In solidarity with Child Abuse Awareness Month, OUTreach and the Latino Student Social Work Association are hosting a Resource Fair and screening of the documentary “Paper Tigers” on Friday, April 15.
“Paper Tigers” follows a year in the lives of several students at Lincoln High School, an alternative school where many students have a history of truancy, behavioral problems and substance abuse. After researching the effects of adverse childhood experiences, the principal decides to change the school’s approach to discipline. The documentary examines the results of this change.
Silvia A. Barragan, a lecturer in the school of social work said she was preparing for her psychosocial development of vulnerable children course when she saw “Paper Tigers” for the first time.
“I realized that I needed to share it with the entire university,” Barragan said.
She said “Paper Tigers” speaks to toxic stress, complex trauma and helps to bring together the research of an important adverse childhood experiences study.
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