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SFTS January 2004 News
NEW RESEARCH
New research suggests that children who witness violence or are victims of it are more likely than other children to have behavior problems, according to the Center for the Advancement of Health. This study by researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital involved 175 children aged 9 to 12 from a pediatric primary-care clinic. The children were interviewed, along with their mothers, to determine whether they had been victims of violence, witnessed violence first-hand, or heard about violent incidents from other people or the media. Those who were direct victims of violence had the most behavioral problems, followed by those who were witnesses, and then by those who were exposed through other people's report or the media.
For more information, check out www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/12/031231083050.htm
NEW RESOURCES
This step-by-step tutorial from The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention provides community planners with tools and resources to assist them in identifying and responding to their most critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention needs. This toolkit guides community planners through a process that includes mobilization, assessment, planning, and implementation. It includes worksheets and other tools designed to help community planners collect data, analyze information regarding resources, develop responses targeted to critical issues, and implement action plans that impact the community.
NOTE::The following external link will open a document in PDF (Portable Document Format). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view the document. For more information, please click on the button on the left.
For more information, check out ojjdp.ncjrs.org/tcap/203300.pdf
Cutting edge scientific research has shown that exposure to the right kind of environment during the first years of life actually affects the physical structure of a child's brain, vastly increasing the number of neuron branches--the "magic trees of the mind"--that help us to learn, think, and remember. At each stage of development, the brain's ability to gain new skills and process information is refined. As a leading researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, Marion Diamond has been a pioneer in this field of research. Now, Diamond and award-winning science writer Janet Hopson present a comprehensive enrichment program designed to help parents prepare their children for a lifetime of learning.
For more information, check out www.newhorizons.org/neuro/neu_review_diamond.htm
This 15-question structured interview by John E. Richters and Pedro Martinez is designed for children ages 6 through 14 to assess the frequency, through child self-reporting, of exposure to violence and violence-related activities at home and in the community.
For more information, check out vinst.umdnj.edu/VAID/TestReport.asp?Code=TIHSH
FUNDING NEWS
The Department of Health and Human Services/Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced the availability of funds to examine the efficacy of parenting programs for high-risk fathers, expectant fathers, or father surrogates of children age birth to 2 and/or 3 to 5 for prevention of child maltreatment and the promotion of positive parenting behaviors. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, universities, colleges, hospitals, community and faith-based organizations, and state and local governments. The deadline for applications is February 18, 2004.
For more information, check out www.tgci.com/fedrgtxt/03-31083.txt
This program, from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, is an effort to enhance the safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and child abuse by supporting projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural America. The Rural Program challenges victim advocates, law enforcement officers, pretrial service personnel, prosecutors, judges and other court personnel, probation and parole officers, and community leaders to work together to craft solutions to overcome the problem of domestic violence. State agencies are eligible to apply on behalf of one or more rural jurisdictions. The application deadline is February 3, 2004.
For more information, check out www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/rural_grant_desc.htm
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