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Early in the morning, probably as I pass through my last rapid eye movement cycle, I often suffer paralysis dreams. Those dreams predetermine my day since after them I awaken with a very painful lower abdomen and colon spasm that may last for several hours. The nightmares that I see during this strange time in my sleep, early in the morning, are usually related to being in school. There are three types of dreams: I am either in elementary school in Russia and our teacher is insulting me in...

In an era in which young families often find themselves isolated and overwhelmed, an innovative new program in rural Massachusetts is offering support. It is harnessing the community and a body of volunteers to help families in whatever ways they need: not just be offering a slate of pre-dertermined services. To learn more about this program, called It Takes a Village, visit https://www.gazettenet.com/It-Takes-a-Village-19621448

While following the light bar or hand vibration pattern, I would be prompted to return to one of my traumatic experiences. The vast majority of the time something would instantaneously surface.

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It has long been assumed that childhood is a time of innocence, free from the shackles of social conformity, where youngsters act naturally on instinct rather than by convention. But new research shows that even by the age of two years old children are already crippled by the scrutiny of others and will change their behaviour if they are being watched to boost their reputation. Scientists at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, found that by 24 months toddlers show signs of inhibition and...

Whatever the Poop Patrol will be wearing as they power-wash feces off San Francisco's sidewalks, let's hope they get a great embroidered patch. Armed with steam cleaners, a crew from the city's department of public works will target downtown alleys and sidewalks for human and animal droppings starting next month, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. They'll start their vigil in the afternoon, aiming to clear deposits that appear after overnight crews have done their cleaning, but before any...

Fergus Falls Public Schools teachers attended Adverse Child Experiences or ACEs training on Tuesday to learn about teaching children with traumatic pasts. The course was from Lakes County Service Cooperative and the conversation was led by The Rev. Tom Gonzales. Gonzales started by talking about his own history and childhood and the ACEs in his past including his parents’ divorce and why that led to some issues that teachers might see in their students. [For more on this story by Frances...

Due to a last minute cancellations, a few seats are opened for the SAMHSA Forum in Johnson City. Registration information is below. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/moving-from-understanding-to-implementing-trauma-responsive-services-registration-47316691498

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School is about to begin and for the first time in my 18 years as a school nurse, I am fearful to welcome another September. I work in an urban district where community gun violence is sadly commonplace, but that is not my fear. I travel throughout the city from school to school where drug dealing is an open-air exercise, but that is not my fear. Emergencies are often solitary experiences because school nurses work independently, but that is not my fear. Families facing deportation from...

In their work covering crime in New Orleans, Richard Webster and Jonathan Bullington often saw neighborhood kids who’d been witnesses, lost family members and were present at crime scenes. And they wondered — what does that do to kids? The two NOLA.com | Times-Picayune reporters spent one school year finding out. Their series, “ The Children of Central City ,” tells the story of a group of kids, their families and schools, but also the science behind trauma and what it means for all of them.

I WAS RAISED IN THE SOUTH BRONX in the late 1980s and ’90s. I came of age and into my consciousness while a generation of men of color were herded into the criminal justice system under the rigid, unyielding habitual offender laws — three-strikes laws — for nonviolent drug-related offenses. As shown in decades of analyses , the legacy of that policy that swept neighborhoods and entire cities clean of young men has been families broken apart, household incomes systematically gutted and swaths...