Self-Injury Under Age 12, with Dr. Imke Baetens & Lisa Van Hove

<p>Just how prevalent is self-injury among children under age 12?  Do the types and methods they use differ from those who self-injure at other ages? What about the reasons they give for self-injuring? In this episode, Dr. Imke Baetens and PhD candidate Lisa Van Hove from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels University) discuss the prevalence of self-injury and self-harm among children under age 12 and how parents can talk to their young children about the behavior. </p><p>To learn more about the International Consortium on Self-Injury in Educational Settings (ICSES), visit <a href="http://www.icsesgroup.org/" target="_blank">www.icsesgroup.org</a>. Learn more about Dr. Baetens at <a href="https://www.brucc.be/en/imke-baetens" target="_blank">www.brucc.be/en/imke-baetens</a>. To see her publications, click <a href="https://scholar.google.be/citations?user=245IoRAAAAAJ&hl=nl">here</a>, and to learn more about her work at the Brussels University Consultation Center (BUCC), visit <a href="https://www.brucc.be/en" target="_blank">www.brucc.be/en</a>. Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-van-hove-18a84a14a/" target="_blank">here</a>. Below are some of their research referenced in this episode: </p><ol><li>Baetens, I., Decruy, C., Vatandoost, S., Vanderhaegen, B., & Kiekens, G. (2020). <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00437/full" target="_blank">School-based prevention targeting non-suicidal self-injury: A pilot study</a>.<i> Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11</i>, 437.</li><li>Van Hove, L., Baetens, I., Simundic, A., Bloom, E., & Heath, N. (in press). NSSI in elementary school children. In E. E. Lloyd-Richardson, I. Baetens & J. Whitlock (Eds.), <i>The Oxford Handbook of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury</i>. Oxford University Press.</li></ol><p>Follow <a href="https://profiles.utsouthwestern.edu/profile/145428/nicholas-westers.html" target="_blank"><strong>Dr. Westers</strong></a> on Instagram and Twitter (@DocWesters). To join ISSS, visit <a href="https://itriples.or