"Latest research from the University of Otago, Christchurch (UOC) shows the Early Start home visiting programme halved rates of physical abuse against children and lowered non-accidental hospital visits by a third over a sustained period...." ...
"Legal responses to juvenile offending should be grounded in scientific knowledge about adolescent development and tailored to an individual offender's needs and social environment, says a new report from the National Research Council. Accountability...
Dr. Michael Chen's comments regarding implementing the ACE metrics and questionnaire into the NOSH Charting System: shihjay November 12, 2012 at 10:21 am Incorporating ACE metrics and a questionnaire to determine the ACE score is one of the future...
Might I rephrase the question slightly to ask `how could a Phd in Politics not be interested in the ACE Study?!' Since learning of this extraordinary ongoing work, it has informed not only my own work but my perception of the world. A...
"The federal Administration of Children and Families has awarded Washington a $639,000 grant to enhance mental health services for children in foster care. “The partnership between the Department of Social and Health ...
"The psychological scars of childhood abuse can last well into adulthood. New research from Concordia University shows the harm can have long-term negative physical effects, as well as emotional ones.... "The findings from this study indicate that the...
" Thirty Days With My Father " is a gritty memoir written by a woman haunted by what some psychologists describe as second-generation post-traumatic stress disorder . "The trauma began in Vietnam, affected Delmer and then Christal, says psychiatrist...
"New $3.9 million social services project to improve the well-being and safety of the youngest victims of substance abuse.... "The newly funded Penquis Regional Linking Project is a “community engaged” research project and one of the first...
"Fellow PRA staff member Lisa Callahan and I recently had the opportunity to work with the NYS Office of Court Administration (OCA) and the Queens Treatment Court (QTC) on a project to identify trauma screening best practices and to pilot the use of...
"I recently attended our state conference and there was a standout session by Marcella Jacobs of the Kennedy Krieger Institute on OT and Trauma Training for Infants and Toddlers. It was very informative and thought provoking, so I've decided to share...
"This is very complex and gets at a core dysfunction of American society and culture. "We cannot seem to understand that people are not "human do-ings," they are human "be-ings" - with minds and hearts and spirits that need to be nurtured and cared...
New Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Complex Trauma & Trauma-Informed Service Delivery were launched in the Australian Federal Parliament on October 29. They were produced by the Sydney-based organization `Adults Surviving Child Abuse' (ASCA) which is the peak body in Australia representing the interests of adult survivors of child abuse in all its forms. The Guidelines are being described as `ground breaking', and we have been overwhelmed by the national and...
"The ACE study was a landmark study involving 17,000 participants surveyed between 1995 and 1997 enrolled at Kaiser Permanente.... "So why isn’t this a major headline and why isn’t more being done to address this? "My answer is that part...
"Award-winning author, Dr. Jane Bluestein, presented her latest book, “The Win-Win Classroom,” in a workshop to approximately 400 Kent School District teachers.... "To prepare for the workshop, each participating school designated at...
"The finding, published Nov. 5, 2012, in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry, for the first time provides clear evidence that smaller amygdala volume is associated with PTSD, regardless of the severity of trauma. But it's not clear whether the...