BABY BIT for Thurs. Dec. 19, 2013 Please SHARE! Then, share again and share some more! You never know who might need to see THIS TODAY! :D
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BABY BIT for Wed. Dec. 18, 2013 Please SHARE! Then, share again and share some more! You never know who might need to see THIS TODAY! :D
Job opening: Trauma-informed services consultant for National Council for Behavioral Health
The National Council for Behavioral Health’s Trauma-Informed Care team is looking for a person to take on a full-time staff position. The job location is in Washington, D.C. but consideration for a remote location is possible. The...
Adverse childhood experiences: towards a clear conceptual meaning
Drs. Karen Kalmakis and Genevieve Chandler, both professors at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing an analysis of the concept of adverse childhood experiences. They concluded: Adverse childhood...
I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System
This is an amazing story of social injustice, racism and trauma- un informed criminal justice, from the police all the way through the courts and probation. If you look at the world through a trauma-informed lens, this begs the question: Do our jails...
The Power of Empathy -- 3 min
What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our...
Addressing Trauma's Impact on Learning Should Be Central to the Way Schools Are Run
Susan Cole, director of the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative in Cambridge, MA, and co-author of the two-volume series Helping Traumatized Children Learn, wrote this for the Huffington Post. Here's a sample: The New York Times empathetically and...
New Data: Child Abuse Down Slightly, Fatalities Up
Does anyone else wonder about the validity of this data, given the drop in funding to child protective services and occurrences such as those in Arizona, where thousands of child abuse cases were never investigated ? That state did not investigate...
The Fall of the House of Tsarnaev
Sally Jacobs, David Filipov and Patricia Wen put together a 15-chapter saga of the Tsarnaev family in an investigation of the sons' roles in the Boston Marathon bombing last April. The sentence that stands out: ..."the brothers were heirs to a pattern...
San Francisco considers eliminating ‘willful defiance’ as reason for suspensions
Susan Frey, a reporter for EdSource, says that the proposed transition will take about three years. San Francisco’s proposed policy, introduced by Commissioner Matt Haney and supported by the district’s teachers union, is unique in...
On Admitting That Homeless People Make You Uncomfortable
Amanda Erickson wrote a poignant column on AtlanticCities.com in which she responds to a couple of heartless posts by San Franciscans who advocate that the homeless should be hidden away. I get it. Getting yelled at on the street, turning people...
Mandela and the Question of Violence
Ta-Nehisi Coates in Atlantic.com says "One should never lose sight of why America preaches nonviolence to some people while urging other people to arms." In the shadow of our conversation, one sees a constant, indefatigable specter which has dogged us...
Mommy Doesn’t Like Me
Latest from Chapter 3 of "Don’t Try This at Home-The Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder- How I accidentally regressed myself back to infancy and healed it all" at AttachmentDisorderHealing.com/book/ I bet that title got your attention....
Ad Hoc Committee Members Wanted.
Ad Hoc Committee Members Wanted. Smile At Your Baby! supporters, won't you consider joining a new short-term, temporary committee? Five to ten volunteer committee members wanted to review BABY BIT memes and select the top 10 most effective, poignant,...