Publications and Videos

To order publications or videos from the Center for Children's Advocacy,
please purchase online or call us at (860) 570-5327.

Stories of Our Kids
Stories about the children represented by the Center for Children’s Advocacy.

Books and DVDs on Legal Rights of Foster Children and Youth in Shelters
Teaching youth to advocate for themselves to get the services and support they need.

• I Will Speak Up for Myself: Legal Rights of Youth in Shelters and Group Homes

• I Will Speak Up for Myself: Legal Rights of Children in Foster Care

• Who Will Speak for Me? Helping attorneys and child advocates understand their role.

Teen Legal Rights

• Adolescent Health Care: Legal Rights of Teens
• Bullying
• Child Support and Teen Fathers - English
• Child Support and Teen Mothers - Spanish
• Child Support and Teen Mothers
• Safe Havens for Newborns - English (published by DCF)
• Safe Havens for Newborns - Spanish (published by DCF)
• Emancipation
• Financial Aid for College
• Homelessness and Education
• Immigration- English
• Immigration- Spanish
• Legal Rights of Immigrant and Refugee Teens (English, Spanish, Karen)
• Is It Confidential? Important Information on Reproductive Health Care
• Legal Rights in Detention: A Handbook for Teens
• Legal Rights of Teens in DCF Care
• Life After Lock-Up: Returning to School and the Community
• Records Erasure
  
• Searches in School
• Special Education
• Statutory Rape
• Teen Dating Violence
• Teen Dating Violence Poster
• TFA (cash assistance) for Teen Parents
• Truancy

Child Abuse and Neglect

• CCA’s Child Abuse Project: An Overview

Education

• Truancy Intervention
  National Models and Connecticut Initiatives

• Truancy Reports
  Truancy: A closer look at the link between unmet educational needs and truancy. Las Niña Silenciadas: Broken links between language, culture and learning.

• Las Niñas Silenciadas- Spanish
  Broken links between language, culture and learning.

• Quick Tips Educational Advocacy

• NCLB Tutoring ( English or Spanish)
  Under No Child Left Behind, school age children may qualify for free tutoring. This brochure answers questions regarding free tutoring services, such as: Who can get free tutoring?, Which children qualify?, What subjects are offered?, Who should I call?, Who are the tutors?, How do I sign up?, What if we don't speak English?

• Absence and Tardiness in High School ( English or Spanish)
  High schools treat absencs and tardiness very seriously. This brochure helps parents understand what will happen if their child is often absent or tardy in high school.

• "Our Commitment to Youth"
  Clearinghouse Review, July-August 2005 CCA co-authored article entitled, "Providing Holistic Legal Services to Children in their Communities." Although children living in poverty need service-delivery systems that give care in a responsive and integrated manner, service delivery traditionally has been compartmentalized.
  

TeamChild/Juvenile Justice

• CCA’s TeamChild/Juvenile Justice Project
  Legal help for children with educational and behavioral health issues that provoke involvement with the juvenile justice system.

• CCA’s Teen Legal Advocacy Clinic
  Legal advocacy for teens to reduce truancy and dropout rates by resolving issues that affect academic performance.

• Know your Legal Rights in Detention
  Handbook developed by the Center for Children's Advocacy and the Connecticut Judicial Branch to answer legal questions for youth In detention.

• Families with Service Needs (FWSN) Advisory Board Reports
  FWSN Advisory Board's Truancy Subcommittee Report on interventions for truant youth in Connecticut. FWSN Advisory Board's Truancy Subcommittee members reviewed national truancy intervention models as well as current truancy initiatives in Connecticut and presented a list of recommendations for services for truant youth in Connecticut.
  
  
  • 2008 Report
  • 2009 Report
  • 2010 Final Report
    
    
• Justice Research Center: Connecticut FWSN Final Process & Outcome Evaluation Report

Medical Legal Partnership

• CCA’s Medical Legal Partnership Project (MLPP)
• Code Card: Important Resources for Medical Practitioners
• Children’s Disability / SSI Resource Card for Pediatric Practitioners
• MLPP Newsletters
• Adolescent Health Care: The Legal Rights of Teens

Center for Children’s Advocacy Newsletters

CCA Annual Reports

• 2011 Annual Report

• 2010 Annual Report

• 2009 Annual Report

• 2008 Annual Report

• 2007 Annual Report

• 2006 Annual Report
  

For questions about the Center's publications or videos, Bonnie Berk, Director of Communications at (860) 570-5327 or bberk@kidscounsel.org.

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