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Perhaps no other event in the history of our nation was as broadly traumatizing as the events of the September 11, 2001 disaster. Much of the population in the United States (U.S.) and in other nations were traumatized by the events related to their magnitude; tremendous loss of human life; constant media coverage and repeated exposure to horrific images; the heroic activities and injuries and deaths...
Children deemed to be medically or emotionally handicapped have been the focus of much of the research in the past 25 years, guiding the development of educational laws, child advocacy, and the implementation of prevention programs at the Federal and State levels (Albee, 1982; Canino & Spurlock, 1994; Luthar, Cicchetti, & Becker, 2000; Masten, 2001; Rutter, 1979).
When one considers “resilient youth,” one does not ordinarily think of young people who have become involved in the juvenile justice system. If resilience is the ability to endure adverse conditions without experiencing bad outcomes, then youth who have been arrested or detained would seem to represent the flip side of resilience those who have succumbed to the kinds of bad choices and chances that...
During the past 25 years there has been an explosion of reported cases of child sexual abuse, and heightened concern about its effects on children’s subsequent development. Despite this concern, our understanding of the effects of childhood sexual abuse remains limited, in part due to the methodological limitations of much research in this area. Until recently, current knowledge has rested primarily...
The devastating nature and impact of school violence entered the nation’s consciousness after the school shootings at Columbine High School in 1999. Communities have struggled to secure their high schools and their students with a renewed vigor and urgency. Many schools have taken different approaches to cope with actual and perceived threats to the safety of their students. Some have adopted “zero-tolerance”...
Children and adolescents of military families (military children) face numerous challenges that their civilian counterparts do not experience. Stressors are particularly intense now related to sustained military deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. These stressors including the frequent deployments of parents, the associated fear of losing a parent, the move of remaining family members “closer to...
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