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What Debbie Knows

  • How To Be The Person Who Isn’t Supposed To Be There
  • Helping Children Be Resilient In An Age Of Anxiety
  • Raising Other People’s Kids
  • Child Protection: Best Practices And Policies
  • Internal Investigations In A #MeToo Era
  • The Healing Power Of Plan B
  • Caring For Traumatized Children

What people are saying about Debbie

“Debbie is the foremost expert on child protection policies and mandated reporting laws in Georgia. She is a true partner who cares about our mission and the children we serve. Attendees at our youth protection seminars have found Debbie to be a dynamic and engaging speaker with expert knowledge in the field.”

Jason Baldridge, Director of Safe Scouting & Support, Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

“Debbie is a knowledgeable and tireless advocate for people who care for other people’s children. She is our first choice when our members need someone to advise them not only about legal questions, but best practices for protecting children in their care. She is a dynamic speaker at our conferences, and is able to speak about difficult topics with humor, frankness, and compassion.”

Ellen Reynolds, Executive Director, Georgia Child Care Association

“Here at the American Camp Association, we feel very privileged to have attorney Debbie Ausburn speak to professional education audiences at our conferences each year. She is a skilled, dynamic, and knowledgeable speaker.”

Tom Rosenberg, CEO, American Camping Association

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Recent Posts by Debbie

  • Mentoring or Grooming? What’s the Difference? January 23, 2020
  • Helping Children Recover by Being a Safe Space January 21, 2020
  • Building Family Resilience January 16, 2020
  • Which Comes First, Resilience or Self-Esteem? January 14, 2020
  • Resilience Requires Unsupervised Time January 9, 2020

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  • Mentoring or Grooming? What’s the Difference? January 23, 2020
    Numerous mental health studies suggest that one of the best ways to help children develop resilience and recover from adverse childhood experiences is for them to have a trusted confidante outside the family. Yet we also are told that protecting children from sexual abuse requires our preventing a sexual predator from “grooming” them. The problem...
  • Helping Children Recover by Being a Safe Space January 21, 2020
    For those of us who have traumatized children in our care, it is difficult to know how to help them. A recent study from Canada tells us that being a safe person for children to confide in may be one of the best things that we can do. The study surveyed more than 17,000 adults,...
  • Building Family Resilience January 16, 2020
    One topic that I have been pondering lately is how families manage adversity and teach their children to be resilient.  I ran across a recent study that gave me both hope and some concrete ideas for helping our children. The authors did an in-depth analysis of the National Survey of Children’s Health data from 2016...

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