Helping Children Cope with Trauma: A School-Based Intervention
Exposure to violent events or other trauma can inflict lasting emotional damage on children. Yet a high percentage of children affected by trauma never receive treatment.
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Our Mission
RAND Social and Economic Well-Being seeks to actively improve the health and social and economic well-being of populations and communities throughout the world, through the strategic application of research and analysis.
What We Do
Our capabilities cut across traditional policy boundaries and span multiple economic sectors.
Our aim is to produce high-quality research and analysis that addresses critical factors necessary to promote health and social and economic well-being, and to support decisionmakers and policy influencers in using the best and most practical approaches to solve social and economic problems—all areas in which RAND has a long track record and deep reservoirs of expertise.
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- objective, innovative approaches to problem-solving
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