Many, many organizations claim to be trauma-informed. The field has grown so much that it has gone from groundbreaking to a buzzword. All of us sense that something very important shifts from trauma-informed care implementation. But, how do we know if...
New finding is first example in humans of the theory of epigenetic inheritance: the idea that environmental factors can affect the genes of your children Genetic changes stemming from the trauma suffered by Holocaust survivors are capable of...
Professor Joseph LeDoux has written a very welcomed addition to my Library. Since 2008 I have been struggling to understand how our brain responds to developmental trauma (ACE's) and produces different results in different people. Although I am only...
If you are now (or want to be) part of “Building a Trauma-Informed Nation,” join a national conversation to spur action for two half-days September 29-30 (11:30 am-5:30 pm ET each day). You have the option to attend a gathering at...
Wendy Tink, a family physician and clinical assistant professor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, is asking family medicine residents whether they believe their patients suffered from childhood trauma. So far, fewer than 10...
Jerry Active, an Alaska Native man from the Dillingham area was sentenced this past week to 359 years in prison for some horrendous crimes -- the murder of two adults and sexual assault of a toddler. While I did not actively practice criminal defense...
Peek Inside a Classroom © Elliot Gilfix/Flickr . What happened to Jasmine ? . . . Jasmine was one of my...
On the same day news broke that former Subway sandwich spokesman Jared Fogle plans to plead guilty to child pornography and sex-with-minors charges, an Indiana commission focusing on children’s issues heard results of a long-awaited report that...
"Music," wrote Ludwig van Beethoven, "is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." Granted, as a composer, Beethoven wasn't exactly an objective observer. But for most of us, music is still the art form we turn to most...
An Ohio prison yard was reportedly the site of a “free-for-all” earlier this month, when dozens of inmates fought over a package of drugs that had been flown over the prison walls and dropped there by a drug mule drone . Many...
The White House plan announced last week to award federal education funding to prison inmates spotlighted a population that is often an afterthought in the national discussion on college access. More than 1.5 million people are behind bars in...
During a conversation I had with Dr. Vincent Felitti, he made me aware of this book and the remarkable woman who wrote it. Judge Mary Elizabeth Bullock endured one of the most traumatizing childhoods Dr. Felitti ever encountered, yet overcame the...
This website has the complaint and, at the top, it lists the lawyers involved and their phone numbers and email addresses. http://media.wix.com/ugd/29cec...8b5671ce4c8e7137.pdf I emailed them an encouraging statement...
Referring to New Orleans as anything like a “laboratory” during the first weeks and months after Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters receded would have been a bad move. As displaced residents trickled back into the city, they were...
Transcendental Meditation can significantly reduce anxiety and increase resilience among urban youth, according to a new study conducted by WestEd, a highly respected educational research, development, and service agency. Regular...