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There's no such thing as a bad kid in these Spokane, WA, trauma-informed elementary schools
What's a trauma-informed school? It’s a place where this happens: There’s this third-grade kid. Let’s call him Sam. He’s got ODD (oppositional defiant disorder…a misnomer for normal behavior a child exhibits when...
Q-and-A with Suzanne Savall, principal of trauma-informed elementary school in Spokane, WA
Suzanne Savall, principal of Otis Orchards Elementary. __________________ Suzanne Savall, principal of Otis Orchards Elementary School in Spokane’s East Valley School District, says she didn’t really know what she was signing...
Getting to know the sickest patients
"So for the past two years -- in her effort to dig deeper -- Mautner has been in dozens of Camden homes scratching out 60, 90, and 120 minute interviews. And a pattern has emerged. People like Jackie Coleman,62, have stories of childhood trauma. "...
A vicious circle of trauma, addiction and prostitution - Pennsylvania
“[Being out on the streets] was very traumatic,” she says. In addition to the drugs, she’d been selling sex, hustling in what women like Sophie call, simply, “the life.” “At certain points, I wanted to hurt the men,” she says. “I thought of seriously hurting them. I’d rob them. I had no respect for any of them. None of them.” "Not even the man who dropped her off at the hospital—who, for a long...
Play to the Whistle: A Pilot Investigation of a Sports-Based Intervention for Traumatized Girls in Residential Treatment - abstract
Abstract Adolescents in residential treatment settings have symptoms that prevent them from participation in normal youth activities, which in turn prevent development of social skills and competencies. A sports-based intervention called “Do the...
Governor Branstad issues executive order for Iowa Juvenile Home at Toledo - OHIO
"Gov. Terry E. Branstad today signed Executive Order 82, which immediately holds the Iowa Juvenile Home to higher standards of care. The Iowa Juvenile Home will be held to the same standards for restraint or seclusion as a private comprehensive...
Soliciting Sex With Children Will Now Be a Federal Offense
"Last month, the FBI announced that it had rescued more than 100 sexually exploited children in Operation Cross Country , a nationwide sweep of sex traffickers. Some 150 people, most “pimps” who profit from sexually ...
Antipsychotic drug use in children for mood, behavior disorders increases type 2 diabetes risk
"Prescribing of "atypical" antipsychotic medications to children and young adults with behavioral problems or mood disorders may put them at unnecessary risk for type 2 diabetes, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study shows.... "Young people...
Social workers neglect mothering issues with women in prostitution
"When's the last time you heard prostitution and mothering mentioned in the same sentence?..." " Prof. Einat Peled of Tel Aviv University's Bob Shapell School of Social Work is willing to bet it wasn't recently. In a new study, Peled and her...
Mood is influenced by immune cells called to the brain in response to stress
"New research shows that in a dynamic mind-body interaction during the interpretation of prolonged stress, cells from the immune system are recruited to the brain and promote symptoms of anxiety. "The findings, in a mouse model , offer a new...
Message from Robert L. Listenbee on HHS guidance related to trauma-informed screening, assessment, and evidence-based practices in child-serving settings to improve child well-being
In response to Secty. Kathleen Sebelius' article on the State Director Letter , Jul 11, 2012. " Our task force report called on every professional who works with children to educate themselves on the impact of trauma on children’s...
Surprise!
Hopefully this will be one of many blogs from an ACE kid all grown up. Funny how things, people and events take on such a different perspective as an adult. I'm hoping to delve into some deep territory in my own life and I'm...