When the next shooting happens at a school, an office building, or a movie theater, the question will again be asked: "What made him snap ?" But mass murder is not an impulsive crime. Virtually every one of these attacks, forensic...
CBS interview. Patrick Kennedy's book "A Common Struggle" should give ACEs a chance to be heard. http://www.cbsnews.com/live/video/patrick-kennedy-on-his-family-in-new-memoir/ Worth the watch.
Part I: The Implications of Trauma & Student Misbehavior In this three part series we will explore the issues of complex trauma, the effect on emotional and cognitive development of young people, and interventions at the classroom and system level that can mitigate negative outcomes. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...olsan_b_8234038.html
A Gilroy mental health agency that helped low-income, mostly Hispanic kids for 40 years is in jeopardy of closing after county officials refused to keep funding its most successful program and slashed its revenues by 64 percent. “We want...
The Oxnard mother of a murdered son and eight others will be honored next week for their work in the county’s juvenile justice system. Julia Campos, a member of the Ventura County chapter of Parents of Murdered Children, has spoken to...
Alisa Rivera says, in many ways, downtown Los Angeles is more family-friendly than ever. Pershing Square recently got new playgrounds. The downtown charter school kicked off its third year. The re-opening of Clifton's gives parents a fun,...
One week after the city of Los Angeles vowed $100 million in new funding to battle a “state of emergency” on homelessness, Los Angeles County supervisors pledged $51 million Tuesday to fund its own initiative. County officials identified...
Patrick Kennedy may tell his story of breaking the family code of silence in a published memoir and on 60 Minutes but he tells a universal tale, lived by millions of Americans, including me. As a teenager, my very sensitive and non-confrontational...
Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield says children do not have the confidence to go to the doctor with mental health issues. A small survey of youngsters suggests 62% have done a general internet search on issues such as...
Almost daily it appears that our sense of safety is rocked by the news of another traumatic event, whether it is a mass shooting, an act of violence or a natural disaster that results in loss of life and suffering. Since 9/11, as a nation we...
Abuse in all its forms is associated with adverse health outcomes — but can more recent abuse worsen menopause? A new study presented during this year’s annual meeting of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) in...
A former principal at an alternative high school in southeastern Washington, Jim Sporleder said he became nauseous the first time he didn’t suspend a disruptive student. The student had cussed out a teacher, an offense that...
There are moments when time seems to slow down for the average person—a first kiss, a tense moment in a baseball game, a job interview. For a cop with his finger on his trigger, that moment can come when aiming at someone who...
I volunteer at a local elementary school on Monday mornings, tutoring children who are behind in reading. This week, I worked with Carla (whose name has been changed), a third-grade dual language learner who is reading at a first-grade level....
After something like Wednesday's school shooting, there's one thing on everyone's mind - how did this happen? As students and parents try to cope, we sit down with a mental health expert to find out what triggers young people to act out in...