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Mazzy, age 9, and Ransom, age 6, were adopted by Gary and Cassie Walker after their biological parents got caught up in the opioid epidemic. The Walkers have adopted or fostered nine Cherokee kids during the drug crisis. Brian Mann/NPR By Brian Mann, National Public Radio (NPR), March 19, 2023 Late one afternoon, Mazzy Walker gives a tour of her family's farm near Tahlequah, Okla., capital of the Cherokee Nation. "Cows are walking, turkeys, a dog," she said, giggling at her role as...

The ETSU Ballad Health Strong BRAIN Institute invites you to join us as we welcome April Scott, M.A., Ed.S, IMH-E , Rachel Hanson, M.S. , IMH-E, and Kimberly Ladd, C.P.S. as our speakers for the April Resilience Speaker Series. Ms. Scott is the Prenatal, Infant, and Early Childhood Program Manager at Centerstone Nashville. Ms. Hanson is Project Manager at Centerstone, and Ms. Ladd is the Executive Director of Align Hope. The topic for the presentation will be “HOPE- Healthy Outcomes from...

By Laura Gallant, 3/22/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ We are one week away from the 3 rd Annual HOPE Summit – Practicing HOPE , and there is still time to register ! The summit starts Wednesday, March 29, and we will be kicking off activities with a HOPE around the Globe discussion panel the night before, Tuesday March 28, at 6pm EST. You need to register for this panel discussion separately. HOPE around the Globe is a part of the Week of HOPE , the week of the Summit.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month Sexual abuse awareness month is a campaign to raise public awareness about sexual assault and educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence. It is observed in April. Each year during the month of April, state, territory, tribal and community-based organizations, rape crisis centers, government agencies, businesses, campuses, and individuals plan events and activities to highlight sexual violence as a public health, human rights,...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Rafael Maravilla] Child Abuse Wilson RF, Fortson BL, Zhou H, et al. Trends in Homicide Rates for US Children Aged 0 to 17 Years, 1999 to 2020. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Feb...

In consideration of Women's History month, the History. Culture. Trauma. podcasts for entire month of March are dedicated to the women creating a legacy in the worldwide PACEs movement. In this episode, co-hosts Ingrid Cockhren, CEO of PACEs Connection, and Mathew Portell, director of education and outreach, talk with Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW, an author, lecturer, consultant, radio show host, internationally recognized trauma therapist and social entrepreneur. Miller-Karas is the co-founder...

Strengthen your understanding and practice of gender-responsive, trauma-informed interventions when you train with Dr. Stephanie S. Covington at this national conference.

Join us next Monday 1-2 p.m. PT; 4-5 p.m. ET, to learn about the latest efforts in Illinois.

By Viveka Vaughn, Image: iStock/Getty Images, Education Week, March 19, 2023 Toward the end of last school year, I sat on a virtual mathematics panel discussing the resilience of students in the face of COVID-19’s traumatic educational consequences. I began to examine the social-emotional implications of the pandemic in a field I have been teaching in for over 20 years: mathematics. The pandemic exacerbated the inequities of educational resources, leaving many students, especially those from...

Mental health recovery concept as old trees recovering as a neurology or psychology and psychiatry cure metaphor with 3D illustration elements on a white background. GETTY By Nancy Doyle, Forbes, March 19, 2023 This week has been Neurodiversity Celebration Week , the event started in 2018 by Autistic Advocate Siena Castellon to raise awareness in schools, which has now gone global with events all across the world, in work as well has education, powered by the team at Lexxic . The project...

Kehinde Wiley at “An Archaeology of Silence” at the de Young Museum in San Francisco with his monumental 2022 painting, “Femme piquée par un serpent (Mamadou Gueye).” Works were made in response to the killings of Black men and women — “bodies chopped down,” the artist said. This one nods to an 1847 sculpture “Woman Bitten by a Serpent” by Auguste Clésinger.Credit...Ian C. Bates for The New York Times By Dionne Searcey, The New York Times, March 16, 2023 When Kehinde Wiley’s exhibition, “An...

By Rebecca Myers, Photo: Julia Larson/Pixels, Healthnews, March 18, 2023 Biohacking is a hot and lucrative topic. A quick internet search of biohacking brings an overwhelming number of results, many being products for sale. Be careful when searching for biohacking tips on the internet, and beware of hoaxes and scams . Are you interested in trying some biohacking techniques? Hacks that are simple, effective, and backed by science are easy to try for free. Learning to build better biological...