ACEs-to-PACEs (Positive and Abundant Childhood Experiences.) Like it? Hi. My name is Brian Rogers. It has taken me three years and a half years to get here, but I'm finally on my way to promoting T-IC, ACEs and PFA in South Africa. If it...
Kalief Browder began his three-year stay in New York's Rikers Island as a 16-year-old—which included nearly two years in solitary confinement—after being accused of stealing a backpack. He never received a...
What kind of physical and mental health problems top the list among Health Share’s 252,000 members? Analysis of 500 hours of analytical data from providers, hospitals and public health organizations is part of Health Share’s...
Prof. James S. Jackson says the overwhelming propensity among researchers to view data on health disparities among African Americans through the lens of race is highly misleading, and masks deeper truths about how blacks and others cope with...
Last month at the National Forum for Youth Violence Prevention summit on preventing violence, Baltimore presented its city-wide blueprint, “B’More for Youth! Building Baltimore’s Cradle to Career Pipeline.” As all eyes...
In 2013, New York City began an experiment in how to more safely and effectively deal with children with minor criminal records: house them in small group homes close to their own neighborhoods; provide 24-hour supervision; and create two...
The Black Lives Matter movement—which initially targeted the lack of indictments for the murderers of unarmed African American men and women, and has since contributed to a larger conversation about the impacts of racism—has...
Lower-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit significantly higher levels of cortisol, the primary stress hormone in humans, than both high-functioning children with ASD (HFASD) and typical children, according to researchers...
Not too long ago, the term “marital rape” was considered an oxymoron. In some U.S. states, it might as well still be one. Lawmakers in Ohio are trying to remove archaic forms of “marital privilege” in state laws...
This month, L.A. County's Probation Department will start paying the rent for hundreds of homeless probationers. "Breaking Barriers" may be the first criminal justice program of its kind in the nation. Under a program administered by the...
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi on Monday set the lowest age in California for children visiting parents on their own at San Francisco County Jail, in an effort to make in-custody visits easier for families — something that studies...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) laid out a plan Wednesday she insists would create a pathway for a debt-free college education. In a speech at the Shanker Institute and the American Federation of Teachers headquarters in Washington, D.C.,...
Five years ago, Erik Castro came back from Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder and an alcohol problem, though he wouldn’t admit to either. “I don’t want to ask for help,” he says. "I wanted to do what I know...
As an injury prevention coordinator for a Level II trauma center, I'm working to bring trauma-informed practices to the community and have made great inroads in the area with behavioral health, but am discouraged when it comes to implementing...
Judge George W. Timberlake, Ret., chair of the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission, poignantly reflects on a young woman who appeared in his court starting at age 9 and how his lack of understanding how trauma and adversity impact childhood, at that...