The child welfare system in the United States is a structure intended to protect children and ensure their well-being. However, for African American families, this system often serves as a mechanism ...

Children in foster care are among the most vulnerable and underserved populations in the education system. They experience higher rates of trauma, placement instability, learning gaps, and emotional ...

LOUISVILLE — When I began reporting on child welfare, I brought with me the baggage that plagues all humans: misconceptions and blind spots about a system that I had never lived through. I had been ...

Empowering Neurodivergent Individuals, Families, and Professionals Through Neuroscience, Compassion, and Practical ...

Are child-welfare investigations traumatic for families? How should we weigh that trauma against learning if children are in danger and ensuring parents change their behavior? New York City’s ...

Unlike conventional trauma texts that separate theory from lived experience, Trauma Theory & Testimony places the two in direct conversation. Owens integrates developmental and psychological theories ...