12th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ISRAEL STUDIES ISRAEL AND ISRAEL STUDIES: THE EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

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Karen Rogers: Abuse Risk Reduction Skills for Children with Developmental Disabilities: Making Friends and Staying Safe - Slide presentation

This document summarizes research on childhood maltreatment and adolescent mental health outcomes. It describes the Maltreatment and Adolescent Pathways (MAP) study, which longitudinally examines the prevalence and developmental impact of maltreatment on youth involved with child welfare. The MAP study finds high rates of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in its sample. It also identifies post-traumatic stress as a mediator between maltreatment and later mental health problems. The study uses a participatory method involving child welfare agencies.

Refugee children make up approximately half of the global refugee population and face significant vulnerabilities. Unaccompanied children number over 100,000 annually and face even greater risks. Prolonged exposure to conditions like violence, poverty, and instability can severely impact children's development and health. Refugee children often experience violations of their rights under the UNCRC. They are vulnerable to health issues, developmental delays, and mental health problems like PTSD due to trauma endured before, during, and after migration. Early intervention is important to support refugee children's wellbeing and development.

This presentation discusses bullying and depression among transgender youth. It begins with an introduction noting high rates of violence and harassment reported by transgender individuals. The presentation then provides definitions and discusses the impacts of bullying on transgender youth, including high rates of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. The document outlines several clinical applications for working with transgender youth, such as affirmation, addressing family rejection, enhancing resilience, and treating depression. It emphasizes the importance of parental support and exploring gender transition options.

This presentation discusses bullying and depression among transgender youth. It begins with an introduction noting high rates of violence and harassment reported by transgender individuals. The presentation then provides definitions and discusses the impacts of bullying on transgender youth, including high rates of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. The document outlines several clinical applications for working with transgender youth, such as affirmation, addressing family rejection, enhancing resilience, and treating depression. It emphasizes the importance of parental support and exploring gender transition options.

This document discusses child maltreatment and its impacts. It defines the different types of child abuse and neglect, and summarizes data from a Canadian study that found around 85,000 substantiated child maltreatment cases in 2008. The study found that neglect was the primary concern in most cases, and that many involved multiple incidents of abuse. Child maltreatment can have lasting developmental impacts by interfering with children's physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. It is associated with issues like attachment problems, mental health disorders, poorer academic performance, and health problems later in life. Preventative programs that support at-risk families can help reduce rates of child abuse and its long-term consequences.

This document discusses programs that use play and sport to address childhood trauma in refugee camps in Darfur. It finds that early education programs like Little Ripples and youth sports programs like Darfur United and Darfur United Soccer Academy help refugee children build resilience, life skills, and social support networks. A year-one assessment of Little Ripples found improvements in children's physical, mental, emotional, and cognitive development as well as their family and social environments. The document recommends expanding these culturally relevant programs to continue supporting recovery from trauma in protracted refugee situations.

Some potential reasons why genocide may occur include: - Ethnic, national or religious hatred and intolerance towards a targeted group - Desire to acquire territory or resources occupied by the targeted group - Scapegoating a group for political or economic problems - Ideologies that promote racial, ethnic or religious supremacy/purity - Efforts to eliminate perceived threats to political or social structures/hierarchies - Psychological factors like projection, paranoia or the desire to exert total control

1) The study assessed the mental health and stressors of Iraqi refugees in Sacramento through surveys measuring PTSD, anxiety, depression, and challenges after migrating. 2) It found positive perceptions of cultural orientation programs were associated with lower rates of mental health issues and post-migration stress. However, concerns about healthcare access, language skills, and family separation remained significant stressors. 3) The study recommends strengthening partnerships between resettlement agencies and community organizations to improve refugees' access to English classes, employment resources, and social support to help with integration and reduce mental health risks.

This qualitative study hears and clarifies some of the voices of children concerning how they feel their lives are circumscribed by living in poverty, by public messages about the poor, and by their views of their socioeconomic status. Twenty-four children between the ages of 5-12 years were interviewed using snapshots of different economic level homes in order to capture their uncensored responses. Findings reveal that the children view poverty as a deprivation, perceive societal messages as disparaging of the poor, and have some difficulty holding on to positive views of themselves. These children's thoughts about the realities of their lives helped to shape suggestions for social work practice.

Presenter: Ross Shegog, Associate Professor, University of Texas Few game-based interventions target sexual health and even fewer target parent-youth communication. The presentation describes the development and testing of an online adventure game, ‘The Secret of Seven Stones’ (SSS), to engage parents and youth (11-14 yrs.) to go beyond ‘the sex talk’ to impact youth decisions related to friendships, dating, and sex. SSS, informed by parent-youth dyads and previous empirical data, provides behavioral skills training in 15 domains (drawn from over 1300 learning objectives) encompassing responsible decision making about friendships, dating relationships, and sex. SSS features 18 game levels that include 50 interactive skills training clusters, 54 card ‘battle’ sequences, and 7 game-mediated parent-youth ‘PEP’ talks. As youth play SSS, parents receive progress updates and cues to receive resources to guide communication with their youth. SSS offers insight into an intergenerational gaming approach for health prevention, found feasible for a RCT efficacy trial.