Applications
This section provides a variety of framing tools intended to help advocates apply the framing research on preventing child abuse and neglect to daily practice.
- Elements of the Core Story
This tool offers an outline of the “core story to tell,” the key frame elements for communications that seek to promote child abuse and neglect prevention policies.
- Talking Points
The talking points are intended to be used in preparation for media interviews, editorial board visits, or other public communications as a reminder of the core elements of the child development frame.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
A series of questions that advocates tell us they must often answer. Examples of effective and less-effective responses to each question are included.
- Sample Editorial
This is an example of how to apply the framing strategies on child abuse and neglect prevention to the format of a guest editorial in a newspaper.
- Sample Letters to the Editor
Three sample templates for applying framing strategies to a Letter to the Editor format.
- Child Abuse Prevention Framing Case Study Examples 1, 2
Two case studies from child abuse prevention advocates examining communications materials both before and after implementing framing recommendations.