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Hawai'i Gov. David Ige signed legislation to establish the state's first Office of Wellness & Resilience. Senate Bill 2482 (SD1 HD1 CD1, relating to wellness) was signed into law by Ige on July 12, 2022. It will now be known as Act 291 . The Senate version of the bill was introduced by state Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz and supported by the state Departments of Health and Human Services, as well as more than 30 Hawai‘i child and family-serving organizations who provided testimony around the...

In April 2022, the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) organized more than 170 advocates across 36 states to sign a coalition letter urging Congress to invest $1 billion in this year’s federal budget to increase trauma-informed resources and improve access to mental health professionals in America’s schools. This work has paid off. In June, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee released their draft Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) spending legislation, which included CTIPP’s...

The HOPE National Resource Center (NRC) has been collaborating with Nemours Children’s Health and Curricula Concepts (Arkansas) on the Better Together project. Caliste Chong, Manager of Practice and Prevention at Nemours has worked closely with the HOPE NRC on this project and shares: This work inspired the HOPE team to create a whiteboard video sharing how healthy eating and physical activity can support access to the Four Building Blocks of HOPE. The video shows how the HOPE framework...

This weekend, starting at 12 noon Eastern US on Sat July 16th and runs for 24 hours and is an absolutely free online event as part of the "24-Hour Tap-A-Thon" livestream put on by Gene Monterastelli and is a fundraiser for the Peaceful Heart Network, an organization that has taught approximately 100,000 people to tap in some of the harshest conditions in the world. They work with people in war-torn countries, as well as serving refugee communities all over the world. The tap-a-thon team have...

We are working on an edited text entitled, "Exploring social-emotional learning in diverse academic settings". We are seeking chapters for inclusion in this work. The call for chapters can be found here: https://www.igi-global. com/publish/call-for-papers/ call-details/6060

By Jesse Wegman, Image: Mr. Winter, The New York Times, July 12, 2022 The downtown of Denton, Texas, a city of about 150,000 people and two large universities just north of Dallas, exudes the energy of a fast-growing place with a sizable student population: There’s a vibrant independent music scene, museums and public art exhibits, beer gardens, a surfeit of upscale dining options, a weekly queer variety show. The city is also racially and ethnically diverse: More than 45 percent of...

By Joshua Hunt, Illustration: Antoine Cossé, The New York Times, July 13, 2022 When I was 9, my family went on a long, strange road trip. Our destination was Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Fla., and the cost of admission was a lie. It was April of 1989, and my parents said the trip couldn’t wait until summer break. As the oldest of three children, I had the job of excusing our prolonged absence by telling our school we were headed to a family funeral. I remember being touched by my teachers’...

By Gillian Brockell, Image: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, July 13, 2022 A statue of Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol, making her the first Black American in the National Statuary Hall collection. Bethune was a civil rights activist, a presidential adviser and the founder of the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, which became Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Her statue represents the state of...

By Cecilia Nowell, Image: Ash Ponders, The Guardian, July 13, 2022 Driving along State Route 73 in eastern Arizona , it’s wide open skies and a red rock landscape, dotted with ponderosa pines, juniper bushes, yucca and prickly poppies. Just outside the White Mountain Apache town of Whiteriver, the blue roof of a gas station appears. Only, it’s not a gas station anymore. The sign that once listed gas prices now welcomes visitors to Café Gozhóó, a new restaurant celebrating Western Apache...

Register for today's webinar here! Lead Your Own "What Happened to You?" Book Study on Wednesday, July 13, 2:30-4 p.m. ET When I first got the book What Happened to You by Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry I was a mix of emotions. I was curious to learn but also reminded of life experiences I have had. Just the phrase,” What happened to you?” stirred the feeling and brought some of it back. Due to this I approached it as I do with the idea of physical health. We must take care of our bodies...

Deep-rooted shame resulting from adverse childhood experiences can weigh you down. These skills can help.

By Neil Mackay, Image: Gordon Terris/Hera ld & Times , The Herald, July 10, 2022 DOES Boris Johnson’s experience in boarding school explain his dysfunctional premiership? Did the psychological damage done to Johnson create a prime minister with a narcissistic personality stripped of empathy – and in turn lead to dire consequences for the British public in terms of the policies he has pursued? If you spend time talking with psychologist Dr Suzanne Zeedyk, Scotland’s leading authority on...