"Girls over 13 are more likely to be raped, as well as sexually assaulted by their attacker, the Hearing Child Survivors of Sexual Violence report shows. It also says that 75% of sexual abuse survivors, both girls and boys, aged 13-17 were subjected...
For the last 18 months, Echo Parenting & Education (EPE) has been trying to do something audacious in its scope and enterprise - forming a collaborative to develop Trauma Informed Nonviolent Standards of Care (TINSOC) with a specific focus on the needs of domestic violence shelters. Our audacity was not just to create an interesting visual acronym (I can't help thinking of ankle monitors), but that an agency specializing in nonviolent parenting would be the one to bring together...
Abstract Child maltreatment is a leading cause of health inequality, with the socioeconomically disadvantaged more at risk. It worsens inequity and perpetuates social injustice because of its far-reaching health and development consequences. In spite...
"Adults were more likely to have depression if they had a parent with a drug or alcohol addiction that caused problems in the family, a study showed. "The increased risk for depression remained even after investigators accounted for other factors that...
Abstract Background : Decisions under risk and with outcomes that are delayed in time are ubiquitous in real life and can have a significant impact on the health and wealth of the decision-maker. Despite its potential relevance for real-world choices,...
"A Santa Clara County woman who spanked her 12-year-old daughter in the rear with a wooden spoon should not have been labeled a child abuser, said a state appeals court Tuesday, ruling that social workers and judges must consider a parent's right to...
"Beth contributed a video for Inclusion Fusion 2012…Holistically Serving the Adopted/Foster Child. In the video, she shares some of her experiences dealing with the emotional struggles of adopted and foster children as they adjust to the...
Today in Switzerland, the 135 members of the Human Brain Project gathered to kick off the 10 year global project that will give us a deeper and more meaningful understanding of how the human brain operates. This project is...
"Approximately 1.6 million youth are homeless without their families in the U.S. each year. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) youth are significantly overrepresented among those who are homeless. In July 2013, the Technical Assistance...
"Several hundred Pennsylvania state prison inmates recently participated in a voluntary study by Rutgers University to determine the connection between post-traumatic stress and substance abuse disorders. “The number of offenders with...
"Effective Oct. 1, a new law pertaining to the reporting of substance-exposed newborns goes into effect in Maryland. The Department of Human Resources developed and proposed this legislation to reflect requirements in the federal Child Abuse...
"Facebook and Maryland's school systems will pilot an initiative next year that should help make it easier to have offensive or hurtful language on the social media site taken down. "The effort to combat cyber bullying was started by Maryland Attorney...
"Our young people face many challenges: absent fathers, poverty, racism, the absence of economic opportunity, the temptations of street life. Throughout his life, people were trying to save Elijah, but although his choices are his own, the system...
"University of Kansas researchers have won a $2.5 million grant to develop a system to help screen foster children for trauma, develop treatment plans and monitor their progress as they grow, according to a news release. "During the first phase of the...