Child Complex Trauma & Good Outcomes Blog Series by Dr. Jane Gilgun The purpose of this blog series is to describe complex trauma, to show the importance of secure relationships, and to show factors associated with good social service outcomes when children have experienced complex trauma. Case materials bring the issues to life. Last week [...]
Child Complex Trauma & Good Outcomes Blog Series by Dr. Jane Gilgun Children who experience trauma often are subject to complex trauma, which is a series of difficult life events that interfere with attachment relationships and that threaten healthy development in a range of domains, including emotional, cognitive, sexual, social, and physical1. Children learn to [...]
Over the next few weeks, we will feature guest posts from Dr. Jane Gilgun, Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Dr. Gilgun’s research interests include how individuals (including children) overcome adversity, how violent behavior develops, and what violence means to perpetrators. Dr. Gilgun has developed several resources for the Center for [...]
The new academic year at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work begins today. A few CASCW staff members (myself included) have kindergarteners going to school for the very first time over the next two weeks, so we can relate to the "first day" experiences of our new and returning IV-E child welfare MSW [...]
With powerful search engines spawning tidal waves of data, we are in a restless search for responses that will create an optimistic future for our children. For those of us who worry about vulnerable children in high-risk families, the search is especially urgent. Since “neglect” is a major entry point into the Child Welfare system, [...]
Glancing at the several piles of clutter on my desk, variously labeled as "Exposing the Achievement Gap and Its Consequences," I am tempted to rename this series, "Notes from a Cluttered Mind." "Putting socks on the octopus" may be the most accurate summary of where we are in our persistent search for closing the achievement [...]
The Child Welfare narrative, for some historians, is linked to this observation of a behavioral economist: "The fate of a child is determined by the accident of birth: to whom that child is born." Thus, the wheel of fate, the luck of the draw, fate without pity and fairness begins the drama of a child's [...]
Here are a few scattered notes from a seminar entitled, “The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma: Recovering Humanity; Repairing Generations,” held Saturday, October 5th, at the Law School at the University of Minnesota. What drew my attention was not only the subject, “transmission of trauma,” a child welfare issue of central importance, but also the auspices [...]
