Safe, healthy and ready to learn : policy recommendations to ensure children thrive in supportive communities free from violence and trauma

Safe, healthy and ready to learn : policy recommendations to ensure children thrive in supportive communities free from violence and trauma Futures Without Violence in partnership with a number of American organisattons. - San Francisco, CA : Futures Without Violence, 2015 - electronic document (40 pages); PDF file: 1.48 MB

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In this document, the working group developed a set of recommendations that will support each of these seven goals:
1. Invest early in parents and young children;
2. Help schools promote positive school climates, be
trauma sensitive, and raise achievement;
3. Train educators, health care workers, and other
child-serving professionals about preventing and
responding to youth violence and trauma;
4. Prevent violence and trauma;
5. Improve intra- and inter-governmental coordination
and alignment;
6. Increase the availability of trauma-informed services
for children and families;
7. Increase public awareness and knowledge of
childhood violence and trauma. (from the document). Record #4786


PREVENTION
FAMILY VIOLENCE
CHILD ABUSE
RECOMMENDED READING
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
CHILDREN
HOME VISITING
INFANTS
INTERVENTION
PARENTING
SCHOOLS
TRAUMA


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