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January 1, 2025
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a program for young children and their families, is a strong evidence-based treatment repeatedly receiving the highest rankings in reviews of child mental health treatments (e.g., C ...
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May 23, 2024
When disasters, public health emergencies like the recent pandemic, or mass violence events happen, parents' first thoughts are about the safety and well-being of their children. Understanding common reactions that children may have after these events and ...
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January 1, 2024
Young children are traumatized by abuse, neglect, exposure to disasters and wars, parental and caregiver loss, as well as witnessing domestic violence and substance use. This exposure effects brain and biological development, social-emotional, and cognitiv ...
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January 1, 2019
An estimated 1 in 59 children in the USA is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD; CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Surveillance Summaries 67(6):1-23, 2018). While all children diagnosed with ASD experience some level of difficulty wit ...
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November 10, 2018
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been fought for more than a decade. During this time, approximately two million children have been impacted by parental deployment(s). The majority of these children are under 8 years of age. Stressors are present duri ...
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June 11, 2014
Terrorism is an extreme form of violent trauma made worse by being ofhuman design. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States and the entire world entered into a new era in history. As much as adults seek to protect children f ...
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January 1, 2013
It was the most deadly terrorist bombing in American history. On Wednesday, April 19, 1995, a blast from thousands of pounds of fuel oil and fertilizer ripped through the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in an instant, tearing ...
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January 1, 2012
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