Violence and Trauma affects school performance

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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

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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
• [phone] FAX [phone]
  mwong01_at_lausd.k12.ca.us

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Mental Health Intervention Improves Grades-LAUSD
Study
Improvement in grades significant plt0.05