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When under stress, I suffer from boils, eczema, rashes, allergies and eczema Many people dismissed my symptoms They considered me a "hypochondriac" Look at the infographic Now I understand why it is so important for me to learn how to be calm If you are a parent of a child who has boils, eczema, asthma and allergies Take action and teach your child how to calm themselves Create an environment where the child feels safe And build a relationship with that child so they know they are loved,...

From Knight Foundation, August 2020 To enhance efforts to revitalize downtowns and neighborhoods, Knight wanted a clearer under- standing about how best to assess the impact of these investments. That is, which metrics, according to experts, indicate that work to revitalize downtowns and communities is taking hold? These questions were raised before the COVID-19 pandemic occurred and before the current reenergized dialogue about addressing racial inequities in the United States began. They...

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Symbolic of our quick-fix culture, I was recently asked to do a five-minute radio interview addressing the challenge of remote learning without the peer group dynamics of a regular classroom. The time constraint motivated me to get to the core of the education crisis precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic. Decades of developmental science research reveal that our physical and emotional health- our very sense of self- emerges in moment-to-moment interactions in our social world. The...

By Chloe Yang, 8/19/20, positiveexperience.org/blog As the pandemic stretches far into the foreseeable future, with jobs, schooling, housing, and almost every other aspect of life a swirl of uncertainty, it is easy to fixate on the negative. Here at HOPE, we do not deny the devastating severity of the pandemic’s effect on lives across the nation. We do not deny Covid-19’s exacerbation of long-standing systemic inequities in healthcare, housing, education, employment, and more. However, we...

ACEs or Adverse Childhood Experiences impact thousands of children in Mississippi each year By Maggie Wade (WLBT) Jackson, MS August 18, 2020 Adverse Childhood Experiences that lead to trauma is the focus of a local foundation that is working throughout the state especially the Mississippi Delta. The Glenn Family Foundation named for the founders’ parents, and the ACEs Awareness Foundation are also working to help children and families facing trauma dealing with the challenges of COVID-19.

By Victoria Greening, The Royal Gazette, August 14, 2020 I would like to consider a counterintuitive method of achieving crime reduction and disruption to the cycle of offending behaviour in Bermuda. This is as a follow-up to recent concerns raised in The Royal Gazette between August 4 and 7 when the lack of resources available to vulnerable and mentally unwell members of the community who end up caught up in the criminal justice system was addressed. There has been a recent upsurge in...

By Xenia Shih Bion, California Health Care Foundation, August 17, 2020 Earlier this year, when public schools in Kansas City, Missouri, shut down in-person instruction because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nika Cotton quit her job in social work to start her own business. She has two young children — ages 8 and 10 — and no one to watch them if she were to continue working a traditional job. It was a big decision, made weightier by the loss of her employer-sponsored health insurance. But on...

By Cathy Krebs, The Imprint, August 12, 2020 “I can’t breathe.” These words are now painfully familiar. They were the last words of George Floyd who died on May 25, when a police officer pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes as well as Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who was killed in 2014 after being put in a chokehold by New York City police. They were also the final words of a boy who died 24 days before Floyd, not at the hands of law enforcement, but at the hands of...

By Alia Wong, The Hechinger Report, August 10. 2020 Zachary Carr hadn’t known Victor for long. Carr, 21, began tutoring the rising fifth grader in mid-June, shortly after wrapping up his junior year at Middle Tennessee State University. But Carr had spent enough one-on-one time with Victor to discern that the boy was unusually fidgety during their latest morning session. Victor had made lots of progress in math since he began meeting twice a week with Carr at a Nashville-area Boys &...

From Housing Matters, Urban Institute, August 12, 2020 What happens in our neighborhoods is reflected in our schools. Inequality in our neighborhoods translates to inequality in our schools. And discrimination that has a hand in shaping our neighborhoods, has a hand in shaping our schools. About 70 percent of K–12 students attend an assigned school . If housing near higher-performing public schools is unaffordable, then those schools are also out of reach. Housing vouchers help nearly 2.2...

Hi Folks, I had the honor of appearing on Teri Wellbrock's, The Healing Place Podcast a few weeks ago. Teri is a gracious host and we had a lot of fun with this show, despite the seriousness of some of the topics. Who doesn't like to chat about the joys of dissociation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMv9ZMAw_t4 A deep, yet smile-filled conversation with Michael Skinner, musician and trauma advocate. Please join us as we sit down to discuss: * his role as a musician and the importance of...