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Adoption Advocates Bank on a New Way to Address Childhood Trauma
According to a coalition of adoption advocates, broader acceptance of an emerging mental health diagnosis has the potential to help traumatized children access the help they need. That’s the goal…
Hurricanes Impact Kids in Foster Care, Foster Families
Since August, America’s shores have been pummeled by Hurricanes Maria, Irma and Harvey. Each has displaced thousands and wreaked havoc on some of the country’s largest metropolitan areas. Among those…
With Group Home Reforms in California, Fears Emerge About How Sexually Trafficked Youth Will Fare
As new reforms change the way group homes in the state operate, the struggles of a facility that aims to help sexually exploited children in the Bay Area illustrates the uncertain…
Addiction Doc Says It’s Not the Drugs, It’s Adverse Childhood Experiences
He says: Addiction shouldn’t be called “addiction.” It should be called “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking.” He says: Ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction) is a normal response to the adversity experienced in…
Trauma and ACEs Missing in Response to Opioid Crisis, Says New Report
A policy brief issued in July by the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) forcefully develops the case for trauma-informed approaches to address the opioid crisis—to prevent and treat addiction—based on strong evidence…
States Explore Trauma Screening in the Child Welfare System
As trauma-informed initiatives have multiplied in recent years, more child welfare agencies are now grappling with how to properly screen for trauma. Along with access to trauma-focused, evidence-based treatments and…
Learning to Ask the Right Questions of Girls Locked Up in Juvenile Detention
About 20 years ago, Leslie Acoca was sitting in a California courtroom, waiting to testify as an expert witness in court. What she saw changed the course of her life. That…
