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Trauma and Healing

Those working in child welfare often work with children and adults who are healing from a history of trauma. This Innovation Stream focuses on understanding trauma, including how it affects development; relationships, especially children’s relationship with caregivers; and parenting.

Featured Resources

Digital Dialogue
Helping Children Heal: Stabilizing Adoption and Foster Care by Supporting Children and Youth with Behavioral Intervention video page

Helping Children Heal: Stabilizing Adoption and Foster Care by Supporting Children and Youth with Behavioral Intervention

In this Digital Dialogue, we discussed how unresolved trauma impacts children and youth and how the Behavioral Interventionist program supports adoption and foster care stability.

Digital Dialogue
Improving Our Response to Families Experiencing Domestic Violence video page

Improving Our Response to Families Experiencing Domestic Violence

The challenges child welfare systems face in effectively responding to families experiencing domestic violence and ideas for reform.

From the Field
Polyvictimization PDF

From the Field: Understanding and Responding Proactively to Polyvictimization

This document captures key concepts and discussion with the field on the special needs of individuals experiencing polyvictimization.

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