Topic
Trauma
36 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Human Rights Watch — US: Separated Families Report Trauma, Lies, Coercion
The United States government is not likely to comply with a second court-ordered deadline of July 26, 2018, to reunify migrant families forcibly separated at the border, Human Rights Watch…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Lessons About Protecting the Teenage Brain Can Resonate in Later Life
I recently caught a rebroadcast of a Terry Gross interview -- from early 2015 and linked here -- with Dr. Frances Jensen, a neuroscientist from the University of Pennsylvania, on the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Credibility. Trauma, and the Adversarial Adjudication of Claims for Asylum by Stephen Paskey
Credibility. Trauma, and the Adversarial Adjudication of Claims for Asylum by Stephen Paskey, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Law School, October 21, 2015 Santa Clara Law Review,…
Human Rights at Home Blog
State Re-Traumatization
By margaretdrew
“Trauma is not random. Its occurrence varies as a function of characteristics of the individual (e.g., racial/ethnic minority or LGBT status), peer relationships (e.g., intimate partner violence), community characteristics (e.g.,…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Transportation and Trauma
On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 The Amtrak Northeast Regional was New York bound and carrying 238 passengers and five crewmembers through Pennsylvania. After passing Philadelphia, the train, for unknown reasons,…
The Right Coast
Microaggressions And Trigger Warnings, Meet Real Trauma
He told me about loading up with his platoon in the helicopter that day. He described what it was like to see the ground coming through the window and realize…
ImmigrationProf Blog
On the Airwaves: Trauma Plagues Many Immigrant Kids
As lawyers, we think immediately of the shortage of legal representation for unaccompanied minors in the United States.This morning, NPR aired a haunting story about a different shortage of necessary…
Clinical Law Prof Blog
Vicarious Resiliency
By Virgil Wiebe
I recently wrote how the word “Vicarious” provides insight into our roles as clinicians. I was rooting around into the word’s origins because I was reading about “vicarious resiliency.” Pilar…
Family Law Prof Blog
Day Off
By Family Law
From chicagonow:Anyone who has experienced family law, from either side of the table, knows how overwhelming life can get. I am strong enough to tell you I was a recent…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrant of the Day: Blanca Medina (El Salvador)
Blanca Medina is a survivor of five rapes—four in El Salvador and one more by a smuggler after she fled north to seek safety in the United States. Reeling from…