10:45 am - Noon | All posters are in the Atrium. For the Poster Symposium, at 11:30 am, those who wish to discuss posters 416-01 through 416-02 will move to the Curtis A Room.
POSTER SYMPOSIUM: Health Issues. POSTER TOPICS: Therapy/Counseling; Substance Abuse/Addictions; Challenges of Parents and Adolescents; Challenges of Young Adults
from 2012 NCFR Annual Conference
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11:45 am - 1:00 pm | All posters are in the Atrium. For the Poster Symposium, at 12:30 pm, those who wish to discuss posters 222-01 through 222-03 will move to the Curtis A Room.
This tool stems from the collective vision of leading child welfare and early childhood development organizations. It is designed to help states and counties both prepare to meet the new federal requirements and conduct ongoing assessment and quality improvement efforts.
According to data released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), children and youth participating in SAMHSA community-based programs who are involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems demonstrate improved outcomes after receiving trauma-informed services. This includes reduced behavioral and emotional problems, reduced trauma symptoms, reduced substance use problems, improved functioning in school and in the community, and improved ability to build relationships.
by Linda M. Burton, Ph.D., James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, Duke University, and Andrew J. Cherlin, Ph.D., Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
Trust is jiggly, and it can look like something it is not. You can't trust trust, and you can't trust Jell-O. That's what I've learned from working with [low-income couples]."
Families, Work and Unemployment, Family Stress/Coping and Networks for Help, Poverty/Welfare, Public Policy, Research/Theory/Methodology, Rural Families
According to the U.S. Census latest update, the official poverty rate in 2008 was 13.2%-40 million Americans. Health care continues to be a major factor in the lives of the poor, with an estimated 45 million uninsured. Other aspects of poverty affect families in a myriad of sociological and developmental ways. The antecedents and the answers can be elusive. In this issue of NCFR Report, your colleagues share some research and commentary on this population.
