CASA of Ohio Valley Conference and ACE Trauma speaker
We are seeking a nationally recognized speaker for an introduction to ACE Trauma. Does anyone have contact information to share please?
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Can A Trauma-Informed Approach Help People Stick to New Year's Resolutions?
As the calendar turns to February, over one third of people will have given up on their New Year’s resolution. In fact, the official “Ditch Your New Year's Resolutions Day” was over two weeks ago, a sign that abandoning resolutions has become every bit as culturally embedded as making them. There is no shortage of reasons why people do not carry out their resolutions—not making time in their schedules, being unsure of where to start, inertia. One reason I...
Yelling or spanking — is old-school parenting really effective? [TheHealthSite.com]
There isn’t such a thing as perfect parenting. We all learn with our experiences. As a parent, disciplining your child is one of the biggest challenges you will ever face. When you discipline children, you help them learn how to and how not to behave. But it’s easier said than done. Many things that kids do can get on your nerves -misbehaving, disobedience, spilling milk on the carpet, whining about buying a toy at the store, not doing their homework, etc. So, what do you resort...
Do Past Experiences Imprint on Our Lives? [Blogs.PsychCentral.com]
Has this ever happened to you….you find yourself in a downcast mood or funk? You can’t quite figure out the issue so you push ahead only to then realize the date. This week is six years since I discovered her affair…it’s exactly eight years since he walked out the door…at this time last year everything changed. You may not consciously remember or track the date of negative events like you would for a birthday or anniversary, but still it finds you. All...
How to Recover from Failure [PsychCentral.com]
You create a presentation that does not go well. You launch a product that only 10 people buy. Your relationship is over. You don’t get the promotion or new job you really wanted. You get fired. You do something else, and feel like you’ve fallen flat on your face. Understandably, you’re devastated. After all, you failed. [For more of this story, written by Margarita Tartakovsky, go to http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/02/03/how-to-recover-from-failure/]
What if Schools Taught Kindness? [GreaterGood.Berkeley.edu]
Walking to class one day, one of us (Laura) saw a young student crying and waiting for his mother to arrive—he had split his chin while playing. When Laura got to class, the other students were very upset and afraid for their friend, full of questions about what would happen to him. Laura decided to ask the class how they could help him. “Caring practice!” exclaimed one of the children—and they all sat in a circle offering support and well wishes. The children...
Women's health program probes unexplored sex and gender differences [Upenn.edu]
Men and women are subject to different vulnerabilities when it comes to health and disease. More men than women are diagnosed with autism, for example, while women tend to experience different heart attack symptoms from men. With support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), through a new program at Penn called Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH), two junior faculty members are venturing into unexplored scientific territory to elucidate some...
Disaster damage often can linger [GoSanAngelo.com]
A month after tornadoes ravaged North Texas, mental health experts are warning survivors to be on the alert for another problem: post-traumatic stress disorder. Though many people associate that syndrome with soldiers who have been through combat, PTSD can affect about one-fifth of people who were directly affected by a natural disaster, medical studies show. After an ordeal like a tornado or hurricane, people often have trouble sleeping and concentrating, feel jumpy and may be easily...
Structure rather than behaviour: on the causes of poverty [Blogs.LSE.AC.uk]
Whether poverty is caused by behaviour or economic factors is an ongoing debate, with the Right usually supporting the former, and the Left the latter. Drawing on a recent study , Glen Bramley explains why structure, rather than behaviour, is the major factor behind disadvantaged individuals in England. Yet he also writes that many of those included in the research had adverse childhood experiences, and so the Left is also wrong to completely dismiss any suggestions of...
Opinion: We need the Family Room [BurlingtonFreePress.com]
A hidden gem is quietly at work in Burlington’s Old North End, helping heal and promote healthy young families. The Janet Munt VNA Family Room has been working its magic over the past 27 years, playing a vital role in the lives of thousands of families and children, fostering strong parenting, caring families, and a supportive community. I have had the good fortune to be a volunteer at the Family Room, and witness firsthand the healing and connections made by the many families that...
We must make Maine’s drug crisis our personal issue. That’s the Bangor area’s approach. [BangorDailyNews.com]
Leaders from across the political spectrum are taking the state’s drug epidemic more seriously than ever before, and rightfully so. According to Maine Attorney General Janet Mills, more than five deaths per week in our state are attributable to heroin and other opioids. Counties and municipalities are stretched beyond their breaking points. Consider this: According to Penobscot County Sheriff Troy Morton, the Penobscot County jail is built to hold 157 inmates but as recently as...
Lean Government Addresses Suicide in Prison
I have been advocating for changes in suicide prevention in Indian Country (areas in the U.S. with high populations of American Indians have very high rates). As a member of the American Indian/Alaska Native Task Force on Suicide Prevention and a presenter at conferences and task force meetings, I present a rather targeted approach to identification of potential suicide victims using the ACE criteria. If you look at the number of Kaiser Permanente subjects in the ACE Study, about 6% of the...
If They Had Asked: Young People in Recovery Reflect on What Could Have Been [JJIE.org]
Three young men in recovery reflect on their youth and how their addictions were mishandled by their mentors, teachers and coaches. They spoke at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Youth Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention Strategic Initiative Annual Convening in Washington, D.C. in late 2015. [Watch the video at http://jjie.org/if-they-had-asked-young-people-in-recovery-reflect-on-what-could-have-been/184016/]
Why One State Is Making It Easier For Teens to Seek Mental Counseling [TeenVogue.com]
New Jersey just became the 17th state to allow minors to seek mental health treatment without their parents consent. Called the Boys & Girls Clubs Keystone Law, it was proposed in 2014 by legislators Carmelo Garcia and Raj Mukherji in response to the demand posed by 15 members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hudson County (BGCHC). The coalition was led by then-17-year-old Jordan Thomas, whose request to see a counselor about domestic abuse was rejected because he didnt...
Youth often forced to seek help for mental health problems at hospital ERs [CTVNews.CA]
When Cassandra Arthur reached a crisis point as a teenager because of episodes of severe depression, she ended up at a hospital emergency department because neither she nor those trying to help her knew where else to seek help. The first time, at age 17, Arthur's depression had driven her to the point of suicide, but her high school psychologist got wind of her plan to take her own life and contacted her parents. She was taken to the emergency department of a Toronto hospital and admitted to...