Trauma

Nurturing international engagement

CEHD is focused on deepening its global relationships. This means listening and responding to the needs of global partners and fostering significant relationships to strengthen international engagement, sustainability, and reciprocity.

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CEHD Connect W2026, alumni magazine

From virtual to practical

Malaysia is the largest recipient of refugees in Southeast Asia, with over 300,000 refugees currently striving to create a home for their families throughout the country. Many of these communities have significant trauma histories and related mental health needs but rely on a stressed service system of government health agencies and NGOs for needed services.

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CEHD Connect W2026, alumni magazine

Addressing trauma in southeast asia

The Southeast Asian country of Malaysia has emerged as the largest recipient of refugees and asylum-seekers in the region, hosting a substantial population of displaced individuals. Recent reports place the number of registered refugees at 180,440. ..

Mahinder Kaur and CEHD researchers

Community-engaged prevention and intervention

I felt my heart race as I read through the English vocabulary describing posttraumatic stress and related symptoms in the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children. I was unsure if my translation would accurately capture my client’s posttraumatic...

Jasmine Banegas

A relationship of mutuality

Poland shares a 332-mile (535 km) border with Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion began in February 2022, more than 3.5 million people have come across that border to flee their war-ravaged homeland. And it has been Marta Shaw’s (PhD ’14) mission...

Marta Shaw on flag

CEHD’s Cambodian connections

In January 2018, Department of Curriculum and Instruction Associate Professor Vichet Chhuon, International Initiatives and Relations Director Marina Aleixo, and Department of Family Social Science Professor Catherine Solheim traveled to Cambodia...

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