Exposure to Community Violence: Intervention
The purpose of this work is to research exposure to community violence by school-age children and further to examine the intervention methods utilized in dealing with the trauma and associated psychological factors.
Intervention being implemented early is key in assisting school-age children in coping with trauma and the associated symptoms and conditions both emotionally and psychologically for avoidance of complicating the condition or other results in permanent damage.
What the Professionals have to Say:
Exposure to trauma and violence is a risk that is at a "disconcertingly high level[s]" according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Researchers have noted that there are 'certain limitations and knowledge' and that there is need for more research in this area and a more comprehensive long-term analysis.
(Bender, 2003)
Study performed by Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools;
A study performed by the Los Angeles School district in a collaborative project with the CBITS, or the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for trauma in schools. In the late 1980's Marleen Wong, M.S.W., director of mental health services for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) sought answers to intervention for students in coping with the resulting trauma of exposure to violence. Wong worked with immigrant children through the EIEP program created in 1999. The Emergency Education Program was to help children who had lived in the U.S. For a period of three years or less in relation to the experience of exposure to violence in the society. In this study mental health screening and standardized brief cognitive behavioral therapy treatment in schools for students who have been exposed to violence were provided. The CBITS pilot study was conducted with focus in studies of 1004 immigrant school children attending schools participating in the survey. The purpose was development of a trauma program for delivery of treatment for those needing treatment from experiencing violence or trauma. The students were between the ages of eight and fifteen years of age. Of the 1,004 surveyed 198 students of Latino heritage students who had histories involving the experience of violence and trauma-related depression with or without accompanying Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms.(Wong,...
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