TASK – Trauma & Abuse Service for Kids

Resources for Professionals National Child Traumatic Stress Network  California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse National Children’s Alliance  Adverse Childhood Experiences American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Academy on Violence and Abuse  Child Abuse Hotline: 800-333-0358 Resources for Parents and Families Netsmartz  National Child Traumatic Stress Network  National Children’s Advocacy Center  Books My Dragon Books  Self-Esteem Shop  […]

Beverly J. Bryant, MD, ABPN (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist) Beverly and her husband are native Texans. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of Texas at Austin and medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Her adult residency was completed in New York, and her child and adolescent fellowship was successfully […]

Local Partners Children’s Advocacy Centers of the East Texas Region Children’s Advocacy Center of Anderson and Cherokee Counties (Jacksonville) Children’s Advocacy Center for Kaufman County (Kaufman) Children’s Advocacy Center of Paris Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County (Tyler) Children’s Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County, Inc. (Canton) Harold’s House (Lufkin) Hunt County Children’s Advocacy Center […]

Postdoctoral fellows in child abuse will collaborate with: Local agencies serving abused children (e.g., the local CACs), 11 other CACs in the larger East Texas region, and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler. Child abuse fellows work with a variety of populations, including rural and underserved patients, and will work with settings […]

The Mission of TASK Our mission at the East Texas Trauma and Abuse Services for Kids (TASK) program is to enhance the level of care to abused children and their families by working with existing providers and by educating  tomorrow’s providers through coaching and teaching, building collaborative relationships and supporting and providing services across East Texas. At TASK […]