Center for Children at
Risk
Arkansas Children's Hospital
800 Marshall Street
Little Rock, AR 72202
(501) 364-1013
(501) 320-3939 (Fax)
Director: Jerry G. Jones, MD, FAAP
Comprehensive
programs for physically and sexually abused children and their families
are under the Programs for Children at Risk. The Team for Children at
Risk (TCAR), an evidentiary team, includes physicians, nurse practitioner,
part-time psychologist, and masters level social workers. The physicians
and nurse practitioner perform outpatient forensic evaluations of sexually
abused children. Family assessments are provided by the social workers,
and all the professionals provide crisis intervention. The TCAR also
provides consultations on all hospitalized physically and sexually abused
children. The Family Treatment Program provides long-term treatment
of within family child sexual abuse cases. Therapy is delivered by multidisciplinary
team of pscyhologists and social workers. The Adolescent Sexual Adjustment
Project (ASAP) provides treatment for children and adolescents with
sexual behavior disorders.
