Child welfare professionals work in a stressful environment. Seeing families at risk of having children removed from the home frequently results in occupational trauma, burnout and negative health ...

Co-authored with Fellow Psychology Today Blogger Dr. Robert Foltz From southeast Texas to Florida, the Keys, Virgin Islands and most recently Puerto Rico, the shocking images from Hurricanes Harvey, ...

I remember the case of a 6-year-old boy whose teacher called child protective services because he had missed school one too many times. No one asked why. If they had, they would’ve heard about the ...

Each year between 200,000 and 270,000 children and youth enter foster care placements with child welfare services, and many more children receive child welfare services while remaining in their parent ...

Washington state made two major changes to child welfare policy in the last several years to keep more babies and children ...

Are child-welfare investigations traumatic for families? How should we weigh that trauma against learning if children are in danger and ensuring parents change their behavior? New York City’s ...

In a profession with a high burnout rate, low pay makes it even harder to hold on to caseworkers — contributing to poor outcomes for the families they serve. Credit: Getty Images. In my nearly 20 ...

QUINCY, Ill., Aug. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chaddock is proud to announce that its Developmental Trauma and Attachment Program (DTAP) has been officially accepted for listing on the California Evidence ...

As a nonprofit that provides mental health care for children ages 3 to 17, Clarity Child Guidance Center has noticed for more than a decade that 90% of our patients have experienced trauma of some ...

L’objectif de cette analyse de contenu est d’étudier les lois sur l’indemnisation des accidents de travail au Canada, dans le but de déterminer si les mesures législatives en place répondent aux ...