"Abstract: Improving the health and health literacy of low-income families is a national public health priority in the United States. The federal Head Start program provides a national infrastructure for implementation of health promotion...
"The vote was unanimous. "Three domestic violence bills authored by a South Bay assemblywoman had the support of the entire assembly and senate. The governor signed them into law as a San Jose family awaits justice for a young mother whose...
"A new umbrella partnership has been set up to coordinate and manage safeguarding concerns regarding children and young people in Jersey. "The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is made up of representatives from a number of States’...
Huffington Post is presenting a series, "Invisible Casualties," in which they shine a spotlight on suicide-prevention efforts within the military. Every weekday in September, they will feature a different blog post by someone who is either an...
Abstract OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between different types of child maltreatment and the presence of psychiatric disorders in highly vulnerable children and adolescents served by a multidisciplinary...
"Reaction provides more than the sense that there's something we can do when we don't know what else to do. It's also a discharge behavior that relieves unpleasant physical sensations and emotions, especially anxiety and fear. This information...
"Most youths are concerned about other people's feelings, they feel bad or guilty when they have done something wrong and they adhere to social rules. A small group of youths, however, does not. These youths express psychopathic personality traits...
"Nearly 1,000 people attended the two-day conference on trauma across the lifespan, offered free by the state Department of Health and Human Services, the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center and the Nebraska Early Development Network.... "Kids...
"The Florida Department of Children and Families wins a national award and $5 million for its success in finding adoptive homes for children. "DCF and its partners found permanent homes for more than 3,300 children last year. That was one of the best...
"An East Texas nonprofit agency is rolling out an advertising campaign designed to help raise awareness of child abuse. "The “No Excuse for Child Abuse” ads for The Martin House Children’s Advocacy Center will soon be showing up on...
"A $9 million federal grant has been awarded to West Virginia to expand services to programs for mental health services and substance abuse programs. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said there are more than 152,000 West Virginians who will benefit from the...
"Brad Buck, director of the Iowa Department of Education, has named 23 Iowans to serve on a state task force to develop suicide prevention and trauma-informed care training requirements for Iowans who are licensed by the Iowa Board of Educational...
"The study is called the Listen-up! project because we know that many young people who self-harm do not feel listened to. This is why our advisory group will be made up of young people who have experience of self-harm and being in care. We want to...
"In the area or school reform, the mental health of students has been ignored too, despite the irrefutable fact that sick kids have a hard, if not impossible, time learning in class. But the consequences of failing to address mental health issues in...
Paul Tough in his book How Children Succeed mentions that both John and Robert Kennedy attended Riverdale Country School in the Bronx as he introduces the reader to the character initiative of the Riverdale’s headmaster Dominic...