child trauma

December 2016

Using the University of Minnesota’s Traumatic Stress Screen for Children and Adolescents in Child Welfare Practice

By |2016-12-29T11:28:42-06:00December 29th, 2016|Categories: , , |Tags: , , , |

Free Training Opportunity! Training Objectives: Provide background and evidence supporting development of the University of Minnesota’s Traumatic Stress Screen for Children and Adolescents© Teach and demonstrate proper use of the TSSCA Explain how to use TSSCA results in a variety of practice contexts including case planning, court reporting and safety planning Model a case study [...]

March 2016

The Child Exchange

By |2016-12-01T19:32:52-06:00March 2nd, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Today's guest blogger is Holly Gilbert. In 2013 Reuters did an investigation into a phenomenon known as “Re-homing” and published it in an article titled The Child Exchange.  Many of the children involved in this re-homing were children who were “hard to place” children in the foster care system, were more likely to have higher [...]

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February 2015

Bills would redirect policymakers’ focus to child trauma, brain development, and adverse childhood experiences

By |2016-12-01T19:32:57-06:00February 20th, 2015|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Over the last week, a few bipartisan bills were introduced that would redirect the legislature's and Governor's attention to the importance of positive life experiences for young children in their policymaking. Since the last biennium, early learning and experiences have been a focal point at the legislature, what with the passing of universal all-day kindergarten [...]

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Guest Post: Letter to the Governor’s Task Force on the Protection of Children from Dr. Anne Gearity

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00February 4th, 2015|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Editor's Note: Dr. Anne Gearity sent a letter to the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children on January 30, 2015, in which she urged the Task Force to consider the impact of trauma on children as the Task Force develops their final recommendations to the legislature. In her letter, Dr. Gearity includes several [...]

December 2014

Family Assessment & Adequacy of Resources Workgroup Preliminary Recommendations (Updated)

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00December 31st, 2014|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , |

Updated Jan. 5, 2015, to reflect the Initial Recommendations report, released December 31, 2014. Changes and additions are highlighted yellow , and deletions are marked as strikethroughs. The Family Assessment & Adequacy of Resources Workgroup preliminary initial recommendations are listed below, grouped under general themes (which are found in the light gray boxes). [...]

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June 2012

North American Council on Adoptable Children conference

By |2016-12-01T19:33:17-06:00June 27th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , |

The North American Council on Adoptable Children will hold its 38th annual conference in Crystal City, VA on July 25-28, 2012. This year's theme, Celebrating Families: Valuable Lessons from Children, Parents and Professionals, begins with a pre-session workshop with Dr. Bruce Perry, noted expert on child trauma. Dr. Perry is a Senior Fellow at the [...]

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