Family Separation at the Border Can Cause Long-Term Trauma
Ripped apart. That’s one way to describe what’s happened to families seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Traumatized. That’s one way to describe the impact. And as it turns out, it’s clinically accurate as well. When headlines broke earlier this year about the routine practice of separating migrant children from their parents or caregivers at […]
Healing the Hurt
Chicago programs help young victims of trauma find their way forward “What happened to you?” Asking troubled children that question instead of, “What’s wrong with you?” is the basic premise of trauma-informed care. Childhood trauma occurs when a youth experiences an event that is emotionally painful or distressful, such as gun violence, sexual abuse, domestic […]
Making a Difference
Community groups take action to stop gun violence Guns are the worst thing that ever happened to black people,” says Englewood resident Tamar Manasseh. “You think slavery was bad? Guns, guns are worse.” In 2017, 3,567 people were shot in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune crime team. The city also saw 674 homicide deaths. […]
Parental Advisory
Helping your kids cope with trauma in real life On July 20, a masked gunman entered a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and wounding 58. A 6-year-old girl was among the massacred. Sixteen days later, six people were slain at a Sikh temple just outside of Milwaukee […]
