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By K. Hecht, P. Berman & A. Hosack Why is my teacher being so mean? She can’t make me do it. Mom, please don’t make me. Davy was dragging his book bag on the sidewalk as he trudged home. He had enjoyed school today until the end. That terrible last few minutes when the teacher said, “Father’s Day is coming up soon. Everyone is to draw a picture of their dad at home and bring it in to class to share tomorrow.” Davy couldn’t help himself, he just bounced out of his chair and yelled, “I...

"[Questioning Psychology] articulates the soul of the helping relationship"

By Joshua Benton, NiemanLab, September 30, 2019 People should consume news, right? I mean, that’s the underlying assumption of everything we do: that the work journalists do is valuable and important, and that the value and importance grows the more people read, watch, or listen to their work. If that’s true, what do we do with the fact that consuming news makes so many people feel so bad? Does that mean we’re doing our job, accurately reflecting a deeply screwy world for our audience? You...

By Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, Inc., October 1, 2019 Interest in trauma-informed approaches across child-serving systems has surged in the past two decades. This interest has largely been in response to research showing that most children experience at least one potentially traumatic event by the age of 17 years 1 , together with the strong relation between childhood trauma exposure and problems with health, mental health, and other concerns across the life span. 2...

By Theodore M. Brown, American Journal of Public Health, September 4, 2019 This special section marks an important but troubling anniversary in US history, the arrival in October 1619 of 20 unfree African laborers who were brought as indentured servants. By the 1660s indentured servants were displaced and numerically overwhelmed by African slaves, who over the next two centuries helped build the US economy through the institution of chattel slavery. The six contributions to this section take...

By Greg Toppo, LA School Report, September 30, 2019 In 2013, attorneys at the California Innocence Project, weighed down by a backlog of casework, turned for help to an unusual group: humanities students at High Tech High Chula Vista, a nearby charter school. The students, all juniors, trained on a past case handled by the San Diego nonprofit, which reviews pleas from prisoners who maintain that they’re innocent. Then, in teams of three or four, the students reviewed prisoners’ files and...

By Jacob Margolis, LAist, September 30, 2019 We spent one full week writing about climate change, and encouraged you to stop screaming into the void and to scream your questions at us instead. More than 140 of you did, and we've been working on getting them answered. Below is a roundup of a few Q&As about what's happening to Earth. [ Please click here to read more .]

By A. Hosack, K. Hecht & P. Berman Davy wasn’t dead. But that nightmare could come true. I don’t want to kill Davy or anyone else’s kid. Larry arrived at the booth on-time, as usual. Martin was already sitting at the back. He said he just wanted to keep Larry company for a while, but Larry knew something was up. Martin being in his booth meant his own would be closed. It must be because of the dream. Larry had controlled himself well around the gang, saying what he figured they wanted to...

By P. Berman, A. Hosack & K. Hecht Davy don’t. Davy stop please stop. NO! Larry is having a nightmare. He is at the end of a long, dark alley. At the very end is a 13- year-old Davy, about to shoot up what will be a fatal dose of heroin. Larry is running down the alley towards Davy, trying to reach him before the needle enters his arm. Larry is trying to yell at the top of his voice, but it is coming out in a whisper that Davy couldn’t possible hear. Where is Claire? Why didn’t she keep...

The film "Cracked Up" features Darrell Hammond's childhood struggles with trauma and their lifelong impacts. From IMDb, It's the "incredible story of actor, comedian, master impressionist and Saturday Night Live veteran, Darrell Hammond." This Free screening will be followed immediately by a Q & A with veteran trauma therapists Ricky Schermond, LCSW from Philadelphia Children’s Alliance, and Gestalt therapist Karen Ginsburg, LSCW, LMT

By Rick Ganley & Mary McIntyre, New Hampshire Public Radio, September 30, 2019 New Hampshire’s Office of the Child Advocate is launching a review of some practices used by residential youth facilities in the state. Child Advocate Moira O’Neill is taking a look at how both private centers and the state-run Sununu Youth Center use restraint and seclusion among children in care. NHPR's Morning Edition Host Rick Ganley spoke with O'Neill about what she's hoping to understand through her...

By Sian Lloyd, British Broadcasting Corporation, September 30, 2019 How do you tackle the problem of young people falling into a life of crime? One of the approaches being adopted across the UK has been more awareness of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). In Wales, more than 5,000 front-line officers and police staff have been trained in responding to crimes involving children to enable them to recognise whether they may be experiencing ACEs. The programme, which has been backed by more...