Trauma-informed Care

Social Control Correlates of Arrest Behavior Among Homeless Youth in Five U.S. Cities (abstract), Violence and Victims, Volume 26, Number 5, 2011.
"Underdiagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in At Risk Youth" (abstract), Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 23, Issue 5, October 2010. What it's about: Researchers studied two agencies that treat at-risk youth with mental health problems. The researchers looked at how often youth were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD. Ten years later, the...
Gender Differences in the Longitudinal Impact of Exposure to Violence on Mental Health in Urban Youth (abstract). Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol. 40, No. 12, December 2011. What it’s about: This study examined differences in the mental health symptoms experienced by boys and girls who have been exposed to violence.  Researchers surveyed 615 Chicago-area young people about their...
Organizations in areas with large numbers of female ex-offenders are invited to apply for grants to help ex-offenders improve their job prospects. Strategies must be
Norman Hicks has devoted his life to helping the homeless, in part because he used to be homeless himself. He talks to NCFY about the two adults that changed his life when he was a teenager. Length: 3:47 | Size: 3.5 MB   NCFY: Welcome to Voices from the Field, a podcast series from the Family and Youth Services Bureau. 
Norman Hicks has devoted his life to helping the homeless, in part because he used to be homeless himself. He talks to NCFY about the two adults that changed his life when he was a teenager. Length: 3:47 | Size: 3.5 MB | Transcript
Each year thousands of young women run away from home. To survive, some girls steal. Some sell their bodies for money or a place to stay. Many use drugs and alcohol to cope with life on the streets. Eventually, many girls end up in the juvenile justice system. NCFY spoke with Lawanda Ravoira, director of the National Girls Institute, about how to keep homeless young women out of trouble, out of...
Every ten seconds, child abuse is reported in the United States. Anonymous help for victims and their families can be found by calling Childhelp's National Child Abuse Hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Cyberbullying, or online bullying, is oft-reported in the news. But what is it, exactly?
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