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“It’s Hard to Wrap Your Head Around”: Mapping the Gaps Between Expert and Public Understandings of Child Maltreatment and Child Sexual Abuse in Alberta

People would rather not think about child sexual abuse - but they hold deep assumptions nonetheless. A map of public thinking helps us navigate them.

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Narratives of Child Maltreatment and Child Sexual Abuse in the Canadian Media

This report analyzes Canadian media coverage of child maltreatment and examines the impacts of these narratives on the public’s understanding of this issue.

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All Aboard: Explanatory Tools to Talk About Children’s Well-Being in Jacksonville

Systems thinking is hard - which makes explaining "systems of care" even harder. It helps to have a metaphor.

Toolkit

Promoting Public Understanding of Child Development in the UK

Welcome to Promoting Public Understanding of Child Development in the UK—a collection of framing research, recommendations, and sample communications.

External article

Tips for Telling Stories that Move People to Action

When it comes to nonprofit storytelling, FrameWorks advice goes with the research, but against the grain.

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Science Does Not Speak for Itself: Translating Child Development Research for the Public and Its Policymakers

How can we translate the science of early brain and biological development? Partnerships between scientists and social scientists can help.

Article

The Storytelling Power of Numbers

"Upon this gifted age, in its dark hour, Rains from the sky a meteoric shower Of facts...they lie unquestioned, uncombined. Wisdom enough to leech us of our ill Is daily spun; but...

Report

Using Frames to Increase Understanding and Support for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Creating a communications strategy that engages the public and policymakers in considering the value of the social and behavioral sciences does not need to be a guessing game.

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Attending to Neglect: Using Metaphors and Explanatory Chains to Reframe Child Neglect in the United Kingdom

Because neglect is the absence of something, it can be hard for people to think about. Explanatory techniques can help us build understanding of child neglect.

Report

Framing Child & Youth Development: A FrameWorks MessageBrief

The National Human Services Assembly (NHSA), an association of leading national nonprofit human services organizations, is in the process of “reframing” human services.

Toolkit

Telling the STEM Chapter of the Education Core Story

Welcome to Telling the STEM Chapter of the Education Core Story – a collection of framing research, recommendations, and sample communications designed to help leading voices explain learning in...

Toolkit

Framing Fundamentals for Multigenerational Approaches to Mental Health

Welcome to Framing Fundamentals for Multigenerational Approaches to Mental Health, a collection of framing recommendations, sample communications, and reference guides designed to help advocates...