November is national Adoption Month. Child Trends is a great resource. Here is a little information from Child Trends about Adoption. Note many children that are adopted from Foster Care (especially if older) may have normal and...
Each year more than 1.6 million children are homeless at some point in their lives, and that number is increasing ( The National Center on Family Homelessness ). Along with losing their home, community, friends, and routines as well as their sense of...
According to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on October 16, 2014, federal safety net programs kept 8.2 million children, more than 11 percent of children, out of poverty in 2013, and cut the child poverty rate from 27.5 percent to 16.4...
Trauma comes from many sources in our communities. From natural disasters to interpersonal violence, the effects of trauma ripple through our lives, homes, and neighborhoods. Our vision is to foster a trauma informed healthcare system in Oklahoma that...
Welcome to the archives of the webcasts broadcast live from the 19th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect April 30 – May 2 in New Orleans, Louisiana. To watch the webcast, click on the ‘VIEW ARCHIVE’ button. ...
The Office of Adolescent Health has identified a comprehensive range of federal resources on positive youth development. Below, find adolescent positive youth development resources on the following topics. (There are multiple links to resources...
Babies today are born into a world of digital devices. And parents are trying to navigate this new reality—specifically figuring out what role these new gadgets should play in the lives of their young children. This is no small task given that...
In this podcast, Dr. Kyle Pruett talks about the important and unique role fathers play in the lives of young children. Dr. Pruett is clinical professor of child psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and is a past president of ZERO TO...
Love this powerpoint. Especially the section on what is and what is not "trauma informed care". Nice to keep in mind. http://www.nasmhpd.org/docs/NCTIC/Trauma_and_Community_Integration.pdf
Children account for 73.5 million Americans (24%), but 8% of federal expenditures. Data on health and health care indicate that child well-being in the United States has been in decline since the most recent recession. Childhood poverty has...
Conclusions and Relevance The average treatment change associated with placebo treatment in antipsychotic trials increased since 1960, while the change associated with medication treatment decreased. Changes in randomized clinical...
Overdiagnosis occurs when a true abnormality is discovered, but detection of that abnormality does not benefit the patient. It should be distinguished from misdiagnosis, in which the diagnosis is inaccurate, and it is not synonymous with...
One week from today is Tuesday, Nov. 4: Election Day. Now is the time to speak up for children at the ballot box by casting your vote ! This year, all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 36 members of...
If any of you have the opportunity to visit this outstanding lecture in Portland, I highly recommend it. I was able to hear Dr. Ginsburg give the same lecture yesterday in Seattle at an Osteopathic Medical Conference and was inspired. He is one of the...
It was something about the phrasing that got to me. Something about the cadence of his words, the staccato of his speech. “Nobody loves me. Not even my mother who gave birth to me.” It is an odd turn of phrase,...