Spotlight on Policy
Defending Childhood Task Force Report
Advances in neuroscience and child development have taught us that the trauma children experience when they are exposed to physical, sexual, and emotional violence scars them physically and emotionally well into their adult lives. Read the report.
Publications
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Impact of Exposure to Violence on Stages of Development (Birth to Adolescence)
This chart describes developmental tasks by age, how exposure to violence impacts them and recommendations to help children.
Access our library to download or order publications from the Safe Start Center and selected partners relating to children's exposure to violence.
CEV in the News
Safe Start's weekly offering of current events with a childhood exposure to violence focus. This week's highlights include the new Blue Heart campaign, a treatment toolbox to help child survivors of war and a new study showing the long term effects of child abuse. Read more.
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