Child and youth services

Shocking statistics were released last week by the child advocacy group, Safe Horizon, who reported that in a recent survey, three quarters of Americans admitted to believing that a child they knew was being abused, but only 12 percent ever reported the suspected abuse to authorities! Though 78 percent of people surveyed said they suspected they’d seen abuse, 33 percent remained quiet because they “didn’t want to get involved.” How sad is that!? Currently, in New York City, the majority of... Read Full Story

The other day, I read in somebody's livejournal that she had watched a movie called An American Crime. Afterwards she looked up the true story that the movie was based on and was horrified. I had not heard about the movie and I was curious, so I looked it up too and learned about the death of Sylvia Likens. (The details of her torture and death may me triggering for survivors of abuse.) Sylvia Likens was a 16 year old girl in Indiana who, along with her 15 year old sister, Jenny, went to... Read Full Story

. Good morning everyone! I'd like to speak a little about password security, which is the subject of today's review. Hackers, by their very nature want to cause mayhem wherever they can, just because they can. If they succeed on your machine, then who's to blame? Don't blame them ;) it's your own fault for not having good computer and password security set up. Developer: Lamantine Software Supported Languages: English/Dutch System Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server... Read Full Story

Originally posted - September 27th, 2007 Premier Software Reviews is an active blog, being recreated from my Swan Reviews (Almost!) Everything web site. Once recreated (just a couple of days now,) ~ Swan will be providing fresh reviews three or four times per week as usual. Please adjust your bookmarks. Hello to all my readers, You may have seen this red logo appearing in the last dozen or so software reviews that I've... Read Full Story

Download 10 Reasons to Use Plugoo IM    By Kimberly Mickelson Although voice e-mail, video mail and video conferencing can provide enhanced forms of communication, a non-profit organization should also provide a Web-based instant messaging tool to allow easy communication with any of their online volunteers or potential Internet-based volunteers. One such free (text-based) instant messaging service (Meebo is a similar service) that a non-profit organization can place on their Web site to... Read Full Story

. Hello to all my readers, You may have seen this red logo appearing in the last dozen or so software reviews that I've presented to you. If you've never clicked on it, then you won't realize it means that literally thousands of bloggers all over the world will be blogging today, about some kind of abuse. And that day is today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terrified of his excited demands; And the grasp of his hot sweaty hands. That nasty glint in his eyes; As he separates my tiny... Read Full Story

Download Dan Tombs InterviewWinnipeg, Canada, February 27, 2007: When self-employed multimedia creator Dan Tombs was contacted by a Canadian charity about volunteering via the Internet, he did not realize the rewards and ease of helping from home -- a way of volunteering he had not known about. "It [online volunteering] was actually more fulfilling than any of the work that I did for my clients in the past.... "said Tombs. ".... it was reaching out and helping somebody else and it was to me... Read Full Story