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I thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful conversation with Suzie Gruber regarding the utilization of NARM (Neuroaffective Relational Model) and Somatic Experiencing, both non-intrusive approaches to healing traumatic events and ACEs (adverse childhood experiences), her personal history with these approaches on both personal and professional levels, along with some joyous laughter throughout.

Join us for the launch of our new webinar on using creative expression to help kids facing ACEs.

This interactive webinar will feature representatives from two states and the CDC who will share stories and lessons they have learned in their approach to connect work across three priority areas: ACEs, Suicide Prevention, and Opioid Misuse. This webinar will provide an introduction to evaluation principles for shared risk and protective factors utilized by states and the CDC. Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST Go HERE to register

Periodically I offer free webinars to teach the techniques I’ve used for 25 years to heal brain dysregulation; I can show you how to use them too! The techniques involve a writing exercise, followed by a simple meditation. They can be helpful whether or not you have access to professional help. During these 45-minute webinars, I’ll give a quick tutorial and participants will have the chance to try the techniques as a group — plus I answer your questions! Here’s a short video. TO REGISTER,...

Like most, when I became a juvenile probation officer I entered the field envisioning myself as a counselor or a mentor. But my day-to-day duties were centered around surveillance, compliance monitoring and paperwork, and the composition of my caseload further complicated matters. I had many kids who really didn’t need my time and attention, let alone probation. These were kids with first-time and/or low-level offenses. I tried to stay out of their way as best I could and hoped they would...

The blackface scandal may end up derailing the political career of two statewide elected officials. But it may also end up changing policy in Virginia. Black women in Virginia are more than three times more likely to die in childbirth than any other race, according to numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [For more on this story by MICHAEL POPE, go to https://www.wvtf.org/post/after-scandal-virginias-maternal-mortality-disparity-gets-new-attention#stream/0 ]

The smell of cow’s blood made Russell Craig light-headed. He’d bought a few gallons of it from a butcher shop. Now here he was in a studio, painting it onto canvas, creating shapes that mimicked Rorschach tests he had taken as a child. “I was being really, like, stressed out. [The blood] was affecting me,” Craig says. “Then some people was advising me to not work in this medium. Maybe I should be careful when I don’t really know what I’m getting into in the spiritual aspect and all sorts of...

Child Abuse & Neglect Article of the Year 2017 Child Abuse & Neglect, The International Journal, is pleased to announce the winner of its ‘Article of the Year’. The papers shortlisted for this title have demonstrated outstanding contribution to research on child welfare and we wish to recognise these scholars and research topics within the community. The papers selected for this title were voted on by the editorial team and editorial board (33 votes) of Child Abuse & Neglect. For...

Our brains grows so much in the first few years of life that any trauma we experience during that time can affect our health forever. California's new, first-ever surgeon general, Dr. @Nadine Burke Harris, has made the link between childhood adversity and long-term health the focus of her work. She was sworn in by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week and calls her new role a "dream job." [For more on this story by PRISKA NEELY, go to ...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can lead to mental health disorders in adolescence, and healthy family functioning and civic engagement can mitigate such damaging impact, according to a new Rutgers University–Camden study. Furthermore, low household income and low parent education increase the chances that children will have adverse experiences, explains Wenhua Lu, an assistant professor of childhood studies at Rutgers University–Camden, who co-authored the study with Yunyu Xiao, a...

During the month of September, the world is asked to participate in and advocate for Suicide Prevention Awareness. It astounds me in this day and age of having access to various resources, articles, websites, blogs and other sources available on Online or on cell phones, that there are still people who misunderstand and incorrectly judge those living with conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder and similar disorders. For most of us, we can go through a tough time, overcome...

Not long ago, I received a letter from my mother. It said, “I am homeless, again. I may be dead before you are released from prison. Love mom.” It felt like some cruel force punched through my chest and tore out my heart, then stomped on it. My mother did not write that letter to simply provide me with an update on how her life continues to unravel. My mother wrote that letter because it is nearly impossible to survive deep poverty on one’s own. Even though I am incarcerated, my mother views...