Tag: child protective services

Civil Rights Advocates Call U.S. Child Welfare System a ‘National Problem’

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From The Imprint: A new report says the child welfare system fails to adequately address the needs of families and often harms the very kids it's designed to protect.

How Western Psychology Can Rip Indigenous Families Apart

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An interview with Elisa Lacerda-Vandenborn about the consequences psychology and mental health treatment can have for indigenous children.

How Western Psychology Can Rip Indigenous Families Apart: An Interview with...

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An interview with Elisa Lacerda-Vandenborn about the consequences \psychology and mental health treatment can have for indigenous children.

Why I Fight for Trauma-Informed Systems

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I am not sure what was worse: being abused growing up while my community documented—then ignored—my torment, or being attacked for going public with my story.

Childhood Trauma Is Not a Mental Illness

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My childhood was stolen by systems focused on labeling and medicating me instead of healing the effects of abuse and neglect.