17 Aug, 2024 Forensic Interviews of Teens Are a Different Kind of Conversation By Debbie Ausburn An interesting new study looked at factors unique to forensic interviews of adolescents. It wasn't a broad or particularly deep study,...
27 Jul, 2024 Interventions for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Lack Evidentiary Basis By Debbie Ausburn A recent review of various studies looking at programs for youth aging out of foster care found no evidence supporting any of the...
06 Apr, 2024 We May Not Need Trauma-Focused Teaching By Debbie Ausburn One fashionable trend is trauma-focused teaching, designed to help students who have suffered trauma learn in the classroom. The...
01 Apr, 2024 ACEs Screening May Be Useless By Debbie Ausburn A very important study has flown under the radar in the past few years, indicating that much current public policy may be a waste of...
25 Mar, 2024 To No One's Surprise, Teens See Benefits to Smart Phones By Debbie Ausburn A new Pew Research report concludes that teens like their smart phones although they see some problems. In fact, almost half of teens...
19 Feb, 2024 Do Community-Based Programs Work? By Debbie Ausburn Community-based programs aimed at reducing aggression in teenagers have gained popularity in recent years. However, there has been...
29 Jul, 2023 Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Reliable Treatment for Pediatric PTSD By Debbie Ausburn A meta-analysis of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) continues to support that therapy model as providing the...
22 Jul, 2023 Therapies that Try to Uncover Memories of Abuse May be Counterproductive By Debbie Ausburn One long-running controversy in treatment of people who have suffered from childhood abuse is whether and how much to delve into their...
22 May, 2023 New Study About Disclosure of Child Abuse By Debbie Ausburn Researchers recently published an interesting longitudinal study of disclosures of child sexual abuse (CSA). They reviewed records of...
01 May, 2023 Suicide Attempts Among Children Rose During Pandemic By Debbie Ausburn The CDC recently updated its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report with statistics from its various Poison Control centers. This...
25 Mar, 2023 Parental Limits Can Offset Childhood Trauma By Debbie Ausburn A recent social science study adds a new wrinkle to what we know about why it's important to provide structure for kids. This analysis...
04 Mar, 2023 The Best Treatment for Depression Is Exercise By Debbie Ausburn On the heels of the CDC survey showing the incredible rise in teen depression and anxiety, we have a new comprehensive study in the...