I remember the case of a 6-year-old boy whose teacher called child protective services because he had missed school one too many times. No one asked why. If they had, they would’ve heard about the ...

Each year between 200,000 and 270,000 children and youth enter foster care placements with child welfare services, and many more children receive child welfare services while remaining in their parent ...

Child welfare professionals work in a stressful environment. Seeing families at risk of having children removed from the home frequently results in occupational trauma, burnout and negative health ...

When I present on caregiver trauma, I play a video describing the stress, pain, and exhaustion of caring for a sick child. 1 I highlight a scene of a woman sobbing in the shower. After the video, I ...

QUINCY, Ill., Aug. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chaddock is proud to announce that its Developmental Trauma and Attachment Program (DTAP) has been officially accepted for listing on the California Evidence ...

Are child-welfare investigations traumatic for families? How should we weigh that trauma against learning if children are in danger and ensuring parents change their behavior? New York City’s ...

LOUISVILLE — When I began reporting on child welfare, I brought with me the baggage that plagues all humans: misconceptions and blind spots about a system that I had never lived through. I had been ...