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ISABELLA S. BICK’S parents, both Jewish physicians, never talked about the past after the family moved from Fascist Italy to the United States in 1939. She was 8 at the time and quickly learned it was best to keep her feelings of loss and loneliness to herself. Her silence ended — and those emotions broke free — when Ms. Bick, now 84 and a psychotherapist living in Sharon, Conn., began writing bits and pieces of her life story a few years ago. In one vignette, she describes the trauma of...

In the 18 years since Google was born in a garage, Mountain View has ridden a wave of unprecedented job growth. But alongside the boom has come a slew of other issues familiar across the Bay Area: soaring rents, snarled traffic and people living in vehicles because they can’t afford apartments . Google is starting to address the crisis head-on. Its parent company, Alphabet, which employs more than 20,000 people in a city of 80,000, has proposed building 330 units of housing not far from its...

From a reader, Sara Gunther: “I am extremely concerned about all the hate crimes I am reading about. What can I do if I witness a bias attack?” Short answer: We reached out to experts to devise a strategy. Here’s what they recommend: 1) Be a good witness, record and identify the incident. 2) Be prepared to speak out, but don’t escalate the conflict. 3) Be an ally. 4) Find a safe space. 5) Learn more. 1. Be a good witness Report it. “First of all,” said J. Thomas Manger, police chief of...

The numbers are sobering: People born in the 1940s had a 92 percent chance of earning more than their parents did at age 30. For people born in the 1980s, by contrast, the chances were just 50-50. The finding comes from a new paper out of The Equality of Opportunity Project , a joint research effort of Harvard and Stanford led by the economist Raj Chetty. The paper puts numbers on what many have seen firsthand for years: The American dream—the ability to climb the economic ladder and achieve...

As it stands today, criminal justice in the U.S. exists inside an architecture of isolation: those within the system are shuffled between courthouses and prisons, which are separated from society by thick walls and high fences. “Our dominant justice system is framed around three questions: What law was broken, who did it, and what do they deserve—with the deserving part being about punishment,” says Barbara Toews, an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Washington...

Show don't tell is the first bit of advice almost every writer gets. Don't give facts if words can form an image. Don't say a song was fast-paced if words can tap quickly, instead, across the page. It's good advice but when it comes to ACEs we need both. We need to tell and show and tell again. There's resistance. We need facts and data and proof. And we need stories. Both. Over and over and over. I write about neglect and how it makes it hard to concentrate, in school, when there is lots of...

Check out our fantastic friends ringing the bell about ACEs and what we all can do to help! http://www1.actionnewsnow.com/videos/coalition-spreads-awareness-about-adverse-childhood-experiences-/

Many children and families in Cascade County are not safe from trauma, but community members are stepping up to help mitigate the emotional and behavioral issues brought on by traumatic events. “One in four kids are exposed to trauma,” said Amy Foster Wolferman, assistant director for the University of Montana’s Institute for Educational Research and Service. “But kids are resilient. Two out of three will grow up and beat the odds.” Wolferman stood before 20 local social services...

In just one day last week, the Hamilton House Child & Safety Center saw 23 children who were suspected of being sexually abused. Although it was the most they had seen in one day since opening in 2010, it's indicative of just how bad the situation is in the area. West central Arkansas also has the highest need for foster homes because of neglect and abuse. The Hamilton House, a child advocacy center on the first floor at Mercy Tower in Fort Smith, sees more than 800 children a year, from...

Watching mommy and daddy tear each other apart emotionally and often physically has left battle scars on David and his little sister, Amelia. The five-year-old boy now struggles with severe emotional and social problems, including anxiety and oppositional defiance disorder. He and his mom, Ayla Tennant, 29, are learning how to cope with the aftermath through programs at Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS). “We had a serious abusive relationship and David unfortunately witnessed a lot of it.

Join us for a professional training on Working with Childhood Trauma on Monday, January 30, 2017 Who should attend? Professionals who work with families and children. Where: The California Endowment 1000 N. Alameda St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 Time: 9am -4pm Cost: Early Bird rate available until 1/7/17: $95 Standard Individual Registration: $125 Group Rate: $75 per person (First person pays standard rate) – Minimum of 3 to qualify for group rate Register Here Partial scholarships available.

“Frozen” is my ultimate Disney movie. Elsa my ultimate warrior and the person I keep looking up to, time and time again, when my mental health is wearing me down. Why? Because I believe that Elsa’s struggles with her “powers” are more than that. I believe her struggles are representations of an array of different mental disorders, and that “Frozen“ contains a wide range of lessons that could impact and console almost any one who lives with a mental illness. [For more of this story, written...