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After the U.S. education system fractured into Zoom screens last spring, experts feared millions of children would fall behind. Hard evidence now shows they were right. A flood of new data — on the national, state and district levels — finds students began this academic year behind. Most of the research concludes students of color and those in high-poverty communities fell further behind their peers, exacerbating long-standing gaps in American education. A study being released this week by...

By Evelyn Kwong, The Toronto Star, December 6, 2020 Thirty-one years ago, 14 women were murdered at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, simply because they were women. Today, as they remember the victims of the anti-feminist attack on Dec. 6, 1989 — Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault and...

Save the dates! Resilience Week VA 2021 will take place May 2-8. It's not too early to start planning for the next Resilience Week VA! Take some time over the last few weeks of December to look back at our first annual Resilience Week VA and get the wheels turning on creative ways to celebrate this coming year! The MARC website has some great recent articles on different trauma-informed and resilience-building initiatives throughout the U.S. Visit the links below to read more. Nashville's...

By Senator Sylvia Santana and Senator Erika Geiss, Guest Writers, November 11, 2020, Lansing State Journal. Over the past several months, Michiganders have faced unprecedented traumatization. The devastation from COVID-19 disproportionately taking lives and impacting residents across our state, along with the anguish from the turmoil during this moment in history, has been traumatic. Community violence, a persisting issue in Michigan, has been exacerbated by the strains placed on communities...

Resident Engagement to Achieve Racial Equity The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps* program: Date & Time: December 15, 2020 3pm EST Follow this link to register https://chrr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bJSI6KdFThCTtoHWTmLKbg In the midst of the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism, people are increasingly engaging in conversations around racial equity. To achieve racial equity in access, opportunities, and power, communities across the country are having intentional and...

This series of articles has focused on emotional flashbacks. We’ve discussed how they feel, what causes them, and the turmoil they bring into relationships and lives. In this article, we will cover ways to conquer the emotional roller coaster that accompanies complex post-traumatic stress disorder and emotional flashbacks. Self-Loathing Comes from Adults that Mattered When you were a child living in an abusive home, you saw first-hand how the words and actions of a parent or other caregiver...

Just a gentle reminder of the program -- Dec. 11. Registration includes a copy of Trauma Doesn't Stop at the School Door. One session on trauma's impact on students; another session on the impact of trauma on educators (broadly defined). There is a Q and A and follow on session too. Join us virtually but there will be hands on activities, some of which will help during the holiday season, including Positive Feeling Tree and Holiday "Trauma" Kits.

Please click the here to view the recent FB Live with Dr. B regarding Trauma and Resiliency!

The Attachment & Trauma Network 's (ATN) 4th Annual Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools Conference is approaching. Our 2021 conference will be held February 15-18, 2021 and will be completely virtual for the first time, due to Covid-19. We are really excited to have Dr. Tina Payne Bryson , Dr. Mona Delahooke , Dr. Melissa Sadin and Ingrid Cockhren, M.Ed . as our Keynote Speakers, with special guest, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk ! New for 2021 is our Parent-Track, the...

By The Canadian Press, The Toronto Star, December 3, 2020 An all-party committee is recommending the Quebec government make the fight against the sexual exploitation of minors a priority. The report released Thursday by a group of 13 members of the legislature makes 58 recommendations to the government aimed at targeting pimps and customers and protecting young victims. It notes that the vast majority of the victims are girls, and some are only 12 or 13 years old. [ Please click here to read...

Photo (top left to bottom right): California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith Over the last several days, the Biden-Harris transition has announced a number of key health nominees and appointees of keen interest to the ACEs/trauma/resilience advocacy movement. While the positions taken by President-Elect Biden are consistent with the broad policy priorities of many trauma/resilience advocacy organizations, the campaign...

When many of us think of 12-step and other peer support groups, we probably think of meetings dedicated to people in various stages of recovery from addiction. But addiction doesn’t discriminate, and family members and friends of people in recovery need support, too. That’s where organizations like Al-Anon play a critical role, providing peer support for people whose lives have been affected by a loved one’s addiction. In this article, we’ll review the role that Al-Anon plays in the recovery...