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Series: Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma

Through Our Eyes: Community-Based Approaches

April 2014
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Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma
This video discusses the important role that community- and faith-based programs, services, and agencies play in protecting and responding to children. It features three programs that exemplify a successful community-based approach to children affected by violence and trauma. However, because every community is different, it is important that service providers and allied professionals tailor their responses to most effectively meet their community's particular needs. Access the complete resource guide.

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Through Our Eyes: Treatments That Work

April 2014
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Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma
This video discusses the serious consequences of children's exposure to violence and trauma, such as substance abuse and mental health and behavioral problems, and the increased severity of symptoms experienced by children who have suffered multiple forms of victimization. It also features some of the evidence-based treatment strategies for children and their families that researchers and experts consider effective. Access the complete resource guide.

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Through Our Eyes: Innovations in Juvenile Justice

April 2014
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Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma
Many of the behaviors that lead to children's and adolescents' involvement in the juvenile justice system can be traced to childhood maltreatment. For these young people, successful intervention requires acknowledging and understanding their traumatic histories. This video features three alternative approaches to addressing trauma in young offenders' lives while still holding them accountable for their actions. Access the complete resource guide.

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Through Our Eyes: Addressing Violence in the Home

April 2014
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Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma
The physical, psychological, and emotional consequences for children exposed to violence in their homes can be especially severe. Early intervention is critical to help these children heal. This video features three programs that are working to provide a coordinated, comprehensive response to these victims and their families. Access the complete resource guide.

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Through Our Eyes: The Child Advocacy Center Model

April 2014
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Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma

This video discusses the Child Advocacy Center Model, which brings together representatives from many disciplines, including law enforcement, child protection, prosecution, mental health, medical and victim advocacy, and child advocacy, to provide comprehensive services to child victims of abuse, neglect, and trauma. Child Advocacy Center multidisciplinary teams also work collaboratively to make decisions about the investigation, treatment, management, and prosecution of child abuse cases; and to support children and their families through the criminal justice process. 

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Through Our Eyes: Introduction

April 2014
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Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma
This video discusses how violence and trauma affect children, including the serious and long-lasting consequences for their physical and mental health; signs that a child may be exposed to violence or trauma; and the staggering cost of child maltreatment to families, communities, and the Nation. Victims lend their voices to this video to provide first-hand accounts of how their exposure to violence as children affected them. Access the complete resource guide.

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Through Our Eyes: Interventions in Schools

April 2014
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Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma
Exposure to violence can impede a child's ability to learn and thrive in school. Teachers, coaches, and other school staff and volunteers can play a critical role in recognizing and reporting signs of violence and trauma in a child's life. This video identifies some types of violence that children may experience at school or on their way to or from school, and highlights preventative measures that some schools are taking to protect their students. Access the complete resource guide.

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