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Brain Damage
Describes the types and effects of brain damage.
Child Trauma Academy
"The ChildTrauma Academy, a not-for-profit organization based in Houston, Texas is a unique collaborative of individuals and organizations working to improve the lives of high-risk children through direct service, research and education."
Education Wife Assault
"Our mission is to inform and educate the community about the issue of wife assault/woman abuse in order to decrease the incidence of physical, psychological, emotional and sexual violence against women and the effect that woman abuse has on children."
Evaluation of Physical Abuse in Children (American Family Physician)
"Family physicians who are involved in the care of children are likely to encounter child abuse and should be able to recognize its common presentations. A history that is inconsistent with the patient's injuries is the hallmark of physical abuse. A pattern of physical findings, including bruises and fractures in areas unlikely to be accidentally injured, patterned bruises from objects, and circumferential burns or bruises in children not yet mobile, should be viewed as suspicious for child abuse."
The Healing Club
"Founded in 1995, the Healing Club is an online support community for domestic violence victims, survivors, and others who want to take part in the 'healing' process or know someone who has been touched by domestic violence. The Healing Club is about 'healing and rebuilding.'"
HelpGuide:  Domestic Violence and Abuse: Types, Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and Effects
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)
"NCADV (located in Denver, CO) is a grassroots non-profit membership organization working since 1978 to end violence in the lives of women and children. We provide a national network for state coalitions and local programs serving battered women and their children, public policy at the national level, technical assistance, community awareness campaigns, general information and referrals, and publications on the issue of domestic violence, sponsor of a national conference every two years for battered women and their advocates. Also has an office in Washington, DC. General information, membership information and product catalog available from the Denver office."
SafeChild.org
"The Safe Child Program is a comprehensive curriculum which teaches prevention of sexual, emotional and physical abuse by people known to the child; prevention of abuse and abduction by strangers; and safety in self-care. Presented in a preschool through third grade series, it teaches a broad base of life skills. In nearly a decade of evaluation, the Safe child Program has clearly demonstrated that it reduces children's risk of abuse and enhances their personal safety and competence."
Stalking Resource Center
The Stalking Resource Center is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime. Launched in July 2000, with initial funding from the Violence Against Women Office of the U.S. Department of Justice, our dual mission is to raise national awareness of stalking and to encourage the development and implementation of multidisciplinary responses to stalking in local communities across the country. 
Surviving Abuse
Treats various kinds of abuse.
Take Care:  A Guide for Safe Relationships
"Take Care is a project of Raphael House of Portland, a non-profit organization founded in 1977. Our mission is to provide a foundation of hope for women and children fleeing domestic violence." 
Wikipedia Article on Physical Abuse
Physical abuse includes:  striking, punching, pushing, pulling, slapping, striking with an object, pinching, kicking, having someone fall, strangling, drowning, sleep deprivation, exposure to cold, freezing, exposure to heat or radiation, burning, exposure to electric shock, placing in "stress positions" (tied or otherwise forced), cutting or otherwise exposing somebody to something sharp, exposure to a dangerous animals, throwing or shooting a projectile, exposure to a toxic substances, infecting with a disease, spanking. 
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