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Many years ago, a trusted mentor said to me: ‘Neil, you have a lot of strengths, and you keep playing to them. How will you develop new strengths if you are constantly focusing on what you are already good at?’. …
In just four quick and easy minutes, this terrific animated graphic explains how adults and communities help children build healthy brains, and how that process can be derailed by toxic stress. The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative developed the video, with …
When I was a child growing up in Kentucky, my father made regular visits − usually at night − to the local jail to provide medical care to inmates. In one way or another, substances were the root cause of …
A teen starts a fistfight with a fellow student. Another brings alcohol to school. Another urinates on a fellow student’s locker, and a fight ensues. Three years ago at Le Grand High School, in Le Grand, CA, these students would …
Suzanne Savall, principal of Otis Orchards Elementary. __________________ Suzanne Savall, principal of Otis Orchards Elementary School in Spokane’s East Valley School District, says she didn’t really know what she was signing up for, but the words “complex trauma” resonated with …
First Focus‘ recently published report, Children’s Budget 2013, shows a decline in total federal spending on children for three consecutive years and reports that less than 8 percent of the federal budget is invested in children. Current Congressional budget negotiations pose a real threat …
What’s a trauma-informed school? It’s a place where this happens: There’s this third-grade kid. Let’s call him Sam. He’s got ODD (oppositional defiant disorder…a misnomer for normal behavior a child exhibits when he’s living with chronic trauma). Nine-year-old Sam (not …
When a loved one develops Alzheimer’s, the diagnosis can be devastating for both the one afflicted and the family. The progression of the disease is different for each individual, and the tasks one is able to manage or take part …
For the first time in history, the 50+ age demographic is growing faster than the under age 15 demographic. Over 50% of the population in the U.S. and Canada and other countries around the world will have citizens over age …
by Vikki Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada I have to say I was a bit surprised when I came across this article in the Huffington Post-Canada: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/dyanoosh-youssefi/mentally-ill_b_2206105.html . I am sure I am not the only one …
