"Little is known about how sibling relationships impact child and family functioning, but Penn State researchers are beginning to shed light on intervention strategies that can cultivate healthy and supportive sibling relationships. "Parents...
"Today, nearly 800 CAICs [Child Abuse Intervention Centers] throughout the country are a successful and critical part of communities nationwide. In 2012, CAICs helped more than 286,000 victims of child abuse. In addition, as a result of the coordinated response of CAICs, communities with centers saved on average $1,000 per child-abuse case compared to communities without CAICs. "Recognizing the value of these programs in preventing and intervening in child abuse, in 1990 the Victims of...
"Domestic violence workers have welcomed a multi-million-dollar funding boost for better training to protect victims. "The Federal Government has announced an extra $7.6 million worth of funding for a national training program called DV-Alert. "The...
ACEsConnection members Dr. Peter Cronholm, Dr. Tasneem Ismailji co-authored this paper. Abstract In April 2011, the Academy on Violence Abuse ( http://www.avahealth.org/ ) convened a network of experts for its second annual conference,...
"Mario was mirroring his parents’ emotions as much as he was mirroring their physical movements. Their solution: to couple a positive attitude with cutting-edge neurotherapy. Their story culminates with an inspirational message about the...
"The renowned psychologist John Briere, Ph.D, has observed that if child abuse and neglect were to disappear, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual — an 886-page tome cataloging some 300 mental disorders — would shrink to the size of a...
From guardian.co.uk, here's the video of his announcement , and the story that was published on Sunday . The prime minister, David Cameron, announces changes to internet rules that he hopes will make it harder for people to access illegal child...
[27-page report w/ resources] "Although some Indigenous children grow up in safe environments, others experience trauma (ABS 2006, 2009; ABS & AIHW 2008; FaHCSIA 2011; Silburn et al. 2006). The trauma of historical events associated with colonisation of Indigenous land can pass to children (inter-generational trauma). Even if protected from the traumatic life experiences of family, some Indigenous children, like non-Indigenous children, directly experience trauma through exposure to an...
"Survey finds smokers feed their children less, buy them smaller birthday presents and raid their money box to fund their habit "A poll has discovered the extraordinary lengths smokers go to get fix "Around 7% had stolen from friends and 3% had asked...
Abstract Purpose Analyses used data from an extended longitudinal study to examine the relationship between childhood physical and sexual abuse (CPA and CSA, respectively) and adolescent and adult smoking behavior. Two questions guided the study: (1)...
"New Research Requires Changes in Custody Court Practices Starting with the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study in 1998 medical researchers have established the enormous and long term harm to children from being exposed to traumatic events...
"A few weeks ago, we talked about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) from a national perspective . After looking at the national numbers, we started wondering how we, as a state, measured up. Did Nebraska’s kids experience more ACEs? Or did we...
The study showed that a female’s exposure to distress, even before she conceives, causes changes in the expression of a gene linked to the stress mechanism in the body—in the ovum and later in the brains of the offspring....
"First Focus, an advocacy group for child-friendly policies, will release on Wednesday its latest “ Children’s Budget ,” which shows how federal spending on children has declined more than 15 percent in real terms from its high in...