| In the last week alone, four shootings
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| | attention.1. Has your child or teen
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| murders made headlines. They shared
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| | witnessed or been a victim of
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| something shocking in common? The alleged
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| | violence?2. Has the child in your care
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| offender was a teenager.1. A teenager
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| | been abused, neglected or abandoned by a
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| was arrested and charged with attempted
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| | family member?3. Has your child been
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| murder in the shooting of five people at
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| | cruel to animals?4. Has your child had
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| a club.2. Sentencing for a 16-year-old
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| | moderate to severe behavior problems
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| boy who admitted stabbing his mother 111
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| | (such as stealing, punching holes in
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| times was postponed.3. The first of four
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| | walls, or staying out all night without
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| teenagers to be tried in the killing of a
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| | permission) that began before the age of
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| Chinese restaurant deliveryman was found
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| | 13?5. When your child hurts or injures
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| guilty of first-degree murder.4. A teen
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| | someone does he feel sorry he/she got
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| in a middle school shoots two classmates,
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| | caught, rather than sorry for the harm
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| but is stopped by hero teacher.Dr.
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| | caused to his/her victim.6. In the past,
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| Kathryn Seifert a youth and family
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| | has your child assaulted another person
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| violence and trauma expert who has over
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| | that was not in self-defense? (This is
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| 30 years of experience believes that a
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| | particularly important if it was a
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| recent study sheds light on the issue of
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| | younger, weaker child or a parent,
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| teen violence. While some behavioral
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| | policeman, or teacher.)7. Has you child
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| (aggressive) disorders have a biological
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| | had severe learning and/or behavior
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| base, they may also have roots in
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| | problems in school for more than a
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| childhood maltreatment and in exposure to
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| | year?Dr. Seifert warns that although
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| violence. The overlap between behavioral
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| | these questions can be easily answered,
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| disorders and histories of childhood
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| | their answers should not be taken
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| trauma is greater than has been
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| | lightly. Adults and caregivers need to
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| previously recognized, said Seifert.
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| | take immediate action to seek help for
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| While not all traumatized children become
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| | families and teens that have experienced
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| aggressive, there are warning signs that
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| | traumatic experiences. Without
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| can help parents determine if their child
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| | professional help, such as counseling
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| needs to get professional help.Using
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| | from organizations like Dr. Seifert?s
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| recent studies, other scientific data,
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| | firm, Eastern Shore Psychological
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| and 30 years of experience, Dr. Seifert
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| | Services, many teens may never get the
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| has created 7 questions to determine if
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| | help they need. And without help, a
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| your teenager may be at risk of
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| | troubled teenager could become the next
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| committing violent or aggressive
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| | headline. With the proper interventions,
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| behavior. The more questions to which you
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| | youth violence is preventable.Dr. Kathryn
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| answer yes, the more likely it is that
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| | Seifert has over 30 years experience in
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| your child needs professional help. If
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| | mental health, addictions, and criminal
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| the answer to 6 or 7 questions is ?yes?,
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| | justice work. She has authored the CARE
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| then data shows that your teenager may be
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| | and numerous articles. Dr. Seifert has
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| at risk of aggressive or violent behavior
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| | lectured internationally on youth and
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| and needs immediate professional
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| | family violence and trauma.
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