"The state's juvenile justice system is failing the girls in its custody, according to a new report from the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. The findings of a one-day survey of approximately 100 girls at the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional...
"The Statewide Family and Consumer Networks Technical Assistance Center (FCN TA Center), operated by Policy Research Associates since 2009, is very excited to welcome and begin supporting 11 new Statewide Consumer Network grantees (2012 cohort...
"15.5 million children in the U.S. live in families in which violence between partners occurred at least once in the past year. Exposure to traumatic events can leave everyone with many uncertainties about how to keep all members of the family...
"At Doc Wayne our mission is to offer youth an innovative group therapy experience delivered through the medium of team sports stressing positive youth development. We provide trauma sensitive sport-based treatment to youth. With growing numbers of...
"The lifelong effects of childhood trauma have been the subject of talks among the 350-some participants in the Alaska Child Maltreatment Conference held in Anchorage this week, and hosted by the Alaska Children’s Alliance. " Adverse childhood...
"The origins of these changes could be due to being born with a particular brain dysfunction or it could be due to exposure to adverse environments, such as a distressing experience early in life, that could have an impact on the way the brain...
"A new report shows that Texas has proceeded on a similar track as California in its statewide efforts to reform its juvenile justice systems yet with superior results, specifically in the state’s community-based models run by...
"State juvenile facilities for girls are failing to provide adequate mental health support for victims of trauma, according to a report released Wednesday by the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition . To address such needs, the coalition recommends...
"Trauma-informed care is an area which has been receiving more and more attention, as studies have demonstrated very high rates of trauma in both women and men who are involved in the justice system. An evaluation from 2003-2010 of 34 jail diversion...
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"Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with an increased likelihood of intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood. We tested whether psychosocial factors, such as depression, anxiety, impulsivity, and problem drinking, mediate...
"A new article from the New York Law School Law Review examines the problems with the juvenile justice system and offers solutions for a more productive youth justice system. “When the Cure Makes You Ill: Seven Core Principles to Change...
"In her first lecture “Equity from the Start: Putting Science to Action – What Universities Can Do, she stated that UNISA is well positioned to promote a trans-disciplinary science of human development and to train a new generation...
The Children's Resilience Initiative in Walla Walla, WA, has been busy. We're creating parent "Did you Know" cards, one for each ACE. In this post, you can see small front and back images of the first one. I just got the Spanish version from our...
Dear Straight Talk: I'm in college and my very nice roommates are talking about dressing up as Muslims for Halloween. One, who is buff, is even talking about putting on...