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Risky Business: A Child’s Death in L.A. Elicits More Questions than Answers
Los Angeles County, home to the nation’s largest child welfare system, is grappling with how to measure and respond to the risk that a child will be abused. At the…
Yoga May Be Best Way to Help Girls in the Juvenile Justice System Overcome Trauma
A new report by the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality suggests that yoga and mindfulness programs may be the best way to help girls in the juvenile justice system…
Set to Graduate High School, Carlos Faces Deportation Order
For nearly two years after he arrived in the United States from Guatemala as an unaccompanied minor, Carlos* never saw an immigration attorney, including during an eight-month stint at a…
Providers Hope Trauma Legislation Will Help Native Children in Foster Care
Recent federal legislation put forward by senators Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Al Franken (D-MN) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) proposes to address the issue of childhood trauma through the creation of…
Video: Fatima Avelica’s Story of Deportation and Trauma
On February 28th, 2017, Fatima Avelica witnessed and captured on video her father being detained by immigration officers while on her way to school. As immigration arrests rise under the…
After ICE Detains Father, Los Angeles Sisters Cope with Trauma, Disruption
Fatima Avelica was riding to school in her father’s car when a traffic stop by immigration officers in northeast Los Angeles suddenly turned her world upside down. In the car, 13-year-old Fatima…
Child Trauma Advocates Grapple with Historical Trauma
For a growing number of educators, researchers and advocates, helping children and families heal from child trauma means talking about a subject that makes many Americans uncomfortable: racism. In recent…
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