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*Updated 10/09/2014 "Becoming trauma-informed is a process that involves striving towards a new way of understanding people and providing services and supports. This process involves a gradual integration of trauma concepts and trauma sensitive...

"Maine officials and health care professionals know of ways to make the delivery of health care more efficient and reduce costs, but political agreement is difficult. One preventive approach, however — where health care providers focus on the...

A Nebraska Supreme Court Initiative that asks judges to take an active leadership role in improving the court process in child protection cases. Their website has many trauma-informed documents in addition to news, data, case law, training and other...

"State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. "The researchers also found that more than a half million of...

"Many staying in the shelter have a history of being traumatized as a result of domestic violence or sexual assault, and many continue to feel the pain of the trauma as they suffer with post-traumatic stress disorder.... "While staying at the shelter,...

"The average age at which girls first become victims of prostitution is 12 to 14, according to the FBI. But some start as early as 11. "These statistics are exactly what the Covina Woman's Club is trying to stop, if just on a smaller scale. "With...

“They used to do multiple interviews. Now they do one or two at the most if  possible,” said Richard Wright, associate professor and chair of Bridgewater State University’s criminal justice department.... "Wright, who has...

"Karen Hill, director of the Southern Tier Child Advocacy Center (STCAC) said the prevalence of child sexual abuse in our community and throughout New York State is alarming.... "To help caring adults prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child...

"Traumatic events such as the school shootings in Sandy Hook and Columbine naturally call national media attention to the need for support services to assist the affected children and families. Much less in the media eye are the children...

"Global attitudes about domestic violence changed dramatically during the first decade of the 2000s, according to a new study. "Nigeria had the largest change in attitude, with 65 percent of men and 52 percent of women rejecting domestic violence in...

"A tool designed to help pastors deal with trauma following the 2010 Haiti earthquakes is translating well into other cultures, said a Mercer University professor who used the storytelling-based exercise April 26 with clergy in the Newtown, Mass.,...

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