trauma

A 4-year-old law requires that schools assess children being raised in government custody, but funding for the reviews was not provided.

Experts who treat trauma in kids removed from homes say bringing out a child’s love of rap, pop or rock can be highly effective therapy.

This summer, the California Surgeon General’s Office is set to debut a youth-trauma-informed training video for K-12 teachers.

By Sara Tiano A state senator with firsthand experience in American Indian boarding schools has introduced a joint resolution calling on the state legislature to recognize the history of these institutions and the trauma they caused generations of Indigenous people. 

A healing agenda needs to end policies that perpetuate pain and expand access to a variety of practices that combat the effects of community trauma, writes Nora McCarthy.

It’s time for New York city and state to use every tool available to replace mandated reporting with community support, writes Nora McCarthy.

A world without foster care would not have so many children growing up with self-doubt like myself, writes Ashley Calderon.

Leaders in the child welfare legal world should foster a work culture where joy and pain can co-exist, writes Vivek Sankaran.

Too often, the trauma young people have experienced in foster care is assumed to be healed when they have children, writes Vivek Sankaran.