BABY BIT for Mon. Sept. 16, 2013 This is the forth in a short series of BABY BITS on nurturing empathy in our children. Please share! :D
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Improving trauma informed care in the justice system
Does anyone know of a good text to use to support a class for teachers and counselors working in justice settings on trauma informed care? please email me any titles you might have rvhull3@hotmail.com
Can Spanking REALLY Cause Brain Damage?
An interview with Dr. Martin Teicher , Neuroscientist, Researcher on Early Abuse & Neglect and the Effects on Brain Development. Having read the avalanche of research on spanking and the link to negative outcomes, as well as the research showing brain alterations in children who are harshly spanked (with an implement) or spanked before age one, I am convinced that spanking is an ACE. Spanking can cause brain damage. Dr. Elizabeth Gershoff's recent research shows that the...
Embracing The Shadow Side of Creativity
In a blog post, " What is Creativity? ," Maria Popova quoted designer Charles Eames on the cultural obsession with the creative process: "Recent years have shown a growing preoccupation with the circumstances surrounding the creative act and a...
Adopted Children
Looking for articles/ books etc. that will assist adoptive parents better understand the possible impact of early childhood trauma. I am looking for easy to read and understand articles as well as literature for the young adolescent person...
SAMHSA's Three-part Working document on Trauma
This working document summarizes the discussions among these experts which included trauma survivors, practitioners from multiple fields, researchers, and policy makers. The next step in this process is to gather comments on this document from...
Reuters Investigates: The Child Exchange - Inside America's Underground Market for Adopted Children
"Reuters investigative reporter Megan Twohey spent 18 months examining how American parents use the Internet to find new families for children they regret adopting. Reporters identified eight online bulletin boards where participants advertised...
Report makes links between abuse, homelessness among teen parents - Massachusetts
" Thirty percent of pregnant and parenting teens in Massachusetts were homeless at some point during the past fiscal year and almost 10 percent of teen parents who were homeless had been subject to commercial sexual exploitation,...
NorCal ACErs San Mateo meetup: (sparkling) water and chocolate
Writer and attorney Marianna Klebanov , mental health scholar and MFT intern Laura Kerr , ACE Overcomers founder Dave Lockridge (left to right in photo), and I met in Marianna's offices in San Mateo on Friday, Sept. 13. Dave had just turned the...
Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships Evaluation Summary
"Study finds promoting healthy relationships has a positive impact in middle school... "The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned the independent research firm, RTI International to evaluate Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships,...
Syria’s Traumatized Children: A National Security Concern?
" More than two million children have been displaced inside Syria, and one million more have fled the country as refugees, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). "Uprooted from home and school, many have...
More support needed for dental workers in frontline child protection role - New Zealand
"The researchers found that, over the past year, 55 of the 320 dental therapists surveyed had each suspected up to 10 cases of physical abuse ; 87 had suspected up to 10 cases of child neglect , and 101 had suspected up to 10 cases of dental neglect....
Domestic violence: More than one in three women experience - Florida
“Calling All Men: Rejecting the Culture of Violence” is a series of workshops to raise domestic violence awareness and engage men in activities to promote a safer community for women and children. “We...
Bruce Perry: How Your Brain Works 101
How Your Brain Works 101 Dr. Bruce Perry This is #9 in an ongoing series I've got to depart from my memoirs again because Dr. Bruce Perry has just put out his latest on "How Your Brain Works 101," in a Sept. 5 webinar for the National...
Refugee trauma makes mental health support important - Canada
"The Outreach, Assessment and Specialized Intervention Services (OASIS) Program specializes in providing trauma treatment and supports for immigrant and refugee children, youth, and their families. Once operated jointly with SISO, OASIS has been...