Useful links for professionals

Copine - Now CROGA - The COPINE project was based at the Department of Applied Psychology, University College Cork and actively researches the area of child sexual abuse on the Internet. For information about the COPINE scale used to classify child abuse images please click here

Motivational Interviewing - Website providing an invaluable resource for those seeking information on Motivational Interviewing. It includes general information about the approach, as well as links, training resources, and information on reprints and recent research.

York Domestic Abuse Forum - Website of the York Domestic Abuse Forum providing information of services dealing with domestic abuse within York

Teacher Net - Teacher Net is a national website aimed at those involved in education. The site provides useful child protection advice to schools, including advice on safe recruitment

Barnardos International - The Barnardos International website provides a portal into the Barnardos sites of Australia, Ireland, New Zealand. Each site provides a range of useful information on child safeguarding issues from an international perspective

British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) - Useful resource for legal judgements made in the UK and Ireland. Not always easy to navigate, but searching is greatly enhanced by knowing the case number or name and date of judgement

The Guardian Unlimited -The Guardian's online Society section provides a useful resource for news relating to children, including child protection

The Child Protection in Sport Unit - The Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) is a partnership between the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), Sport England, SportScotland, Sports Council for Northern Ireland and The Sports Council for Wales.

North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Board - The website of North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Board. The website contains a range of useful information of relevance to children, familes and professionals living and working in the North Yorkshire Area.

National Child Abuse Clearinghouse - The National Child Protection Clearinghouse (funded by the Australian Government's Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs) provides a useful information resource.

International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) - The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, founded in 1977, is the only multidisciplinary international organization that brings together a worldwide cross-section of committed professionals working in child protection

The National Organsiation for the Treatment of Abusers (NOTA) - NOTA is the only professional multi-disciplinary organisation in the UK dedicated to work with sexual abusers. It is consequently in a unique position to promote and develop work in this area of public protection.

British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) - The British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) is a registered charity which aims to prevent physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect of children