Radio Kempe

Jacqueline Beauchere is the first Global Head of Platform Safety at Snap. Inc. She heads Snap’s online safety strategy and is working on these issues worldwide.  Previously, Jacqueline spent more than 20 years at Microsoft where she was the company’s, and the industry’s, first Chief Online Safety Officer. At Snap she is raising awareness of online risks, advising on Snap’s tools and policies, and engaging with audiences worldwide. 

In the Radio Kempe Podcast, Jacqueline discusses the steps Snap is taking to counter the risks to kids online. She also addresses how Snap is engaging young people in the search for solutions, including the new Teen Council for Digital Well-Being.  She also discusses Snap’s new Digital Well-Being Index which measures the risks to kids country-by-country worldwide. And she addresses the growing problem of sextortion and how to address it. 

Join Radio Kempe for an interview with social media innovator Jacqueline Beauchere, as we address the new risks and harms to children in this digital age, and work toward real practical solutions. 

One of the three drivers of workforce resilience are 5 surprisingly simple behaviors individual staff can practice to support their personal resilience. These research-supported practices; Gratitude, Moving Your Body, Mindfulness, Acts of Kindness, and Building Social Support are simple, yet amazingly impactful ways anyone can do to support their well-being and resilience. And a huge bonus is that they all can be practiced within the workday, which has the added benefit of building connections and a positive culture within an organization. 

Dr. Ethel Quayle is a clinical psychologist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in the United Kingdom.  She is also a world-renowned researcher, who has focused on sexual crimes against children, especially sexual offenses involving the Internet.  A particular priority for her work has been the role of abuse images in the offending process.    

In the Radio Kempe Podcast, Dr. Quayle discusses the vital importance of research on this problem, her work with both sex offenders and their victims, and her development of a therapeutic program for internet sex offenders, including adolescents displaying problematic sexual behavior.  

Join Radio Kempe for an interview with pioneering researcher, Dr. Ethel Quayle, as we open our eyes to the new risks and harms to children in this digital age, and work toward real practical solutions.

Human services organizations are facing unprecedented burnout, turnover, and recruitment challenges. The Kempe Center has developed "Be Well> Do Well> Stay Awhile," an evidence-informed framework to support workforce resilience. This framework targets three key drivers: leadership, workplace culture, and five simple resilience behaviors for staff. In addition, there are five simple behaviors individual staff can practice to support their resilience. Join us monthly for this series, as we explore each aspect of this program throughout the year.

In this podcast, we discuss a recent paper published by Dr. Suzanne Kerns and colleagues from the Kempe Center, Clayton State University and Kaiser. The paper is called “An Equity-Focused Assessment of Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention Research.” It was published in May, 2024 in the journal Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. The paper describes the extent to which the research studies that are included in assessment of the evidence for parenting programs include different components of equity-related best practices. We discuss the impetus for the study, main findings, and next steps.

Host:  Ernie Allen

Recorded: July 2, 2024 

Julie Inman Grant heads the world’s first government regulatory agency committed to keeping its citizens safer online – particularly its children. She uses civil powers to takedown illegal or harmful content, including child sexual abuse material, pro-terrorist content, image-based abuse, cyberbullying, and others.  Julie describes her approach “Safety by Design” which balances user safety, particularly child safety, with new technology by building safety into their products. What can we learn from Australia’s pioneering efforts and how can we expand this approach worldwide? Join Radio Kempe for an interview with Australia’s dynamic e-Safety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, as we open our eyes to the new risks and harms to children in this digital age and work toward real practical solutions.

• How should we address the situation of children living in homes with intimate partner violence?
• Even if children are not directly harmed, we know they suffer poor outcomes from these environments. Should this be considered a form of maltreatment?
• Does this situation fall under our obligation to report to child protective services?

This is a common dilemma faced by many mandated reporters, with compelling arguments on both sides of the issue. To shed light on these complexities, we organized a debate featuring four highly qualified national experts who argued for and against the resolution: "Intimate Partner Violence in a Child’s Home is a Form of Maltreatment and Should Generally be Reported." Initially presented at the national meeting of the Helfer Society, we hope this debate advances the discussion on these challenging situations.

The Host: Dan Lindberg is a member of Kempe’s Child Protection Team and an Emergency Physician 

The Debaters: 

FOR The Resolution: Dr. John Melville is the Director of the Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, where the law mandates reporting of IPV exposure.  

Dr. Antonia Chiesa is the Director of Integrated Healthcare Services at the Kempe Center and the Principal Investigator of the Kempe Care Network, which improves the care of potentially abused children across Colorado.    

AGAINST The Resolution: Dr. Gunjan Tiyyagura is a pediatric emergency physician in New Haven, where she helped develop an integrated care model of care for IPV survivors and their children. 

 Dr. Nina Livingston is a Child Abuse Pediatrician in Hartford, where she partners with her state coalition against domestic violence and is a co-author of the AAP clinical report on IPV and the Pediatrician 

For decades, professionals striving to promote equity across various disciplines and systems have focused on cultural competency, cultural humility, and cultural awareness training. However, these efforts often fall short of bridging the gap between theory and practice, and from practice to transformation. 

An article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, "Stop Raising Awareness Already," emphasizes the need to break free from conventional norms for genuine progress to occur. While training is valuable, it's not the solution for internal and systemic transformation; it's a foundational step. True transformation arises from personal impact and making conscious choices to be different by focusing on building empathy, understanding impact, and most significantly, the dynamics of our relationships to bring about systemic change.

In the past year, the Center faced scrutiny due to misconceptions surrounding the "Kempe Protocol." A narrative circulated about the Center, which did not reflect our perspective. In this discussion, Steve Berkowitz, MD, with CU’s Department of Psychiatry, and Kathi Wells, MD, Executive Director at the Kempe Center, share what they seek and gain from one another. They emphasize the significance of tackling challenges and impacts by delving deeply and adopting a big-picture perspective. Additionally, they explore the need to lean into the complexity of the issues and tackle the challenges of child maltreatment in a meaningful way.

Dr. Kathi Wells is the Executive Director at the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect. In this brief yet insightful conversation, we discover Kathi's vision for the Kempe Center, joined by Michelle Davis, Director of JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) at Kempe. Kathi shares her goals to further the Center's mission and discusses how her leadership aims to create a meaningful impact on the safety and well-being of children, youth, and families. She also delves into her guiding principles and the values that illuminate her work at the Kempe Center.