NCCEV Announcements

For immediate release: September 19, 2005

NCCEV to provide acute response training to Wilmington, DE

The National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (NCCEV), at the Yale Child Study Center, in collaboration with the New Haven Department of Police Service, will host representatives from the City of Wilmington at the Yale Child Study Center, 230 South Frontage Road, Monday, September 19th through Friday, September 23rd, 2004.

Law enforcement, mental health and social service representatives from the City of Wilmington will participate in a range of training activities that will familiarize them with the concepts, methods and practices of the CD-CP Program, including understanding patterns of psychological disturbances in children and the clinical interventions and police practices used to treat children who have been exposed to violence in their homes, schools and communities.

The goal of the training is to foster a working relationship among participants in order to implement the CD-CP Program model in the City of Wilmington.

The CD-CP Program was established in 1991 in New Haven, CT and formed the basis of the NCCEV, which was established in 1999. The program is under the direction of Dr. Steven Marans, the Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center. The goals of the NCCEV are to raise public awareness about the effects on children’s exposure to violence; provide training and technical assistance in the CD-CP Program model to communities nationwide; and, to serve as a national resource center for professionals and the public on children’s exposure to violence.

A cornerstone of the CD-CP Program is the 24/7 acute response consultation service, which joins mental health professionals with law enforcement officials who provide emergency clinical services to children and families at the scene. Follow-up services are provided at the family’s request.

Dr. Steven Marans, Director of the NCCEV and Captain Steve Verrelli and Lt. Stephanie Redding, from the New Haven Department of Police Service, will lead the September training. This training is available only to participants in the Wilmington, DE. For further information on the NCCEV or the CD-CP Program, please contact Colleen Vadala at (203) 785-7047 or colleen.vadala@yale.edu