"Our team at the Yale Child Study Center led by Steven Marans and including Carrie Epstein, Hilary Hahn, Joe Woolston and Megan Goslin, has taken--together with Steve Southwick, William Sledge and others from the Department of Psychiatry -- the lead...
“A balance of compassion for these people who are really, truly hurting while clearly holding them accountable for their choices and behavior.” The balancing act of using psychotherapy to treat aggressors in instances of domestic...
"When Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts was a child abuse detective, he said he realized the only way to make a difference was for different agencies to work together.... As part of the summit, an assistant US attorney from Detroit is sharing...
"The prevalence of child abuse in Montana is both heartbreaking and alarming. Last year, Montana’s Child and Family Service Division completed 8,000 investigations of child abuse and neglect involving 11,835 children. Abuse or ...
"We want Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up " says Aileen Campbell, Scotland's minister for children and young people. I've heard her say it whenever she speaks about the Scottish government's programme to improve children's...
Boston is trying to get back to normal. Stores are open. Trains are running. And children are back in school. With memories of the Newtown tragedy still fresh and the haunting images of the Boston Marathon inescapable, teachers were...
ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), early childhood trauma and toxic stress are all essentially the same thing. They are all extremely harmful to baby's well-being and future. The good news is, they can be prevented! Yay! Create a hea lthy, secure...
Tamerlan Tsarnaev as a baby, with parents Anzor and Zubeidat and uncle Muhamad Suleimanov (Reuters obtained this photo from a family member in Dagestan.) ______________________________________ The Chechnya link to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects...
Please don't miss this interview (podcast) with ACEsConnection member Jim Sporleder. He's the principal at Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, Washington. He discusses the history of the school and how he and his school staff use...
"Assemblyman Rob Bonta , D-Oakland, has authored AB 174 , which would expand mental health services for youths who have experienced depression, post traumatic stress disorder and other problems as a result of shootings and gang violence. If approved...
Donna De Cesare is an incredible photographer, and she has produced a beautiful and heartbreaking collection of photos in this book. Here's the summary from Amazon: Central American nations have recently had the highest per capita homicide rates...
"The Juvenile Justice Resource Hub is a comprehensive source of information on cutting-edge juvenile justice issues and reform trends put together by JJIE and NJJN, with support from Models for Change and The MacArthur Foundation." Please see this...
" On March 25, 2013, 220 people, representing over 100 organizations, attended a community forum where we heard about research surrounding Adverse Childhood Experiences and what we can do as a community. ..."...
"Whether we admit it or not, many of us are conditioned to fear meddling and to think that intruding on someone else's household somehow crosses the line of decency. Mind your own business, we're taught. It's certainly something my parents taught me....