Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices in Child Welfare
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2013
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ABA Center on Children and the Law
Abstract
According to the 2012 Report of the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to
Violence, 46 million children living in the United States will have their lives affected by violence, crime, abuse,
or psychological trauma this year.1 The Task Force recommends that every professional or advocate serving
children exposed to violence and psychological trauma learn and provide trauma-informed care and traumafocused services. Child welfare system stakeholders, and the children and families they serve, can greatly
benefit from integrating trauma knowledge into their policies and practices and thereby improve outcomes
for abused and neglected children.
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child welfare, trauma informed, services
Citation
Klain, E. J., & White, A. R. (2013). Implementing trauma-informed practices in child welfare. ABA Center on Children and the Law.