The women and men gathered for a training on trauma and resilience were recovery counselors and social workers, charter-school teachers and prison administrators. But to Stephen Paesani, the child and adolescent training specialist who was leading the...
When it comes to studying sexual violence, college surveys often don't include students at historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs. But one major study found sexual assaults are lower on those campuses than others....
Not children anymore — but not teenagers either — 11-year-olds are on the cusp of adolescence. That gives them a unique perspective. Age 11 is when you're most passionate and optimistic, says Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey. It was...
Although experts have spoken for years about the devastating effects of solitary confinement on the mental health of adolescent prisoners, such seclusion has long been the primary form of punishment at the Rikers Island jail complex, where...
This summer my family moved to a new state. Over the past couple months, I've repeatedly heard my younger daughter say, "I still don't feel like this is home. It feels like we're on a trip, and we need to get back." Sometimes she says it...
[note: this was originally posted on my blog fullhousewithaces.com linked here: http://fullhousewithaces.com/2...t-for-relationships/ ] In the first post in this series, I discussed how I see humankind’s needs for significance and security as central to the Creation story of Genesis, chapters 1 and 2. (1) In this second post, I hope to further explain the implications of these needs and how they connect to attachment theory and the relational-developmental work I...
Free Summit to Feature 22 Trauma Speakers Over 10 days in starting Tomorrow, Tues, Sept 30! Attachment & Trauma Network, Inc. (ATN) is hosting a FREE online summit: Educating Traumatized Children , from tomorrow Tuesday, September 30 to October 10, 2014. The summit will feature over 20 interviews from trauma experts across the United States. The interviews will also be available for purchase and download after their initial airing. ATN is...
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 -- Today, California becomes the first state in the nation to eliminate suspensions for its youngest children, and all expulsions for all students for minor misbehavior such as talking back, failing to have school materials...
The overall picture of poverty among states is a familiar one: Some states, such as Mississippi, have long claimed the highest poverty rates according to the federal income standard. Others, such as Hawaii, Maryland and Massachusetts, often are...
Chances are, you know someone whose child has been diagnosed with attention-deficit (hyperactivity) disorder. Perhaps you've received that news about yourself or your own child. In many cases, it's a legitimate issue and can require medication,...
When Georgia high school student Tiambrya Jenkins was in ninth grade, the teen, who is black, got into a fight with a white classmate. Both girls were transferred to an alternative high school as a result, but the white student returned to...
That Friday, I was dizzy and sick to my stomach with what felt like food poisoning, only sometimes my chest throbbed. I declined my husband's offer of a ride to the emergency room because I had to prepare for a crucial school meeting on Monday....
Not so long ago, I was driving with a friend from Berkeley to Marin County. I waited patiently to pay my toll; I'd let my FasTrak account expire, so I needed to pay cash, the old fashioned way. As I pulled up at the booth and handed over the...
Catharsis is a word with ancient Greek roots, meaning a purging of strong emotions, often through art. In today’s post-draft, all-volunteer era, where fewer than 1% of Americans serve in the military, it’s interesting that the...
Laura Gaydos couldn't believe her own eyes. Excited but unsure, she pulled other people into the lab on the campus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, to see if they could see what she thought she had just seen. They could....