Puppies for Parole is a program run by the state department of corrections that uses offenders to care for and provide obedience training to dogs which are otherwise slated to be euthanized in animal shelters. The training makes it likelier the dogs...
Wisconsin's First Lady Tonette Walker is working with the state's Department of Children and Families and some private organizations "to better recognize, understand, and address the effects of trauma on the lives of children and families in...
Do you remember childhood field trips to science museums, gazing into dioramas of our distant ancestors? Perhaps you saw artistic renditions of Homo erectus huddled around a fire, or sitting near a faux cave carving stone tools—a nod to our...
It's difficult to understand how something so important has been flying under the radar for such a very long time. It's time we shine some light on it. The FACT that there is a link between the abuse of children and the abuse of animals. This is not...
"LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Clinicians will (1) be able to distinguish trauma informed care from trauma specific interventions, (2) review the prevalence of trauma histories among those seeking mental health services, (3) learn the 5 principles of trauma...
Abstract: "Research comparing adolescents engaging in suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), both separately and in combination, is still at an early stage. The purpose of the present study was to examine overlapping and distinguishable...
"Post-traumatic stress disorder has many faces beyond the returning combat veteran. "Increasingly, childhood trauma survivors are a face of PTSD. The sooner that parents, teachers and medical professionals recognize that PTSD and other illnesses and...
"According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported suffering abuse before age 11 had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women whose childhood and adolescence...
"Children may be exposed to numerous types of traumatic events that can negatively affect their development. The scope to which studies have examined an array of events among young children has been limited, thereby restricting our understanding of...
"According to a wide study by the psychology department of the Royal University of Phnom Penh, 2.7 percent of the Cambodian population suffers from post-trauma or traumatic symptoms. “That’s seven times higher than the world average...
"Our brain cells, or neurons, have a remarkable capacity to connect, disconnect, and reconnect in response to every experience we have. If our childhoods are dangerous or chaotic, our brain cells connect to each other in networks that increase our...
ACEsConnection member Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is quoted. "The San Francisco 49ers today announced a three-year, $300,000 commitment to a youth clinic being constructed in the city's Bayview District...." "The donation "is going to make a huge...
"Childhood abuse and previous exposure to violence may increase a soldier's risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study...." http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_131788.html
Medical cards for survivors of trauma to share with their healthcare providers. http://www.traumainformedresponse.com/uploads/medicalcard5.pdf
"Senator Dick Durbin will be holding a hearing on ending the “school-to-prison pipeline” next Wednesday. We’re heartened that this issue is being taken seriously on a national level and hope it leads to effective policy change."...