Nearly one in three adults over 65 in Humboldt County live in an economic no-man’s land, unable to afford basic needs but often ineligible for government assistance, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research....
C ASEY SHEHI’S SON JAMES WAS BORN in August 2014, remarkably robust even though he was four weeks premature. But the maternity nurse at Gadsden Regional Medical Center seemed almost embarrassed, and as she took the baby from his...
Public housing gets a bad rap, but Maddie Garrett has no complaints. She’s lived on the same few blocks on Austin’s east side for 50 years, moving between one of the nation’s oldest public-housing complexes, Rosewood Courts,...
While the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has made great strides in reducing the number of homeless male veterans in cities across America, the numbers of homeless female veterans are actually on the rise. As I've written before here...
Samantha McVey brought her 4-month-old daughter, Ruby, to The Children’s Clinic for a routine check-up and vaccinations. But within minutes of sitting down with Dr. R.J. Gillespie, McVey was describing her turbulent childhood with a...
n November 14th, 1998, a young Indian man named Neil Grover killed himself . Neil was bright: He was studying to become a doctor and doing well in medical school. His mother said he had always been happy; she couldn’t understand why...
Dear Members, My name is Sterling Norman Anderson. I have recently become a member of Aces. My story is probably not unique but may prove to be helpful. I am an award winning screenwriting in Hollywood. By most standards I have had more than a...
and we have four teaching stories for your team. This month at Partner for Healing we shared healing stories which convey essential principles of trauma-informed care. They are excellent for staff training and will provoke lively discussions...
The dichotomy between mind and body is a false one — and so, it turns out, is the separation between emotion and cognition. In The Feeling Brain: The Biology and Psychology of Emotions, Elizabeth Johnston, a professor of...
After the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Conn., advocates for children in the state put a renewed focus on special education and children who need help. One challenge? Getting parents and school districts to agree on what to do. At a house in...
When Portland resident Doris Keene raised her four children, she walked everywhere and stayed active. But when she turned 59, she says, everything fell apart. "My leg started bothering me. First it was my knees." She ignored the...
Anti-immigrant sentiment and phrases like “we have to build a wall” have at this point become synonymous with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Indeed, the idea of building a massive wall along the border between the U.S....
From Phi Delta Kappan's Learning on the Edge: http://pdkintl.org/blogs/uncategorized/should-complex-trauma-qualify-as-a-disability/ Should complex trauma qualify as a disability? 09.18.15 By Eric Rossen A lawsuit against Compton...
Parents, children and professionals involved in the Kandiyohi County children’s mental health system say there’s reason to feel optimistic about the system. Professionals and parents who participated in a series of focus group...
Farmington, CT - Childhood trauma exposure is a significant and costly public health concern that affects tens of thousands of Connecticut children - resulting in lifelong impairments on health, behavioral health, and academic outcomes. Investing in...