NCCEV Press Releases

For immediate release: September 10, 2004

National Center for Children Exposed to Violence Hosts Representatives from Zuni, New Mexico.

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, is hosting representatives from the tribal site in Zuni, NM at the Yale Child Study Center, 230 South Frontage Road, from Wednesday, September 7th through Tuesday, September 14th, 2004.

Law enforcement and social services representatives from Zuni will be engaged in 4.5 days of training in the Child Development-Community Policing Program model. The group will participate in a wide range of activities that familiarize them with child development concepts, patterns of psychological disturbance, methods of clinical intervention, and policing practices. In addition, visitors from Zuni will spend time with New Haven Police Chief Francisco Ortiz and New Haven Assistant Chief Bryan Norwood, participate in ride-alongs with officers from the New Haven Department of Police Service and have an opportunity to spend time with colleagues from Juvenile Probation, the New Haven Public Schools and the Department of Children and Families. A major goal of the training is to foster a working relationship among group and to learn about the basic principles of the program model in order for Zuni to replicate the CD-CP Program in their community.

The CD-CP Program was established in 1991 and formed the basis of the NCCEV established in 1999. The program is under the direction of Dr. Steven Marans, the Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center. The goals of the NCCEV are to raise public awareness about the effects of 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, where mental health professionals along with law enforcement respond to crises. Children and families exposed to violence and trauma are provided clinical services at the scene of the incident and as a follow-up at the request of the family.

Dr. James Lewis, III, Operations Coordinator for the NCCEV and Sgt. Stephen Shea, from the New Haven Department of Police Service are taking the lead on the training activities for the week. For further information on the NCCEV or the training please contact Colleen Vadala at (203) 785-7047 or colleen.vadala@yale.edu.

For more information, please contact:

National Center for Children Exposed to Violence
1-877- 49-NCCEV
Email: nccev@info.med.yale.edu
Or visit the program’s websites at www.nccev.org and www.cd-cp.org.