Heal trauma with rhythm
Chester Street Foundation2024-12-13T19:35:14-06:00Anyone who’s soothed a fussing baby knows that […]
Will My Child Bounce Back From the Coronavirus Crisis?
Chester Street Foundation2024-12-13T19:36:40-06:00With many months of the coronavirus crisis behind us and still more uncertainty and stress ahead, life is tough right now for kids of all ages. Many parents — seeing their children experiencing anxiety, sadness and behavior challenges — are wondering how all of this will affect kids in the long term. Can […]
Trauma in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Chester Street Foundation2024-12-13T19:38:03-06:00Across the nation, everyone is being exposed to and reacting to the confusing, stressful, and sometimes frightening situation of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in different ways. But are we, and our children, being traumatized by the pandemic?
Childhood trauma often involves a negative reaction, called traumatic stress, following an overwhelming, upsetting, or […]
How to Keep Children’s Stress From Turning Into Trauma
Chester Street Foundation2025-01-10T14:47:01-06:00By Stacey Steinberg Children may be processing the disruptions in their lives right now in ways the adults around them do not expect: acting out, regressing, retreating or even seeming surprisingly content. Parents need to know that all of this is normal, experts say, and there are some things we can do to […]
Addressing Race and Trauma in the Classroom: A Resource for Educators
Chester Street Foundation2025-01-10T14:47:53-06:00By the National Child Traumatic Stress Network This resource is intended to help educators understand how they might address the interplay of race and trauma and its effects on students in the classroom. After defining key terms, the guide outlines recommendations for educators and offers a list of supplemental resources. This guide is […]
The startling toll on children who witness domestic violence is just now being understood
Chester Street Foundation2025-01-10T14:48:38-06:00By Jayne O’Donnel and Mabinty Quarshie USA TODAY SAVANNAH, Ga. – Latrelle Huff says her twins were conceived by rape.
Now she blames domestic violence for her children’s health problems.
The Georgia woman says she had been in an abusive, on-and-off relationship for six years when she became pregnant. While pregnant, she says, the conflict […]
The lasting impact of neglect
Chester Street Foundation2025-01-10T14:25:32-06:00By Kirsten Weir The first time Nathan Fox, PhD, stepped into a Romanian orphanage, he was struck by the silence. “The most remarkable thing about the infant room was how quiet it was, probably because the infants had learned that their cries were not responded to,” says Fox, who directs the Child Development […]
Children may act out due to grief or trauma of COVID-19 pandemic, and other lessons from HIV/AIDS
Chester Street Foundation2025-01-10T14:26:23-06:00By Julie B. Kaplow and Mark W. Kline No infectious disease since HIV/AIDS in the 1980s has captured the world’s attention in the way COVID-19 has. The HIV/AIDS pandemic is still with us nearly 40 years later. Effective treatment has made HIV/AIDS a manageable medical condition rather than the almost certain death sentence […]
Coronavirus is giving rise to another tragic issue. Child abuse.
Chester Street Foundation2025-01-10T14:27:20-06:00By Chester Street Foundation
Coronavirus is giving rise to another tragic issue. Child abuse. Hospitals in Texas have reported seeing an increase in child abuse cases, which they believe is driven by the increase in psychological stress at home and children out of school during the day. Furthermore, the group who most often […]
Breaking the Cycle of Child Abuse
Chester Street Foundation2025-01-10T14:29:09-06:00By Elizabeth Hartney, PhD Child abuse is known to repeat itself from generation to generation. Although not universal, the children of people with addictions are at higher risk of all types of abuse, and of developing addictions. The reasons why people who were sexually abused in childhood go on to have abusive relationships […]