September 25, 2013
It's well known that foster youth change schools more frequently than other students, but a new study using pioneering data analysis shows foster youth are more than twice as likely to switch schools as their classmates.
August 22, 2013
This summer, 26 foster youth going into 9th and 10th grade will spend four weeks living in dormitories at George Washington University as part of a year-long effort to expose them to — and prepare them for — college life. The students will take a two-credit college-level film reporting class and receive academic enrichment and remediation programs, said Teresa Zutter, director of First Star Greater Washington Academy, one of four Foster Youth Academies run by the national nonprofit First Star. Students will also participate in field trips, cultural events, a speakers' forum and other activities designed to give them the enrichment and encouragement they need to ultimately be accepted into and graduate from two- and four-year college programs.
September 16, 2013
To even begin to understand just how profoundly child neglect - to say nothing of abuse - can shape every aspect of a child's life, I dare anyone to try and watch the two-minute experiment that researchers call “The Still Face.”
September 13, 2013
Although recent declines in some types of child abuse in the U.S. are encouraging, there is still much to learn about the causes and consequences of abuse and neglect of children, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine.
September 13, 2013
In the first major study of child abuse and neglect in 20 years, researchers with the National Academy of Sciences reported Thursday that the damaging consequences of abuse can not only reshape a child's brain but also last a lifetime.
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September 7, 2013
Child advocates who have harshly criticized Kentucky's often-secretive handling of abuse and neglect cases are giving cautious praise to a new report citing increased investigations and greater efforts to protect children.
September 6, 2013
Editor's note: In the Human Factor, we profile survivors who have overcome the odds. Confronting a life obstacle -- injury, illness or other hardship -- they tapped their inner strength and found resilience they didn't know they possessed. This week we meet college junior Thomas McRae, who grew up in 22 different households, half of them foster homes.
September 4, 2013
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Mothers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were more likely to report physically or psychologically abusing their children than those who were depressed, according to new research reported Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
August 22, 2013
Approximately 1,700 children die of maltreatment every year in the United States, according to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System; however, researchers estimate that the actual number of child fatalities due to abuse and neglect is nearly double that number. During a 13-month health policy fellowship at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), an MU nursing researcher will investigate better ways to identify child maltreatment deaths on death certificates then use this data to estimate a more accurate number of child fatalities due to abuse and neglect nationally.