BABY BIT for Mon. June 24, 2013 Nurture our children in the womb and until at LEAST age 3 to prevent ACES.
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Brief History of Child Welfare
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The Scope of Attachment Disorder, By Marc Deprey
Back in 2000, my wife and I adopted two siblings, a boy, 19 months old, and a girl eight months old. After the heartache of infertility and multiple adoption attempts falling through disastrously, we thought we had finally hit the jackpot—a...
Psychotropic drugs/Foster Children
http://youtu.be/QxkCjeyeCXk Diane Sawyer from 20/20 reports on Foster Children and the epidemic of treating them with psychotropic drugs.
Hillary Clinton turns to S.F. doctor to help kids
This article features ACEsConnection member Dr. Nadine Burke Harris. "Each day, children file through pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris' clinic in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood, 1,000 patients a year with the typical childhood...
What is Trauma-Informed Practice? - Virginia
"Imagine a preschool child who has great fun on the school playground but every time he hears the teacher say it is time to go back inside, he tends to go the other direction. He’s hard to “corral” back into the building and then has...
Stress from 9/11 linked to nationwide resurgence in smoking among Americans who had quit
"The 9/11 attacks on America appear to have caused about one million former smokers across the country to take up the habit again and maintain it, according to a Weill Cornell Medical College public health study. "The analysis, published in the June...
Stress hormone could trigger mechanism for the onset of Alzheimer's
"A chemical hormone released in the body as a reaction to stress could be a key trigger of the mechanism for the late onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study by researchers at Temple University. "Previous studies have shown that the...
Panel Discusses Family Wellness - Indiana
"Childhood trauma — and the toll it can take later in life — became the main focus of a Cass County Resource Network family wellness forum Thursday afternoon.... "Six community leaders answered questions following a presentation on the...
ACOG recommends screening women for elder abuse
"The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women reviewed published literature and recommendations regarding the prevalence and identification of abuse in women, particularly in older...
Student engagement more complex, changeable than thought
"More importantly for educators, the study, published online in the professional journal Learning and Instruction, suggests that student engagement—essential for success in school—is malleable, and can be improved by promoting a positive...
Black-white education gap is worsened by unresponsive state policymakers, study shows
"State policymakers' attention to teacher quality—an issue education research shows is essential to improving schooling outcomes for racial minority students—is highly responsive to low graduation rates among white students, but not to low...
Is Obesity Really a Disease?
"The American Medical Association (AMA) has just yesterday adopted a new policy that declares obesity a disease. The group says that now obesity is a disease it will require a range of medical interventions to advance treatment and prevention. Over 35...
U.S. education chief pushes for early literacy
"$75 billion proposal would expand access for pre-kindergarten learning.... "The U.S. Secretary of Education made a stop in Butler County on Thursday to tout President Barack Obama’s $75 billion proposal to expand access for pre-kindergarten...