Bruce Perry

Bruce D. Perry is Senior Fellow at The Child Trauma Academy, a not-for-profit organization based in Houston that promotes innovations in service, research and education in child maltreatment and childhood trauma. Over the last fifteen years, he has been a teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and neuroscience, holding a variety of academic positions.

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Prevention News : When one question is as good (or bad) as 50

Tests in Australia on the effectiveness of the Family Risk Factor Checklist screening questionnaire have highlighted the difficulties parents and teachers alike face when they attempt to predict which children are most prone to mental health problems.

What Works : Move aside programs, step up practice

Given the well-known barriers to implementing evidence-based programs, is it better to identify their discrete elements and trust practitioners to combine them in tailored packages depending on the needs of the child and family in question?

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