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Welcome. . . The Leadership Council is a nonprofit independent scientific organization composed of respected scientists, clinicians, educators, legal scholars, and public policy analysts. We are committed to providing professionals and lay persons with the latest scientific information on issues that may affect the public's health and safety. We also seek to correct the misuse of psychological science to serve vested interests or justify victimizing vulnerable populations -- especially abused and neglected children.

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Our Board Our Mission Our Accomplishments How you can help Learn more about donating to the LC	Sept. 23, 2021: Allen v Farrow panel series: Episode 1 on grooming. *May 13, 2021: Jacqueline Franchetti says she did what she was supposed to do. So why did her daughter die? (NBC News) (More)* How Many Children Are Court - Ordered Into Unsupervised Contact With an Abusive Parent After Divorce? May 11, 2021: They were taken from their mom to rebond with their dad. It didn’t go well. *by Cara Tabachnick (The Washington Post)* April, 2021: Companion podcast to the HBO Original documentary series Allen v. Farrow Mar 20, 2021: 'They can't win': How an old idea about women puts children in danger Mar 17, 2021: New articles reveal troubling history of the false memory movement: The False Memory Syndrome at 30: How Flawed Science Turned into Conventional Wisdom False Memory is a Weapon Often Used to Discredit Sexual Assault Survivors Mar 2021: HBO documentary Allen v. Farrow features a number experts from the Leadership Council. The Leadership Council responds to popular "Custody Myths" How Many Children Are Court -Ordered Into Unsupervised Contact With an Abusive Parent After Divorce? Have a problem with abuse and custody or visitation? Take our survey. More news
Issues we are currently involved in:
Educating Lawmakers and the Courts The LC has taken an active role in educating the public, judicial officers and the media about issues related to child abuse and interpersonal violence. We are also working hard to limit the introduction of pseudoscience in the courtroom.
Countering Misinformation in the Academic Arena Researchers affiliated with the Leadership Council, Stanford University and Texas A&M University found serious problems and misrepresentations in a study that has been heralded as providing scientific support for relaxing social and legal prohibitions against sex with children.
Providing Accurate Information to the Media Members of the Leadership Council's scientific and professional advisory board are available to to comment on scientific and legal issues related to child abuse and interpersonal violence.
Educating Professionals Members of the Leadership Council's scientific and professional advisory board regularly write articles and books and present at professional conferences.

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Congratulations to this year's winners of the LC's Distinguished Service Award For Excellence in the Media

$healing the fractured child$

Healing the Fractured Child: Diagnosis and Treatment of Youth With Dissociation
by Frances S. Waters DCSW LMSW LMFT

The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse
of Children by Ross E. Cheit

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