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Thursday, November 5, 2020 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (PT) Megan Gerber, MD, MPH is a general internist with a career-long focus on the medical care of trauma exposed women. She is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University and Medical Director of Women’s Health at VA Boston. She holds an adjunct appointment as Lecturer on Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her work focuses on optimizing medical outcomes for women who have experienced trauma as well as adapting systems of...

Changemakers unite! Now is the time for a trauma-informed approach to healing and personal growth. The reinvention of the new normal starts with you!

“Anxiety is soul chatter . It’s your soul recognizing that two values are in conflict, or something that is deeply important to you is not getting the time or energy it needs.” - Brandon Wert The opening quote from my dear partner is a generous, kind description of one aspect of the human experience. It invites curiosity rather than judgement. It seeks understanding rather than a narrow view. It assures that the fullness of a person’s experience is welcome, and this moment is not defining.

By James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella, et al., ProPublica, October 15, 2020 At 7:47 a.m. on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, Dr. Jay Butler pounded out a grim email to colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Butler, then the head of the agency’s coronavirus response, and his team had been trying to craft guidance to help Americans return safely to worship amid worries that two of its greatest comforts — the chanting of prayers and singing...

By Theresa Harrington, EdSource, October 16, 2020 Deep into the pandemic, some districts are finding an alarming percentage of students are missing from the virtual classroom — with the worst absentee rates occurring among homeless students, foster youth, English learners, Black students and high school seniors. Now some districts, such as West Contra Costa and Oakland Unified in the San Francisco Bay Area, are scrambling to find ways to track down and re-engage students and provide them...

From California Children's Trust, October 15, 2020 Alex Briscoe met Dr. Barbara Staggers 25 years ago , while he was a counselor at McClymonds High School in West Oakland. After school on a Friday, one of Briscoe’s students needed medical attention but didn’t know where to turn. Clinics were closed for the weekend, and after Briscoe had placed many fruitless calls trying to find a place for the student to go, someone said, “Call Dr. Barbara Staggers. She’ll see teens anytime.” Then the...

From State of Childhood Obesity, October 2020 Explore data interactives, read stories about how communities are responding to the pandemic, and find expert insights about promising strategies for helping all kids grow up healthy. [ Please click here to access resources .]

Some of you may be interested in a webinar tomorrow, Tuesday, October 20 @ 11:00am ET hosted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) titled: Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety. https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/10-20-2020/decarcerating-correctional-facilities-during-covid-19-advancing-health-equity-and-safety-report-release-webinar

When people think of psychotherapy, they often visualize Dr. Sigmund Freud holding a note pad with his client lying on a couch facing away from him. While it is true that there are still some professionals who utilize Freud’s form of psychoanalysis, there are many different types of psychotherapy that exist to aid in the healing process.

You are invited to join the OKAIMH's [virtual] Fall Conference, Wednesday, October 21st, 11:30 - 4:30, with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, based on her new book The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul. Whether we are overwhelmed by work or school; our families or communities; caretaking for others or ourselves; or engagement in social justice, environmental advocacy, or civil service, just a few subtle shifts can help sustain us. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, bestselling author of Trauma...

Hi all, Check out the Teacher Success Summit. FREE PD content available THIS WEEK from some great speakers. All are 15-20 minute sessions, with each day focused on a different topic. The content is only free for that particular day it is shown. Day 4 is on SEL. https:// tinyurl.com/y2ykwuyz I offer a presentation on the 6 Principles of Compassionate, Trauma-Informed Schools on Day 4, but there are an incredible array of great speakers. Enjoy.

COVID, ACES and Radical Self-Care Dr. LateshIa Woodley, LPC, NCC & Alexis Kelly, MPA COVID Thursday, March 13, 2020, I woke up thinking I love my life, I have the best job in the world, I get to wake up every day and strive to make a difference in the lives of students and families. Little did I know that a few hours later my life, the lives of my family, and the lives of the families that I serve would forever be changed due to the COVID pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, I was leading...