific Advances and Prevention was held in Hershey Pennsylvania July 12-13, 2007.  This first of a kind conference provided a unique opportunity for clinicians, researchers, forensic scientists, engineers and others from a wide range of disciplines to share their research challenges and controversies in this field and develop cross-disciplinary collaborations to further advance our understanding of abusive head injuries. Click on the link below to order copies of the conference CD-Rom which includes the five keynote addresses. CD Order Form
• Childline - Suspect child abuse?  Call Childline at 1-800-932-0313
• National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
• The Matty Eappen Foundation
• The Shaken Baby Alliance - The Shaken Baby Alliance is an advocacy web site for SBS (Shaken Baby Syndrome) children and their families working alongside friends and professionals in a community effort.
• Brain injury Association Shaken Baby Syndrome Page - This page contains a definition of SBS, statistics on the scope of the SBS problem, a who, what, when and why of SBS and tips for prevention.
  800-444-6443
• The Arc of Pennsylvania - The Arc of PA, founded in 1949 by the parents of individuals with mental retardation, continues to work toward Service, Advocacy, Quality and Leadership for persons with mental retardation.
  717-234-2621
• Midwest Children’s Resource Center - Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Project
  Jane Swenson 651-220-6703
• The SKIPPER Initiative works to educate parents and caregivers about Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) and increase awareness of the ways to prevent SBS incidents. 
• The Traumatic Brain Injury Association

Supporting Organizations

• Centers for Disease Control
• The Pennsylvania Department of Health
• Children’s Miracle Network