Psychologists, pediatricians, neuroscientists, among others, all know from their various research studies that childhood adversity can have profound, deleterious effects on a person developmentally, not only psychologically, but physically as...
In line with frugal innovation thinking, many existing capacities of tablets, smartphones and even "dumbphones" can be repurposed to serve diagnostic, monitoring, and therapeutic functions. At the lower end of the scale, researchers at Oxford and...
Being a mental patient in Iran is a struggle. Moreover, being a female mental patient in Iran is a struggle with stigma. Though Iranians are by no means under-educated when it comes to dealing with mental health issues, women have a bigger challenge...
As the summer begins to wind down and you start shopping for back-to-school supplies, don't forget to equip your child with some good advice for making a smooth return to the classroom. Anxious feelings are common and expected during times of...
Singing or learning to play a musical instrument helps children belonging to low socioeconomic status improve their academic performance, a new study suggests. Nina Kraus, PhD, a neurobiologist at the Northwestern...
MK Safety Net has created a list of Investigation Teams currently looking into reports of historic abuse that occurred in overseas boarding schools operated by various mission organizations. A list of criteria to evaluate the operating and...
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick today signed into law provision s to create conditions for “safe and supportive schools” intended to improve education outcomes for children st atewide, and giving momentum to the state's...
It is always difficult for former and current MK's and their families to know wh en to report abuse, and to whom the report should be directed. The first step is to report it to local law enforcement and child...
Many factors make investigating reported abuse in mission communities difficult and complex. Often there are multiple legal judicial jurisdictions involved . Mission commu nities are frequently insular, tight-knit communities which...
Current Groups Conducting Investigations Into Reports of Abuse in Evangelical Schools and Mission Agencies And Their Track Records of Information Disclosure (In Alphabetical Order) We are aware of seven teams / org...
A. A Mission Organization’s Response to Abuse Allegations 1. Cast the Net Wide. An organization's response to past abuse is prima facie inadequate if it responds only to spontaneous reporting by survivors of childhood...
INDIANAPOLIS — In the ongoing battle against domestic violence, police are testing a new visual tool that might save lives . Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department bought six LED cameras called Illumicams that can collect evidence not...
Troubled teens are occasionally sent to corrective outdoor programs, where they hike for days or perform manual labor. But some parents are saying the physical exertion verges on abuse. [For more of this story, written by Sulome Anderson, go to http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/08/when-wilderness-boot-camps-take-tough-love-too-far/375582/ ]
There’s no helpline for pedophiles who want treatment before they act. So a teen with a terrible secret had to find his own way to save himself and others like him. [For more of this story, written by Luke Malone, go to https://medium.com/matter/your...-do-now-e11ce4b88bdb ]
News of Robin Williams’s death due to apparent suicide, said to be a result of suffering severe depression, is terribly sad. But to say taking your own life because of such an illness is a ‘selfish’ act does nothing but insult the...