Scott & White Child Abuse Support Center

The Scott & White Child Abuse Support Center in Temple serves as an advocate for children. We support families and help stop child neglect and abuse in Central Texas through prevention and education.

Prevention and Education Efforts

The center's staff is working with SafeKids Mid-Texas to develop Shaken Baby Prevention Programs in all of the surrounding hospitals that handle deliveries. Our Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners and forensic nurses are also working to create educational opportunities for child advocates in the community, law enforcement agencies, Child Protective Services, medical and nursing students, Communities in Schools and Unit Victim Advocates.

The center is also working to create an annual conference on child abuse topics and to develop a program on “appropriate touching,” in which the staff will work with various community groups to educate younger children on this subject.

Multi-Disciplinary Staff

Our multi-disciplinary staff includes a physical abuse and neglect pediatrician, David R. Hardy, M.D., adolescent Ob/Gyn consultants, an adolescent pediatrician, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE), forensic nurses, Emergency Medical Department at Scott & White, social services, hospital school services, the Pediatric Department at the Children’s Hospital at Scott & White, the Radiology Department and Pediatric Radiology.

Our team also includes counseling services, made up of social workers, mental health professionals, Pastoral Care, a Partnership with Child Advocacy Center and Child Life Services. Our community partners include Families in Crisis, Aware Central Texas (ACT), the Children’s Advocacy Center, the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, SafeKids Mid Texas and Communities in Schools.

Contact Information

For more information, contact the following:

• Trauma Center: 254-724-8202
• Physical Abuse and Neglect secretary: 254-724-1199
• Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE): 254-724-8296

Resources

• Children's Hospital at Scott & White
• Scott & White Emergency Department
• Scott & White Women’s Health Services
• Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
• Children's Advocacy Center
  • 402 North Main, Belton, TX 76513
• National Center for Child Death Review Policy and Practice
• Armed Forces Center for Child Protection
• Prevent Child Abuse America
• SafeKids USA
• National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
  • 2955 Harrison Blvd #102, Ogden, UT 84403

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