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By Cindy Carcamo, Andrea Castillo, Teresa Watanabe, and Sonali Kohli, Los Angeles Times, November 12, 2019 They are doctors and pharmacists, business owners and students who were brought to the United States as children, unaware that they had entered illegally or on visas that later expired. Without legal status, their hopes for the future were dim. Seven years ago, their lives dramatically changed when the Obama administration announced it would defer deportation and allow work permits for...

What this little book tells you This little book has been written by a small group of front line practitioners who have extensive experience in supporting children who are living with trauma and/or experiencing traumatic events. We are all based in the North West of England and work in the education sector and the NHS. We have written this Little Book to inform other practitioners about what ACEs are, what their immediate effects are and how they can affect children both in the short-term...

We’ve been contemplating our post-retirement move – which quickly became an adventure in house hunting. Not being as physically strong and capable as in years past, one of the thoughts that kept coming up for me was: “Who am I to have a house of my own?” , and “I have no value as a human being, what makes me think it is okay to have a house?” Self-deprecating thoughts are, of course, self-defeating. Negative thoughts bring up deeply held emotions of shame, self-loathing, guilt for taking up...

Thanks to Northwest PBIS Network, Inc. for sharing this on Facebook. Jackie Kennon - KCRG.com, Eastern Iowa, November 8, 2019 'No phone, new friends Fridays' is a new tradition at Iowa Valley Junior-Senior High School in Marendo. Principal Janet Behrens started it this year. She says she noticed students at the school with their heads down, looking at their phones. Instead, she wanted them to look at each other, and learn face-to-face communication skills. Students like junior Page Weick say...

How is the stress caused by Donald Trump and his right-wing movement negatively impacting the health and decision-making of the American people? In what ways has fear been weaponized by Trump and other authoritarians? If biology is connected to political behavior, where did all of these “new” authoritarians in America and elsewhere come from? How can we use our increasing knowledge about the human brain and stress to craft better public policy? How has research drawn from sociobiology and...

I shared this post on my Facebook profile and the next day I got a notice of the people who shared my post. I was astounded as it was over 1000 shares in 24 hours. I do not know the final count as Facebook could not keep up with the sharing. What was heart touching is the number of people who want to see this in their schools and want real changes for their children. Watch this video. It is big fun. School Sends Kids To Meditation Instead of Detention, With Amazing Results...

As project director of the Resilience Network of the Gorge , Claire Ranit believed her work meant approaching community partners with a continual invitation. They responded with an emphatic yes. Since 2016, when Ranit became director of the network, public and private agencies across the region have adopted or stepped up their trauma-informed practices: The North Central Public Health District created a “swellness” team, attended trauma and resilience summits organized by Ranit and began...

By Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 13, 2019 On any given day in Greenville County, S.C., the 22-mile Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail thrums with the sound of spinning bicycle wheels. Starting at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 10-year-old greenway brings cyclists, walkers and runners all the way to the heart of the city and the cascading waters of Falls Park on the Reedy River. Along the way are markers of progress and rapid change. New riverside hotels. Luxury lofts in...

By Cathie Anderson, The Sacramento Bee, November 12, 2019 About three and a half years ago, paramedic Susan Farren underwent major surgery for kidney cancer, and as she lay in the recovery room, one of her doctors told her that he had treated quite a few first responders with organ cancers. The comment stuck with her. “I went home and started researching it after getting out of the hospital,” Farren said, “and for the next year and a half, that’s what I did every single day. I researched...

By Nicole Wetsman, CityLab, November 7, 2019 The Red River runs north, up along the border between North Dakota and Minnesota, before spilling into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. Its water flows slowly through a 10,000-year-old glacial lakebed, in one of the flattest stretches of land in the United States, and because it points north, it’s sometimes blocked by ice jams—all of which makes the river prone to flooding. In March 2009, one such flood threatened the city of Fargo. Residents...

Dr. Melissa Merrick, president & CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America, provides four key takeaways from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Vital Signs/ACEs report , of which she is the lead author. Merrick also identifies several practical solutions for creating the conditions for safe, stable and nurturing relationships and environments for all children, families and communities, which are fundamental to preventing ACEs. Among these solutions is strengthening economic...

Join California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, Sir Ken Robinson, Julie-Lythcott Haims, Dr. Elisha Smith Arrillaga, Dr. Steven C. Hayes, and Dr. Stephen Sroka , along with over 1,200 educators and administrators, school district leadership, and school-based mental health service providers for the 2020 California Student Mental Wellness Conference held at the Anaheim Convention Center. Hear from the world's leading voices in student mental wellness, with presenters from across the...