1 / 5

Violence and Trauma affects school performance

Violence and Trauma affects school performance. Children with life threatening violence exposure Lower GPA More negative comments in permanent record More absences Children with Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Even Lower GPA More absences.

zoltin
Download Presentation

Violence and Trauma affects school performance

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Violence and Trauma affects school performance • Children with life threatening violence exposure • Lower GPA • More negative comments in permanent record • More absences • Children with Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder • Even Lower GPA • More absences

  2. LAUSD Mental Health Intervention Violence Exposure and Symptoms Over 1000 students screened in 11 schools In the last year • 49% report being a victim of violence • 80% report witnessing violence • Life threatening violence exposure in 36% • Substantial Post traumatic stress disorder symptoms in 32% (Strongly correlated with violence exposure) • Significant depressive symptoms in 16% *Marleen Wong, Director, LAUSD Mental Health Services, 6651 Balboa Boulevard, Van Nuys 91406 (818) 997-2640 FAX: (818) 996-9850 mwong01@lausd.k12.ca.us

  3. Mental Health Intervention Improves Grades-LAUSD Study Improvement in grades significant p<0.05

More Related