Tagged With "Breaks My Heart"
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Can people be saved from a terrible childhood ?
Perfect example of a Trauma-Informed-Approach, easily used and adapted to any-age or any-present-circumstances population. It's a heart thing - not rocket science ! ************************************************************* When Sabrina Bugget-Kellum walked into a neighbourhood clinic in New York for a routine appointment in in 2016, she was desperate. Her son was in prison. She was trying to look after his two young children, who were aged one and two. Their mother was emotionally...
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Children Don’t Say They Have Anxiety, They Say ‘My Stomach Hurts!’
[ ...... they tell us their symptoms, awaiting our experience and wisdom for help. However, up until recently, most adults were completely unaware of the prominence of childhood mental disorders, other than ADHD and the other run of the mill behavioral issues experienced by children. And even in adulthood, it seems that anxiety isn’t taken as seriously as it should be, because most people think that anxiety is simply the occurrence of a normal fear taking hold of us. But anxiety is much more...
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Heal from Trauma - Nature's Way
[ ..... Reframing our cultural understanding of how trauma works is fundamental to creating institutional and personal strategies for healing that truly work ......... While there is a growing awareness in.....workplaces and communities about the prevalence of trauma in both personal and occupational contexts - including with children - a nuanced understanding of healing is still in the early stages..... ] [ ....“There’s tons of people getting trauma-informed out there ..... But people don’t...
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"How to talk policy and influence people": a special series of Law and Justice
"No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference" is the title of Greta Thunberg's book, which is a compilation of her speeches on the need for urgent action to tackle climate change. One of those speeches is entitled "Together We Are Making a Difference". I had planned to organise an event on the topic of “How to talk policy and influence people” kindly supported by the Cork Education and Training Board in Ireland on the 2nd of April 2020. Unfortunately, the event had to be cancelled due to the...
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'It Breaks My Heart': School Principal Says Living in Emergency Accomodation Having Huge Impacts on Lives of Children [echolive.ie]
From Cork News-Live, February 17, 2020 IT is “simply unacceptable” that children across Ireland are experiencing homelessness, a Cork principal has said, expressing her anger and upset at the situation. Nickie Egan, principal of North Presentation Primary School on Gerald Griffin St, has encouraged her staff to become more aware of the difficulties facing homeless students, and those experiencing other issues, in a bid to aid their development. There were 9,731 homeless people in Ireland in...
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No Child 2020: Fintan O’Toole on a new Irish Times initiative (www.irishtimes.com)
Cissy's note: This is one of the best articles I've read in a long while. I discovered it this morning, thanks to @Jane Mulcahy It's written by Fintan O'Toole and published in The Irish Times . Here are some excerpts: Continue reading...
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Not rocket-science - but the beautiful word *evidence-base* helps
From We need to talk about Children's Mental Health Throughout my twenty year career as a psychologist working in Specialist Children’s Mental Health Services (SCAMHS) two frequently repeated mantras have been amongst the biggest sources of frustration for me: “It’s a social problem, not a mental disorder” and “the child needs to be stable to access therapy”; the latter often responded to with the helpless reply “but the child need’s therapy in order to be stable”. Indeed, much of the...
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Top 10 Articles about Childhood Emotional Neglect - aka CEN
Great resource Of the 239 posts, 5 have been the favorites: the most-read, most-shared articles. They are each summarized below. Then, below that, I’ve listed my 5 personal favorites. I chose those 5 because I wrote them specially from my heart. From Jonice Webb, Ph.D FULL ARTICLE
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Towards an ACE-Aware, trauma-responsive Ireland: Firkin Crane event Cork 08 April 2019
https://soundcloud.com/jane-mulcahy/firkin-crane-event-towards-an-ace-aware-trauma-responsive-ireland This event was an open discussion with survivors of childhood trauma and professionals working in the Early Years sector, education, health, addiction and homeless services about the desirability of raising public and political awareness of the prevalence and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ireland and the need for a collaborative cross sector trauma-responsive approach for...
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What Do Asthma, Heart Disease And Cancer Have In Common? Maybe Childhood Trauma
When I posted about asthma a few years ago, the powers-that-be nearly hounded me off the internet, and with scary legal threats. "The one thing that I just want to add is, that kid who has asthma all the time — that may also be a symptom [of trauma]. Or the kid who has the chronic headaches or the chronic tummy pain. Those may be symptoms that are less obvious and certainly less intrusive in the school environment, so they can be overlooked." FULL ARTICLE What Do Asthma, Heart Disease And...
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ACE's Approach to Community Development
Hi All, I have just recently become a member of the ACE's in Ireland group here online. I hope you will be patient with me as I navigate my way around the site as I am not very technical. I am delighted to have found this community and I look forward to learning from you all. I have recently taken up the role of community development officer in my community. The community has many social issues such as crime, poverty, high unemployment and a high rate of early school leavers and very low...
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Re: Dreaming of Making Ireland the First ACE-Aware REPUBLIC !
Of course you are Ann marie ! Scotland is stealing a march on us with their goal to become the first ACE-Aware Nation. But as Ireland IS a republic of sort, I put my intention out here. Don't forget to click open the link above : it's the electronic supplement the Sunday Herald newspaper published. A fine example for us to aspire to.
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Re: 'It Breaks My Heart': School Principal Says Living in Emergency Accomodation Having Huge Impacts on Lives of Children [echolive.ie]
This is so sad and so unnecessary. We are a wealthy country and can easily afford to house our citizens if there was the political will. These children are suffering and will continue to suffer into their adolescent and adult lives.
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Re: ACE's Approach to Community Development
Hi Ann, A big welcome to the page. You need not worry about anyone to be patient with you - you are perfect just where you are - although the situation could not be more serious : we ARE in the middle of a crisis and emergency, the house IS on fire and our boat is very shaky. Just trust that your heart and enthusiasm will get us through. There may be people here or there who can advise you on how they " implemented this approach to community development " - but I say : follow your instinct,...
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Workshop for MEN ~ How Supporting Womens Wellbeing Supports Us All ~ Friday 26 March at 8pm Irish Time GMT (Noon PT, 3pm ET and Sat 27 at 7am Sydney/Melbourne Time)
STRESSING = FRIDAY 26th at 8PM (wrongly stated as Sat 26th, should be FRIDAY 26th) A life-changing workshop : "HOW MEN SUPPORTING WOMENS' WELLBEING SUPPORTS US ALL" Next Friday evening at 8pm (Irish Time=GMT), I will be presenting a live workshop titled "How Men Supporting Womens Wellbeing Supports Us All" ~ in the World's FIRST Online Mens Gathering OMG! ~ A 3-day event with dozens of outstanding presenters. If you agree that Domestic, Sexual and Societal Violence is the scourge of our...
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In conversation with My Guide Inside Curriculum co-creator, Christa Campsall
I had the pleasure of speaking with the lovely Christa Campsall BEd, DiplSpEd, MA, and co-author of the My Guide Inside Curriculum, which is designed for educators, parents, counsellors and coach's, in fact I would recommend it for everyone. Christa describes how sharing a simple understanding is helping educators to reach those students who are struggling or shutdown, due to adverse experiences. The principles discussed in the My Guide Inside comprehensive curriculum operate in all people,...
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Wrestling Ghosts Watch Weekend on PACEs Connection (June 11-13th) & Zoom Discussion with Director Ana Joanes on June 15th at 7p.m. EST.
Wrestling Ghosts is the fourth and final film in the Transform Trauma with ACEs Science Film Festival series. The film can be watched, free of charge, on PACEs Connection from Friday, June 11th through Sunday, June 13th where it will be streamed all weekend. The streaming will be followed by a Zoom discussion with Wrestling Ghosts Director, Ana Joanes, and the co-sponsors of the Transform Trauma with ACEs Science Film Festival (CTIPP, PACEs Connection, & the Relentless School Nurse) on...
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6 Things we can all do today to create a trauma-informed society
You don't have to be a therapist to help survivors heal from trauma. Here are 6 key behaviors that embody what it means to be "trauma-informed" that we can all start doing right now.
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Re: Workshop for MEN ~ How Supporting Womens Wellbeing Supports Us All ~ Friday 26 March at 8pm Irish Time GMT (Noon PT, 3pm ET and Sat 27 at 7am Sydney/Melbourne Time)
Hello Angela. I am delighted you found it good and useful, it is my message to the world, almost like my 'legacy' and what I am all about. I'm sorry it has taken this long to get back to you. I am indeed available for a chat or anything. I am starting with a new email < trauma.free.world@gmail.com > and my number is 085 104 96 46. I'm in Dublin.
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Discover the Truth Behind Where Your Anxious Feelings Are Coming From.
At the heart of my coaching practice is my wish to help people re-discover their authentic selves and help them understand the role thought plays in driving their behaviours and in how they experience life. It was this knowledge that lead to the biggest change in my own life, leading me from a life coloured by trauma, insecurity and hyper-vigilance, to one of ease, peace, compassion, and a greater trust in my innate resilience. We feel 100% of our thoughts, how many of them are you suffering...
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8 week online course on "Childhood Trauma, Consequences and Essential Responses" starting October 4th 19:00 Irish time
Sign up, sign up! There are still places on my planned 8-week online adult ed course on "Childhood Trauma, Consequences and Essential Responses". It will kick off on Monday the 4th of October at 19:00 Irish time (if ten people sign up!). ALL are welcome. I'd especially be delighted if some trauma survivors join, as well as curious parents, doctors, early years practitioners, teachers, social workers, police, lawyers, judges, addiction counsellors, receptionists - and everyone in between.
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Me & My Emotions: A New, Free Resource for Teens
The pandemic has had a lasting effect on youth mental health. Moved by a desire to reduce youth’s toxic stress and increase their resilience, The Dibble Institute, in partnership with a team of students and alumni from ArtCenter College of Design and author Carolyn Curtis, PhD, is releasing Me & My Emotions —a new, free adaptation of our beloved Mind Matters Curriculum. The mobile-friendly Me & My Emotions website features engaging graphics and bite-sized lessons teens can access and...
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Susan Cullen
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Resilience & Growth after Trauma
There is something very powerful about being able to adapt well in the face of adversity, trauma, stress or pain. Resilience has been defined and used to describe a person who bounces back from intense difficult circumstances. More often than not, with resilience comes deep personal growth that prepares a person for what’s ahead. Resilience drives us to stand strong; it is a process of adapting & moving forward. Trauma can be debilitating. It is life altering. But there is another truth...
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I'm an American raising my child in Ireland. I don't want to move back to the US because I feel safer here. (newsbreak.com)
Photo: Betsy Cornwell Author: To read Betsy Cornwell's article, click HERE . I'm originally from New Hampshire but have lived in Ireland since 2012. My 5-year-old son was born here, and I didn't pay anything for his birth. When I drop him off at school, I don't worry whether there's going to be a shooting. I grew up in New Hampshire, but I've spent most of my adult life in Ireland . I first came to County Galway in 2012, intending to stay for a few months — but after I met my, now ex,...
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Childhood Shadows: The Journey to Transformation and Healing
Childhood Shadows: The Journey to Transformation and Healing In our journey through life, many of us face trials and tribulations that leave us scarred and struggling. Trauma can manifest in numerous ways, often impairing our ability to live a happy, fulfilled life. However, it’s crucial to remember that healing is always within reach. Understanding the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences Beyond a shadow of a doubt, childhood experiences shape our adult lives. Unfortunately, Adverse...
