October is Child Abuse Prevention Month in Ontario

Help protect children in your community. Get involved with your Children’s Aid. Go to useyourvoice.ca

Ontario’s Children’s Aid Societies educate the public about the prevention of child abuse and neglect through the Child Abuse Prevention Campaign in communities across Ontario. October is an important month to underscore the responsibility of the community to keep children safe and for the public to understand their responsibility to protect children.   

What can you do to help?

• Use your voice! Call your local Children’s Aid Society to report known or suspected child abuse and neglect.
• Get educated. Learn to identify the subtle signs of child abuse and neglect.
• Get involved. Contact your local CAS to participate and show your support.
• Learn more. Visit the Use Your Voice website. Read the brochure on Child Abuse Prevention in English and French.
• Be a better parent. Read the Positive Parenting Package created by the Children's Aid Society of London-Middlesex.
• Know your duty. Read the Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect - It's Your Duty pamphlets from the Ministry of Children and Youth Services.
• Discipline without punishment. Learn how to discipline your child without using physical force from the article, Yes, You Can! - Positive discipline ideas for you and your child - from the Parenting for Life Series - Today's Parent, Canada's Parenting Magazine.