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Congratulations to Dr. Beverly Samaways from the UK on publishing her Churchill Report with learnings from her trip to the US to study trauma-informed care (TIC) and youth with developmental disabilities. She did extensive interviews with those supporting the implementation of TIC with IDD organizations including the Traumatic Stress Institute. You can download the report here.

Why U.S. Maternal Mortality is WORSE Than You Think Homicide is the leading cause of maternal mortality, we just don't count it Jeremy Nay, AMERICAN INEQUALITY blog, March 5, 2025 Today’s article is about how America is dramatically under counting maternal mortality. This is because we fail to include the #1 cause of deaths for pregnant women and new mothers: homicide (usually associated with domestic violence). Homicide is the leading cause of maternal mortality Nationally, there were...

Original Investigation March 3, 2025 Rates of Population-Level Child Sexual Abuse After a Community-Wide Preventive Intervention Jennie G. Noll, PhD 1,2 ; Johnny Felt, PhD 3 ; Justin Russotti, PhD 1,2 ; et al Kate Guastaferro, PhD 4 ; Sunshine Day, MS 5 ; Zachary Fisher, PhD 5 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA Pediatr. Published online March 3, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.6824...

Speaker Mike Johnson is "anxious" to get the Take It Down Act to the House floor, he said today during a roundtable with First Lady Melania Trump and victims of child sexual abuse material. Why it matters: Online safety legislation is moving quickly this Congress, despite tech policy bills often struggling to make it over the finish line, Maria Curi reports for Axios Pro: Tech Policy. The Take It Down Act — which would force platforms to remove child sexual abuse material and nonconsensual...

We are so excited to launch our NEW trauma-informed co-colouring book to foster social emotional learning in young people affected by the stress and stigma of a parent's substance use! Our team at Starlings Community are so excited to be launching a new series of tools for natural supports and family caregivers who are journeying alongside young people who are affected by the stress and stigma of a parents substance use. Designed for professionals and / or family members supporting young...

Resilient Roots is an experiential Holistic Trauma-Informed Resilience Program that guides individuals on their wellness journey through integrated Artistic Expression, Breathwork, Yoga postures, Mindfulness, Nature & Connection. We utilize the FRIENDS program, supported by the WHO, as a foundation for our CBT-based resilience-building techniques, which we then weave together with Indigenous ideology and Polyvagal Theory. By incorporating the Polyvagal Theory, we help participants...

I Broke Up With My Abusive Mother. I Don’t Regret That Decision. By Eamon Dolan, The New York Times, March 2, 2025 Mr. Dolan is the author of the forthcoming “The Power of Parting: Finding Peace and Freedom Through Family Estrangement.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/opinion/my-family-estrangement.html Twelve years ago, I broke up with my mother. She beat me and my siblings hundreds of times in our youth, and she inflicted on us an array of other behaviors that qualified as emotional...

By Eric Hamilton, UF News, February 27, 2025 — In 1982, the Syrian government besieged the city of Hama, killing tens of thousands of its own citizens in sectarian violence. Four decades later, rebels used the memory of the massacre to help inspire the toppling of the Assad family that had overseen the operation. But there is another lasting effect of the attack, hidden deep in the genes of Syrian families. The grandchildren of women who were pregnant during the siege — grandchildren who...

Women’s Agenda By Lucia Osborne-Crowley February 2025 A new study has found that there could be a link between trauma and the development of endometriosis, and the study’s authors say it means we urgently need more trauma-informed care for those who suffer from the debilitating disease. While it has long been theorised that there is a connection between severe stress and endometriosis, a new study from Yale University shows a correlative link between endometriosis and both childhood...

Teams have a strong role to play in promoting workplace well-being. Shared agreements and mutual accountability, plus practices such as active listening and mechanisms for feedback, accelerate the well-being of the entire team. Table of Contents Safety and Accountability go Hand-in-Hand Agreements, Not Rules Practices for Team Accountability to Workplace Well-being Self-Awareness Listening Boundaries Communication Feedback Rituals Environment Habits Avoiding the Trauma Triangle Change is...

Teachers are secondary care givers, where they too nurture and care give learners while at school. But this doesn't happen without a cost. Compassion fatigue, well known as cost of caring. When teachers absorb trauma from learners, without support, often times they will experience emotional burn out and fatigue, hence losing the ability to care and nurture. Compassion Fatigue. Compassion fatigue due to secondary (vicarious) trauma is inevitable in teaching as a profession. When forums are...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!] Adolescents Chaudhary S, Hoffmann JA, Pulcini CD, et al. Youth Suicide and Preceding Mental Health Diagnosis. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 1;7(7):e2423996. PMID: 39078631 In this...