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[Ed. note — This article comes from the journal Educational Leadership, which devoted its October 2020 issue to trauma-sensitive schools. Five of the 11 articles are free to the public, including this remarkable and important article about what being trauma-informed means.] Paul Gorski October 2020 | Volume 78 | Number 2 Trauma-Sensitive Schools Pages 14-19 To fully support students, schools must attend to the trauma that occurs within their own institutional cultures. "I have a story for...

Op-Ed by Jevon Wilkes: Young people need safe, stable housing. They need jobs paying living wages. They need access to education and training and support to complete them and go on to careers in growing fields. They need a sense of trust, autonomy, independence, and identity to heal and thrive.

While opioids are not prescribed for people with PTSD or trauma problems, individuals with these problems can still suffer the consequences of opioid abuse as the opioid epidemic has made these drugs easily available. As we know, traumatic experiences can come in many different forms at many different ages. Problems such as sexual assault, exposure to addiction, physical assault, and more can all have a major impact on someone’s psyche throughout their life. It can lead to deep-rooted...

From ACEs Aware, October 15, 2020 Nearly 14,000 health care providers have completed the ACEs Aware initiative’s core training program, a key finding included in a data report released today by the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) and Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). “ Becoming ACEs Aware in California ” trains health care providers to screen patients for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and to recognize and respond to the symptoms of toxic stress. The Provider...

ChildWIN now offers 3 self-paced, on-demand courses! Take your trauma learning from awareness to practice in this new school year with tools to help students breathe and regulate so they are better able to learn. Trauma 101, Advanced Strategies and Trauma and Self-Care are now available at https://childwin-academy.teachable.com/ . For more ChildWIN trainings and resources, please visit www.childwin.org . At ChildWIN (Child Wellness Institute of New Jersey), our focus is to build resilience...

By Jeni Klugman, The Lancet, October 13, 2020 Women are increasingly recognised as a major force in the US electorate—they represented 53% of voters in the 2018 mid-term national elections. White suburban women helped to secure the victory of US President Donald Trump in the 2016 election, whereas African American women voted overwhelmingly (94%) for candidate Hillary Clinton in that election. In the upcoming 2020 election, the role of the national government in ensuring women's reproductive...

By Vivek Sankaran, The Imprint, October 12, 2020 The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had many gifts, one of which was using language to convey the harsh impact of the law on those living on the margins. Consider her words in M.L.B. v. S.L.J , in which she authored a majority opinion requiring states to provide parents with free transcripts in termination of parental rights (TPR) appeals. She described the severity of the sanction as making a parent “forevermore, a stranger to her child.”...

By Rachel Blustain, The Hechinger Report, October 14, 2020 The children in America’s gifted education programs don’t look like the overall school population. They’re disproportionately white and wealthy, while Black, Latinx, Indigenous and low-income students are often left out. In this series, The Hechinger Report examines racial inequity in gifted classes and what schools are doing to fix it. Getting rid of gifted programs: Trying to teach students at all levels together in one class...

By Mary Lou Fulton, Center for Health Journalism, October 8, 2020 Kelly Lytle Hernandez is a UCLA scholar-activist with the instincts of a journalist. Her work sheds new light on this moment in which the nation is confronting racism embedded in policing, mass incarceration, health and other systems. Through Million Dollar Hoods , an innovative data and storytelling project based on police booking reports, Hernandez and her team revealed that Los Angeles residents were most often arrested for...

One of the most important treatments for the effects of complex trauma for adults is psychotherapy. Sitting with another adult who has received training in the listening profession, is a powerful method to exchange the old tapes that were installed by our traumatic experiences. In this first article, we are going to explore together the types of psychotherapy and Therapists, as well as the different methods they use to help their clients overcome the side-effects of complex trauma. What is...

Transform ing Trauma Episode 026: Cultural Traumatization and Collective Awakening with Dr. Laurence Heller and Thomas Hübl In this episode of Transforming Trauma, Dr. Laurence Heller, the Creator of the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) is joined by Thomas Hubl, a teacher, author, and founder of the Academy of Inner Science and the Pocket Project. Thomas’ work combines somatic awareness practices, advanced meditative practices, and transformational processes that address both...

Announcing PLAYING FOR KEEPS The latest documentary feature from KPJR Films PLAYING FOR KEEPS examines the importance of play and downtime for all of us – children, adults, seniors, and animals. It is a tapestry of interwoven characters that takes a look at the health benefits of the play state as well as its recent decline in our lives. Premiering NOW at Mill Valley Film Festival!! October 9 - 18th, 2020 For Tickets, please visit: https://bit.ly/PFKPremiere *Original flyer attached below