Child Trauma

In Texas, a novel residential program provides young men who have survived sex trafficking with health care, legal help and animal therapy.

After enduring abuse and neglect until the age of 16, Sky Lea Ross writes that nobody should have to wait so long to find a loving parent.

Nobody knew how to care for a teenager with autism. Instead of trying to communicate with me, I was just labeled a problem, writes Nia Dyer.

A world without foster care would not have so many children growing up with self-doubt like myself, writes Ashley Calderon.

I feel safe when I am with those close to me. But, the comfort they provide is fleeting because I am constantly on guard, writes Luna Busch.

In Rochester, child psychiatrist Michael Scharf is part of a team addressing the trauma of youth violence, and how to prevent it.

A new provision in Minnesota emphasizes the need for private interviews of children in the most serious cases of maltreatment — but not every case.

After findings about the damage caused by government-run Indian boarding schools, former students want more investigation into the matter.

The Department of Interior released a 102-page report on the devastation and cruelty imposed on Indigenous communities through Indian boarding schools.