Pencil-Slinging Warrior Princesses
I've been thinking a lot about how I survived not just what I survived. And this came to me. I can’t say no to my daughter when she asks me to buy her a new book, no matter how broke I am. “Words fuel, feed,...
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How to Get the Word Out About the ACE Study Cheap
Hi everyone on ACEs. I wanted to share what I learned about advertising the ACE study. Well first, we got the idea when Dr. Felitti was here in February. He suggested that we post the questions in the local newspaper....
Tapping (EFT) 2 of 2
I’ve used Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) aka tapping for years, as I wrote in Part 1 , which described “what is tapping." Now for how to tap. “The basic technique requires you to focus on the negative emotion at hand:...
States Lack Accurate Statistics On Widespread Heroin Use [NPR.org]
In Pennsylvania, it's estimated opioids like heroin killed at least 1,300 people last year. In Massachusetts, more than 1,000 have died, and in Connecticut, heroin deaths jumped more than 85 percent in two years. But figuring out the size and...
How trauma affects student learning, behavior [TheAlpenaNews.com]
Educators gathered in Thunder Bay Junior High Wednesday evening to learn about how childhood trauma and adverse experiences affects student learning and behavior, and how teachers can help. Attendees heard about how childhood trauma, toxic...
You Sound Sad, Human [PSMag.com]
Imagine a future where your phone can analyze your emotional state by the sound of your voice. That's not as improbable as it sounds; computers are already pretty good at discerning your feelings, and they're getting better all the...
What Can “Lived Experience” Teach Neuroscientists? [Blogs.DiscoverMagazine.com]
A provocative paper says that neuroscientists who research mental health problems ought to listen to the views of people who have experienced those conditions. The piece, from Australian authors Anthony Stratford and colleagues, is published in...
Does the Justice System Neglect Forgiveness? [ScientificAmerican.com]
Twenty-one years ago Rwanda was torn apart by violence. Members of the Hutu majority slaughtered their Tutsi neighbors, killing hundreds of thousands of Tutsi minorities in only four months. Once the massacre finally stopped, a difficult question...
To Fix Baltimore, Start With the Kids [CityLab.com]
A recent Brookings Institution blog post presented a snapshot of Baltimore’s economic and racial inequality, illuminating the social realities that fueled the unrest following the police-induced ...
Why Fit Cities Aren't Enough [CityLab.com]
The new American Fitness Index report ranks the overall fitness of the country’s 50 most populous cities. Topping this year’s list: Washington, D.C. In last place: Indianapolis. How Do You Measure Fitness? The project—a...
Contra Costa County to end isolation of special ed students in juvenile hall [EdSource.org]
Contra Costa County’s probation department will ban the practice of locking students with disabilities in their cells for extended periods of time as punishment for their behavior in class, while the Contra Costa County Office of...
People with depression may be more likely to develop Parkinson's disease [MedicalXpress.com]
People with depression may be more likely to develop Parkinson's disease, according to a large study published in the May 20, 2015, online issue ofNeurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "We saw this link...
Obese 4-5 year olds likely to remain overweight throughout their primary school life [MedicalXpress.com]
A new study, published in The Journal of Public Health which examined changes in BMI in children aged 4-11 years, found that that the number of obese children approximately doubles between the first and last years of primary school...
Self-Regulation and Toxic Stress: A Review of Ecological, Biological, and Developmental Studies of Self-Regulation and Stress [FPG.UNC.edu]
Hamoudi, A., Murray, D. W., Sorensen, L., & Fontaine, A. February, 2015 This is the second in a series of four inter-related reports titledSelf-Regulation and Toxic Stress. The first report, Foundations for Understanding Self-Regulation from an Applied Developmental Perspective , provides a comprehensive framework for understanding self-regulation in context, using a theoretical model that reflects the influence of biology, caregiving, and the environment on the...
For immigrants, status and stigma affect mental health, few resources exist [TheGateNewsPaper.com]
It’s been almost 40 years since he first set foot on American soil. A young man who was only able to finish the first grade and as the oldest, had the task of supporting his family. Between going back and forth from Recoveco, Sinaloa,...