"This study and its findings point to the importance of people working together to prevent and treat behaviors such as substance abuse and child abuse. The study looks to child abuse prevention as the catalyst of and avenue for additional forms of...
"An Edinboro University post grad student is hoping to learn more about any of the adverse childhood experiences Titusville Highschoolers may be dealing with. At Tuesday's Titusville Area School District Board of Directors meeting, Gretchin...
The writer is a professional addiction studies counselor in the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended the "Healing Trauma Summit: Trauma Informed Care Approaches to Healing and Recovery" in Oakland, CA on Jan. 17, 2013. This post reviews the session,...
Objectives Over 4.5 million children each year are exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). Furthermore, IPV rarely occurs without other forms of violence and aggression in the home. IPV is associated with mental health and parenting problems in...
The idea of a trauma summit in Camden has gained momentum following the publication of stories Sunday on homicide and its effects on children. Victor Murray, a Cooper University Hospital-based violence interventionist featured in the stories, hopes to...
"Experiences of maltreatment during childhood and the emergence of sexuality during adolescence are both critical developmental issues that intersect in meaningful ways, yet the two are often isolated from each other in practice. Despite the...
"The prevalence of traumatic stress in the lives of families experiencing homelessness is extraordinarily high. Often these families have experienced on-going trauma in the form of childhood abuse and neglect, family disruption, domestic violence,...
"Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have established a link between elevated levels of a stress hormone in adolescence—a critical time for brain development—and genetic changes that, in young adulthood, cause severe mental...
Nice brief presentation. http://www.slideserve.com/livvy/trauma-informed-care-effective-screening
"Several prior studies in the U.S. made connections between the time a child spends in day care and behavioral problems, but the results from Norway contradict those earlier findings, the researchers report in the online version of the journal Child...
"The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for Statewide Consumer Network grants totaling up to nearly $3.8 million over the course of a three year period. The purpose of this programis to enhance...
Objective To pilot test a tool to screen for adverse childhood experiences (ACE), and to explore the ability of this tool to distinguish early child outcomes among lower- and higher-risk children.... Conclusions Brief tools can be used to screen for...
"In the column below, Mohan Krishnan, the director of children's services at Hope Network, discusses the needs of children who have suffered trauma, such as abuse, neglect or witnessing violence. He outlines ways people can help create a caring...
"This Fall, the Adler School Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice (IPSSJ) and its partner organizations with the Cook County Juvenile Justice Task Force published a concept paper ( PDF download ) outlining community-based, trauma-informed,...
Purpose "Stressful childhood experiences have negative long-term health consequences. The present study examines the association between adverse childhood experiences, socioeconomic position, and risk of psychotropic medication in young adulthood.......