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A new national campaign is raising awareness about the prevalence and impact of children’s exposure to violence and trauma and providing resources for adults to help kids heal from trauma.
Research has found childhood adversity to be common and harmful, but it’s preventable. Learn how you can help protect and transform childhood.
Jaycee Dugard endured 18 years of abuse after being kidnapped in front of her home. Since her rescue in 2009, Dugard is reacclimating to society and moving on from her horrific experience.
Addressing and treating childhood trauma improves outcomes for individuals, families and communities as a whole.
School districts in Kansas are invited to request free training for staff on childhood traumatic stress in order to become a trauma-informed school.
Hear real-life examples of how KVC is touching lives through in-home family support, reunification services, foster care, adoption, behavioral healthcare and psychiatric hospitals.
KVC trained public agencies at two national pilot sites on a curriculum that will help relative and foster parents better care for children and youth who have experienced trauma.
Highly segregated, low-income neighborhoods such as Ferguson, MO, are experiencing a toxic stress epidemic. As parents become overwhelmed, children miss out on positive interactions needed for healthy brain development.
An executive order signed by President Obama encourages the federal government to design its policies and programs around behavioral science insights.
KVC is one of 15 nonprofit organization selected to participate in an initiative called, “Change in Mind: Applying Neurosciences to Revitalize Communities.”
