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Suzanne Savall, principal of Otis Orchards Elementary. __________________ Suzanne Savall, principal of  Otis Orchards Elementary School  in Spokane’s East Valley School District, says she didn’t really know what she was signing...

"So for the past two years -- in her effort to dig deeper -- Mautner has been in dozens of Camden homes scratching out 60, 90, and 120 minute interviews. And a pattern has emerged. People like Jackie Coleman,62, have stories of childhood trauma. "...

“[Being out on the streets] was very traumatic,” she says. In addition to the  drugs, she’d been selling sex, hustling in what women like Sophie call, simply,  “the life.” “At certain points, I wanted to hurt the men,” she says. “I thought of  seriously hurting them. I’d rob them. I had no respect for any of them. None of  them.” "Not even the man who dropped her off at the hospital—who, for a long...

Abstract Adolescents in residential treatment settings have symptoms that prevent them from participation in normal youth activities, which in turn prevent development of social skills and competencies. A sports-based intervention called “Do the...

"Gov. Terry E. Branstad today signed Executive Order 82,  which immediately holds the Iowa Juvenile Home to higher standards of care. The Iowa Juvenile Home will be held to the same standards for restraint or seclusion as a private comprehensive...

"Last month, the FBI announced that it had rescued more than 100 sexually  exploited children in Operation Cross Country , a nationwide sweep  of sex traffickers. Some 150 people, most “pimps” who profit from sexually ...

"Prescribing of "atypical" antipsychotic medications to children and young adults with behavioral problems or mood disorders may put them at unnecessary risk for type 2 diabetes, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study shows.... "Young people...

"When's the last time you heard prostitution and mothering mentioned in the same sentence?..." " Prof. Einat Peled of Tel Aviv University's Bob Shapell School of Social Work is willing to bet it wasn't recently. In a new study, Peled and her...

"New research shows that in a dynamic mind-body interaction during the interpretation of prolonged stress, cells from the immune system are recruited to the brain and promote symptoms of anxiety. "The findings, in a mouse model , offer a new...

In response to Secty. Kathleen Sebelius' article  on the State Director Letter , Jul 11, 2012.   " Our task force report called on every professional who works with children to educate themselves on the impact of trauma on children’s...