New Issues Briefs on Children Exposed to Violence

The Safe Start Center has just released two new issues briefs as part of its series Moving from Evidence to Action:  The Safe Start Series on Children Exposed to Violence.  Issue Brief #1:  Understanding Children's Exposure to Violence describes core concepts used in programs addressing children's exposure to violence while Issue Brief #2:  Pediatric Care Settings outlines strategies, such as universal screening and integrating mental health services with pediatric careings, that can be implemented by pratitionners in pediatric settings to meet the needs of children exposed to violence.  Both briefs can be downloaded from the Safe Start Center website

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http://www.safestartcenter.org/issue-briefs.htm