Youth Today
All posts tagged "trauma"
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayWhy Neuroscience, Positive Feedback Are Transformative in Youth Work
I am a long-time advocate for how the power of neuroscience can transform the youth-serving profession. When...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayNavigating the Path to a Successful Career: Providing Support for Trauma-Exposed Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
Youth placed in juvenile justice institutions face a fundamental obstacle in their career pathway: They have...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayA Case for Collecting Adverse Childhood Experiences Data
Let me start with a radical statement: I love data. One of my favorite activities in my role as chief strategy officer...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayRole of Law Enforcement in Our Schools Can Be Supportive, Benign
As fall rolls around, parents and young people are preparing for a new school year. So too are teachers, school...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayRecognize the Effects of Intimate Partner Violence to Help Children Heal
Olivia can’t sit still long enough to get through a single lesson in her second-grade class. Jayson picks fights...
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Grants
Grants for Programs Helping Boys and Young Men of Color Cope With Trauma and Stress
Subject: Youth Welfare, Minority Youth, Mental Health | Deadline: May 2, 2017
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1.4KNewsTeens Lead Way in Teaching About ACEs and Resilience
Two volunteers race against the clock to stack red Solo cups into the highest tower they can manage. Two volunteers race against...
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1.6KNewsWorking Ranch Integrates ACEs, Animals into Treatment for Teens
Although it’s too soon to tell if integrating trauma-informed and resilience-building practices based on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) sciences is making a...
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1.1KGuest Opinion EssayWe Must Decriminalize Trauma for Girls with Histories of Abuse or Neglect
Girls’ involvement in the juvenile justice system is growing disproportionately at a time when arrest rates for boys are declining.
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2.4KFrom the BureausTraumatized, Locked Up, LA Girls Starting to Get More Help
Moriah Barrett, then 14, woke up to burns on her body one night along with physical evidence that she had been raped....
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2.1KNewsMeeting the Needs of Kids in the U.S. Who Fled Violence in Central America
A network of services is vital to meet needs of growing numbers of kids fleeing violence: academic support, legal representation and after-school...
