"Human trafficking. It's often called modern-day slavery, and victims can be any age.... "Not only are they not being identified as victims and getting the services they need, they're being locked up," she said. "They're being locked up at higher...
ACEsConnection member Dr. David McCollum published a comment on this article. "But critics...have their doubts that these kinds of programs are worth the money and question whether the economic returns — at the high end, $16 gained in the future...
"However, there has long been the impression that major life events, like psychological traumas, not only have effects on individuals who directly experience these events, but also have effects on their children. For example, cross-generational...
"It's not how much violence a child is exposed to that can create emotional and behavioral problems in life. It's exposure to a variety of different types of violence.... "The study examined 768 young children in selected cities throughout the...
"A new report launched today by the UCLA World Policy Analysis Center presents never-before-available comparative data on nearly every country in the world, revealing how millions of children across the globe face conditions that limit their...
“Solomon’s scholarship opens wide the door for discourse about how children and families beat long odds,” said Dr. Mary Coleman, Dean of Lesley’s College of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies and a primary facilitator of...
This is a real nice webcast discussion with Erika Tullberg an Assistant Professor of Research at the NYU Child Study Center and Director of the Atlas Project, an Administration for Children and Families-funded effort to address trauma and other...
Note both video and timeline are provided. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/4358165 And here's a link to the clip on Early Education: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/4358140
"Mayor Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs, New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) Commissioner Ronald E. Richter, the Child Study Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, and Bellevue Hospital...
"The interest in supporting the mental health of our young people that find themselves in the juvenile justice system has been increasing over the past year. The flurry of violence across our country is certainly increasing it.... "The Juvenile...
"I teach a trauma-informed class that is highly somatically-based. Breath, sensing the body, working within a healthy capacity and adequate savasana (rest pose) are important to all yoga classes, but detailed attention and reminders are...
"While all parents know that it's best to avoid comparing siblings to each other, and to strive for equity in terms of attention, optimal parenting of this sort is incredibly difficult when faced with multiple risk factors, such as poverty, mental...
"Mary Zaffke, public health nurse, discussed Family Home Visiting. This 20-year veteran described with enthusiasm the importance the first years of life are for a child. "She said, “Research supports the idea that the quality of life for a child...
Abstract Purpose Childhood adversities (CAs) have consistently been associated with mental health problems in childhood and adulthood. However, few studies have employed appropriate statistical methods that take into account overlap among CAs, and...
"Mental health facilities that provide outpatient specialty services for youth are a critical element of the mental health care infrastructure, especially for youth who are uninsured or publically insured.... "These gaps in geographic access to mental...