title: A response to traumatized children: developing a best practices model.
abstract: SUMMARY This manuscript describes the key components for establishing collaborative partnerships in the delivery of services to children who have been traumatized by abuse, neglect, and prenatal exposure to alcohol. Specifically, the manuscript addresses: the national need for such collaborative partnerships; the effects of abuse, neglect, and prenatal exposure to alcohol on developmental and educational outcomes; the process used to develop the children's trauma assessment center (CTAC) including discussion on the family centered and transdisciplinary nature of the center; and the accomplishment and future goals of CTAC. The members of the CTAC team currently include the disciplines of counseling, occupational therapy, pediatric medicine, social work, and speech-language pathology. Future goals include expanding the core team to include the nursing and educational psychology disciplines.
authors: Western Michigan University, Southwestern Michigan Children's Trauma Assessment Center, 1000 Oakland Drive, 3rd floor, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008.
authors: Yvette D
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authors: Hyter
authors: Ben
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authors: Atchison
authors: James
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authors: Henry
authors: Mark
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authors: Sloane
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authors: Black-Pond