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By Eleanor Cummings, Photo Illustration: Sam Whitney/Getty Images, WIRED, February 27, 2022 DO YOU HAVE five or more symptoms of inattentiveness, including trouble staying organized, difficulty paying attention, and feeling easily distracted? What about five or more symptoms of hyperactivity or impulsivity? Have your symptoms been present for six or more months? Do they interfere with school, work, or your social life? If you answered “yes” to these questions, a mental health professional in...

From Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Photo: UNICEF/Inti Ocon/AFP-Services, UN News, February 28, 2022 “This report is a dire warning about the consequences of inaction,” said Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ). “It shows that climate change is a grave and mounting threat to our wellbeing and a healthy planet. Our actions today will shape how people adapt and nature responds to increasing climate risks,” he said, adding: “Half measures are...

By Hannah Good, Illustration: Katty Huertas/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, February 26, 2022 S itting on the cold metal bench of an Italian police station on Nov. 12, 2008, Keri Potts had one thought: I should’ve ordered the wine and cake. The night before was supposed to be her last night of vacation. Potts, then 31, and her friend Lynn went to one last dinner at a Roman cafe. She felt like she’d overindulged on the trip, so she opted for water over her favorite red wine, and...

From Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury, February 2022 PREFACE The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) requires the Secretary of Labor to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on compliance by group health plans (and health insurance coverage offered in connection with such plans) with MHPAEA’s requirements. The first such report was due by January 2012,...

LAST CALL FOR PRESENTERS - Proposals are due by Wednesday, March 2, at 12:00pmET to present at the upcoming biennial virtual Together for Families Conference

By Hannah Giorgis, Image: Getty/The Atlantic, The Atlantic, February 25, 2022 Zora Neale Hurston once observed that America’s most prominent historical narratives prioritize “all these words from the seller, but not one word from the sold.” Much of American life is built on the knowledge and labor of Black people, especially those who were once enslaved. But the origins of, for example, the country’s cuisine or its music are commonly underreported, under-credited, or intentionally...

By Shaila Dewan, Photo: Jason Andrew/The New York Times, The New York Times, February 27, 2022 On an early Monday morning in a chilly classroom in Baltimore, a diverse group of recruits to one of the nation’s most troubled police departments gathered for a new kind of training. The screen flashed a photo of a man whose face is now familiar to the world. “What happened to George Floyd?” the instructor barked. “He was lynched,” one trainee responded. “He was murdered,” another said. “How many...

By Summer Allen, Greater Good Magazine, February 24, 2022 Humans are social creatures with a propensity to connect with others and to form relationships. Our relationships can be sources of fun, gratification, peace, well-being, obsession, love, pain, and grief. They inform the rhythms of our days, the work that we do, and how we feel about ourselves—and they add meaning to our lives. But our social nature isn’t just a product of the way we are raised or the culture we live in. It’s actually...

By Tatyana Turner, Photo: Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, February 25, 2022 Tonya Hammaker, the principal of Farragut Career Academy high school, had been hearing students make comments like " Can you believe it?” and “I wish that was us” in the hallways all throughout the week. The young scholars were referring to the Chicago Public School students who got the news that their college education has been paid for with the help of Hope Chicago, a citywide, multigeneration...

Given my work, this is an all too common question I get from all kinds of people -- clients, friends, family, journalists. I always appreciate when people ask this question, because it means they are trying to wrap their head around an experience, categorize it in some way that gives them an anchor or foundation to start a healing journey. I also know that sometimes this question is driven by fear or a need to dismiss or minimize something that has happened. Just the other day, I was asked,...

Connect All is a global initiative based on goodness and logic, “To address all that can be, for all life to have the most safety and hopeful possibilities.” Which is both necessary and doable. To give some background to Connect All, I’ll start with a little bit about me. I cope with being neuro-atypical, and until recently, I didn’t understand how much that had impacted my life. That doesn’t tell you much about me or the why for Connect All, simply gives a bit of context. Then as far as the...

Norwescap Child and Family Resources (CFRS) is seeking a Regional ACES Collaborative Assistant . Norwescap CFRS is the designated Child Care Resource and Referral Agency for Hunterdon, Sussex and Warren Counties, by the NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development (DFD). Our mission is to empower families and the community through enhancing the quality and accessibility of early education and by providing information and resources to community services. The RAC Assistant...