Pediatrician Roy Wade Jr. (right) talks with Jurtomu Vesslee, 14, and his father, David, at the Cobbs Creek office of Children's Hospital. MICHAEL PRONZATO / Staff Photographer Ilene Raymond Rush, For The Inquirer As a pediatrician...
. Education Equity for trauma-impacted children: from failing funding to fair funding. Be part of the solution! Background A heartfelt tip of the hat to the Basic Education Funding Commission (BEFC) of...
Rebecca Bryan of the Wellness Center at Urban Promise in Camden, New Jersey and Mike O'Bryan, a teaching artist who combines music, science, and psychology into programs aimed at helping youths...
The Child Parent Project , a five-year, $3 million federally funded project in Philadelphia, is the first research study in the U.S. partnering with public health agencies and family courts to gauge the impact of child-parent psychotherapy (CPP)...
Press release orginially posted on Congresswoman DeLauro's Homepage Washington, D.C. - June 3rd, 2015, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Children’s Recovery from Trauma Act ,...
A Prescription for Mental Health in America By: Lloyd Sederer, MD Posted on Huffington Post on 5/13/2015 The future for the next 10 years of mental health in America will not derive from sudden breakthroughs in decoding our DNA or...
What do the democratic candidates for mayor in Philadelphia think about Trauma-Informed Care, Mental Health/Substance Use Reform, Transformation of the Child Welfare System? Watch the footage from the 2015 Health and Human Services...
How do you create a story so powerful that no matter who is spreading the message, it moves through communities, almost like a virus? This very question is the focus of an upcoming project in Philadelphia. After the Atlantic Health...
When children and their parents first visit Northeast Treatment Centers (NET) Children’s Behavior Health Services in Philadelphia, they fill out a 10-question survey about their adverse childhood experiences so that therapists can tailor...
One of my Facebook friends shared this image last night. I wasn't able to find the name of the church but I was quite moved by their display. There has been a lot of discussion on this platform and beyond as to whether poverty is an ACE...
A colleague and dear friend of mine, Marc Dones, authored a piece on t3Threads about his experiences with trauma and the delicate road to recognizing resilience. He speaks candidly about the lifelong task of managing one's memories,...
Dr. Harold Kolepwicsz, President, Child Mind Institute presented on "GRIT" at the 2015 National Council on Behavioral Health conference today. Dr. Kolepwicz discussed "GRIT" the new hot topic in developmental psychology. He described what...
Judge Joan Byer's article, Youthful offenders need help, not berating , which was published in The Hill today, provides a reasoned argument for the inclusion of a trauma-informed juvenile justice system. Byer points out that 92 percent of...
A new program is being launched to lower recidivism and relapse rates among formerly incarcerated women in Philadelphia. The program, called Working Together for Women, is a collaborative effort involving Dr. Barbara Schindler of Drexel College...
When my two children were in pre-school we were introduced to a wonderful Canadian singer/song writer, Charlotte Diamond . One of Charlotte’s tunes that we all loved and often sang together was called: “Four Hugs a Day” –...