The education reform movement that is currently sweeping across our nation has reached heights of insane madness. As I have been reading and following this movement, it is disturbing to me that the ACE Study is rarely mentioned. Children of trauma...
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"The segment tells the harrowing story of Deanna Cook , the 32-year-old woman who was allegedly killed by her ex-husband while on the phone with Dallas 9-11 in August 2012...."...
This article features ACEsConnection member Larry Wohlgemuth. "Nineteen years ago on Christmas Day, Larry Wohlgemuth, then 40, tied cinder blocks around his waist, put a gun in his mouth and perched on the side of his fishing boat. “There had...
I am moved emotionally each time I have exchanged email with this incredible family. I have tried to be a support for them and the horrible consequences of "High Stakes" testing. Each time I reach out to them, they reach back and touch my life in a...
"At the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies last week, there was a new call for pediatricians to address childhood poverty as a national problem, rather than wrestling with its consequences case by case in the exam room. Poverty...
"Research has shown us that intervening early at the individual, family, and community level can delay or prevent the on-set of mental and substance use disorders. We also know that mental and substance use disorders can be treated, and...
" Creating a Gracious and Safe Space With every Circle it is important to mark the space as sacred with and opening and a closing using drums, quotes or anything else you would like to say or do to distinguish the Circle as a different time and space...
"...An excellent piece today on how domestic violence spills out into the streets , as victims at home take their anger with them into the community: “My anger is like when you feel the blood is coming up to your head and is not working back...
"Adults in Philadelphia have experienced high rates of childhood adversity - according to a survey of close to 2,000 city residents. "A tough childhood can have a life-long impact on health and well-being, according to several national studies that...
"Sen. Amanda McGill of Lincoln says her bill, LB 556 , would make it optional for a mental health screening to be part of childhood physicals.... "The bill initially made the mental health screenings mandatory, but McGill changed it to optional after...
If anyone is interested in a Bill of Human Rights written by one of our members please go to this link... http://sfhelp.org/relate/keys/rights.htm .
"There are no laboratory tests for psychiatry, no bright lines to say who is sick and who is well. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, has come to be regarded as the bible of psychiatric diagnosis. First published in...
"Millions of American children live with depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorders, Tourette syndrome or a host of other mental health issues, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note in a new...