"Children are much more likely to believe that Peter Pan is a real-life character than his Neverland nemesis Captain Hook, psychologists have found.... "Previously, child development specialists thought children were equally able or unable to classify...
"Together with The California Endowment and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), the Center for Court Innovation recently launched a podcast series focused on the intersection of law...
"Organizers hope one thing to come out of a conference next week will be that service dogs will accompany Arkansas children who have to testify about abuse and neglect. "Molly B won't be a keynote speaker at the MidSOUTH Training Academy's child...
"The Chillicothe man who died Friday after jumping from a moving vehicle on Illinois Route 29 was an Iraq War veteran who was being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder arising from combat duty, an official said. "Zachary L. Crawford, 26, was...
"Child abuse in Australia should be viewed the same way as smoking - as a primary health problem with huge ramifications, a child protection advocate says.... 'What we want to have ultimately is no more child protection at all,' she...
Abstract Childhood experiences are thought to predispose a person to the development of health anxiety later in life. However, there is a lack of research investigating the influence of specific adverse experiences (e.g., childhood abuse, household...
"When the Rev. Ron Moor began meditating 30 years ago, he did so in secret. "When I started, meditation was a dirty word," said Moor, pastor of Spirit United Church in Minneapolis. "(Evangelist) Jimmy Swaggart called it 'the work of the devil.'...
"Just like in humans, chimpanzee mothers seem to be important for the development of adequate social skills in their offspring, the researchers conclude. Van Leeuwen: "Mothers seem to prepare their offspring for challenges that are very important for...
"JJC is trying to change that by becoming a Community Umbrella Agency in Northwest Philly, serving the 5th and 14th police districts. Local CUAs are social service organizations that have to be approved — through an application and review...
Abstract The study used publicly available data on post-traumatic stress disorder in a sample of the Australian population with a history of sexual abuse to demonstrate how this evidence can inform economic analyses. The 2007 Australian Mental Health...
This book chapter was co-authored by ACEsConnection member Dr. Nadine Burke Harris. Abstract The present chapter presents an innovative model of community-based, multi-disciplinary collaboration among pediatricians, social workers, and...
This 13-page brief highlights the promising practice of therapeutic, or treatment foster care (TFC) and its success in delivering services to foster youth with severe mental, emotional, or behavioral health needs or for medically fragile or...
ISTSS experts presented this webinar. It focused on the implications of the DSM-5 criteria for assessment within the context of treatment—with an emphasis on the changes as well as new items and criteria—and how they might affect...
Abstract: This article discusses the convening of the six New England States to discuss the integration of trauma-informed practices across agencies serving children ages 0-5 and their families. The development of State road maps to identify...