2015 - National Wraparound Initiative (NWI) | Interventions and Treatment
CHIPRA quality demonstration states use innovative strategies
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has recently released a new evaluation highlighting innovative strategies employed by CHIPRA quality demonstration states...
Reading teaches children empathy
The benefits of child literacy are many, and here's more evidence. This article describes the power of stories to help children understand their own feelings and the feelings of others through empathy...
Military families factsheet
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has released a fact sheet addressing child maltreatment in military families. It also reviews for providers the key concepts, findings, and interventions that will support them in their approach to care for today's military family...
Teaching Emotional Awareness Reduces Juvenile Recidivism
Professor Stephanie Van Goozen, from Cardiff University's School of Psychology, led the study where they found just two hours of an emotional awareness course might help reduce the seriousness of future crimes...
Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline
As many as 80 percent of the girls in some states’ juvenile justice systems have a history of sexual or physical abuse, according to a report released Thursday...
Locking Up Juvenile Offenders Doesn’t Work
According to a new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts, reduced sentences and community-based treatments for juvenile offenders are more effective than incarceration. The report also presents research showing that lengthy stays for juvenile offenders in out-of-home settings, like a correctional center or residential facility, are expensive for governments and fail to reduce young offenders’ risk of recidivism, making for a poor return on investment...