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Anxiety rooted in the hidden wounds from childhood need not be a lifelong sentence. A combination of effective strategies offer hope and help to alleviate anxious conditions, including excessive worry and panic attacks, that originate in childhood.

Hi All, Want to share the recently updated "Informing A Provider: Some available information and tools for Mental Health providers, for a child or youth with a developmental delay or/and a disability who has experienced trauma." For those of you unfamiliar with the document: If we look at what trauma treatment is available for individuals with a developmental delay or/and a disability, some of the gaps we see are: For mental health providers: May not be aware of what information and tools...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Rafael Maravilla] Child Abuse Egge MK. Medical Child Abuse: A Review by Subspecialty. Adv Pediatr. 2023;70(1):59-80. PMID: 37422298 “Medical child abuse (MCA), formerly...

Wendy Samford, PhD, is a consultant for the Florida Handle With Care (HWC) program, and will be sharing her passion and understanding of this program with the PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities today at 10 a.m. PT/ 1 ET. HWC is simple. If the police are called to a home, and there are children present, they send a notice that says Handle With Care to the school so that the school personnel are aware that something traumatic happened to that child and to treat them accordingly. Being...

“Play is a child’s work,” explained Katie Bierch, the FamilyWise Parent Support Services Manager. “Through play we’re teaching core life skills, problem-solving skills, cooperation, building respect between parent and child."

By Kaytee Gillis, Image: Siska/Pixabay, Psychology Today, September 10, 2023 Chris plopped down on the couch, hands never moving from their position crossed in front of his chest. "I don't see any point in talking about all of this, it's in the past." "Maybe so. But do you feel like it affects you today?" I gently nudged, not wanting to acknowledge the elephant in the room: his estrangement from his wife and kids. "I don't see how that has anything to do with it..." Chris continued, but I...

UNC-Chapel Hill sophomore Ashley Tatem writes "Heal Together" on a walking path outside the campus student center in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, the day after a graduate student fatally shot his faculty adviser. Read more Hannah Schoenbaum / AP By Laura Sinko and Krista Schroeder, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 8, 2023 On Aug. 28, a Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina shot and killed a faculty member . The campus was on lockdown for over three hours while...

Four major fossil fuel developments have been approved by the Albanese government; four examples of just how broken Australia’s environmental law is. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian By Tim Flannery, The Guardian, September 8, 2023 Late on a Friday evening, just a couple of weeks ago, Australia’s federal environment minister quietly waved through a coalmine extension that will outlive most of us. The Gregory Crinum coalmine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin now has a green light to...

By Jamie Ducharme, Illustration: Katie Kalupson/TIME, TIME, August 28, 2023 T he U.S. has reached peak therapy. Counseling has become fodder for hit books, podcasts, and movies. Professional athletes, celebrities, and politicians routinely go public with their mental health struggles. And everyone is talking— correctly or not —in the language of therapy, peppering conversations with references to gaslighting, toxic people, and boundaries. All this mainstream awareness is reflected in the...

Karen Lauritzen stands for a portrait on the Millikin University Campus in Decatur, Ill., on August 30, 2023. Laurizen, Idaho’s 2023 Teacher of the Year, moved to Illinois for a new job due to harassment over her support of the LGBTQ+ community and Black Lives Matter. Neeta R. Satam for Education Week By Madeline Will, EducationWeek, August 31, 2023 When Karen Lauritzen was named Idaho’s 2023 teacher of the year, she considered it a celebration of her two-decade career in the classroom. But...

Mental Health Matters in Early Childhood La importancia de la salud mental en la primera infancia September 26, 2023 1:00 – 2:30 P.M. PDT This webinar will be presented in English with Spanish interpretation Este seminario virtual se presentará en inglés con interpretación al español Register Here This overview of the foundations of mental health in children 0-5 will cover the signs and symptoms of mental health concerns in infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children. The training will...