(Ted Talks) Ted X Helena, Montana brought us Judge James Reynolds who is a presiding judge for Drug Treatment Court in Helena, Montana. There have been many articles of Justice System Reform, and Juvenile's; Pipeline to Prison crisis. This Ted talk informs us how empathy and restoration as a grounds for recovery brings hope and a second chance to those whom society would generally have written off as a life long criminal. We can see Trauma Informed Care in action, and although this work is...

There is a national challenge to understand child and adult welfare. I have spent my whole life...42 years being trained to advocate and teach healthy dynamics, and for me it was life and death because my ACE score was either going to be a crutch or a gift. My training began in my mother's womb. I started my development out being fed stress chemicals, and fear chemicals, because my mother was surrounded by toxic stress, poor choice behaviors, and a family who did not support her. She is one...