"Today the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) and Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) named 13 applicants, representing 15 parishes, to participate in a pilot program as part of the implementation of the Early Childhood and Education...
"Child abuse and neglect do not occur in a vacuum. Individual, family and social factors often play a role and shape the extent to which children are at risk. Issues such as parents’ lack of understanding of child development, substance abuse,...
"The Oklahoma State Department of Health Office of Child Abuse Prevention is asking for input to use in developing an effective, statewide comprehensive child abuse prevention plan.... "Participants are encouraged to freely share this information and...
“When we started reaching out to scientists to talk about the underpinnings of violence and how this particular factor played a role in what happened to us, there is some, but no real, research going on this field,” Hensel said. On Monday,...
"Among those missing from the statistics is Natalee Kay Mibroda, a 5-pound infant who was 20 days old when she was beaten to death on Dec. 27, 2011. A Westmoreland County judge on Tuesday will sentenced her father, who was found...
"An innovative program that supports parents and teachers of public school pre-kindergarten students improves early academic achievement, according to a new study published in the April 15 online edition of Pediatrics. In a five-year study of 1,050...
"A major study published today [15 April] by the University of Bristol and leading children's grant-giving charity, Buttle UK provides the most comprehensive picture to date of informal kinship care—children cared for informally by relatives and friends because their parents are no longer able to look after them..." http://medicalxpress.com/news/...ls-true-kinship.html
"Working as a healthcare provider, you can greatly affect your patient’s emotional well-being with your words and interactions . By providing trauma-informed care, physicians and nurses can reduce the impact of difficult or...
"While some New York police agencies already avoid having kids witness a parent's bust and take steps to ensure care after Mom or Dad are detained, advocates say want more done to limit the effect of arrests and incarceration on children...."...
"It is, according to a COE spokesperson, the “most advanced” international treaty to tackle domestic violence ever. Johanna Nelles, Head of the Violence Against Women unit at the Directorate General on Human Rights and Rule of Law,...
"The problem with playing into that “boys will be boys” mentality when it comes to education, though, is that it doesn’t seem to work. According to the new Gender Achievement Gap report by the Council on Contemporary ...
"When the latest version of what is considered the "bible" of psychiatry is unveiled in May, experts believe several changes in it will broaden both the definition and diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder—or ADHD.......
"I’d like us to stop here and let this sink in because it drives home the point of the ripple effects – secondhand drinking – the impacts of a person’s drinking behaviors on others – and not just the obvious ones, like...
"State Rep. Diana Urban, D-North Stonington, has introduced a bill in the General Assembly that would appoint an animal advocate in animal cruelty cases. "The advocates, which would be University of Connecticut law students or pro bono attorneys,...
STEINER: My secret was, that I had this gun loaded with hollow point bullets pointed at my head by the man who I thought was my soul mate many, many times. The man who I loved more than anybody on earth held a gun to my head and threatened to kill me...