Children’s Hospital opens trauma & grief center

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Children’s Hospital has launched its first Trauma and Grief Center to expand the hospital’s mental and behavioral health services for children and adolescents.

Julie Kaplow will serve as executive director, a news release said. Kaplow is a licensed clinical psychologist and board certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. She founded the first TAG Center in 2012 while on faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School and established a second Center in Texas in 2014.

The TAG Center is focusing on community outreach initiatives, such as partnering with Children’s Hospital’s ThriveKids school-based wellness initiatives in Jefferson Parish Public Schools, and the High 5 Project, a  program started by Children’s Hospital.

“I am thrilled to join the team at Children’s Hospital to establish a new TAG Center in New Orleans, particularly given the number of traumas and losses that youth here are facing, including Hurricane Ida, the high rates of COVID-19 deaths and ongoing community violence,” Kaplow said in a statement. “Identifying and addressing trauma and grief as early as possible is crucial to helping kids lead healthy, happy lives and promoting resiliency over the longer term.”

To learn more, view the news release.

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