You could describe local writer Merry Ellefson’s new play “A Lifetime to Master” as being a work about homelessness, but it would be more accurate to say it’s a play about people. Based on more than 60 interviews Ellefson...
Years ago, while producing the hit TV series “The Shield,” Glen Mazzara noticed that two young female writers were quiet during story meetings. He pulled them aside and encouraged them to speak up more. Watch what happens when...
Child Family Community Australia , an organization who's mission is to be a primary source of quality, evidence-based information, resources and interactive support for professionals in the child, family and community welfare sectors, has...
Psychotherapist Sebern Fisher gave a great webscast Oct. 14 in the NICABM series, about neurofeedback (biofeedback to the brain), which gives us access to our brain function frequencies. The brain gets organized from the womb in oscillatory patterns,...
Started by a father and step-mother, Rachel’s Challenge is a collection of educational programs intended to encourage school staff and students to create more compassionate and caring school environments. In the Fall, at one elementary...
The following information comes from the National Council: Ninety percent of people served by public behavioral health systems have experienced trauma. When unaddressed, people who experienced trauma can face poor health outcomes, such as...
Jennifer L. Eberhardt, 49, an associate professor of psychology at Stanford University, studies the effect of unconscious ideas about race on the workings of the criminal justice system. She was one of 21 winners of 2014 MacArthur...
In 2005, Sebastian Seung suffered the academic equivalent of an existential crisis. More than a decade earlier, with a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Harvard, Seung made a dramatic career switch into neuroscience, a gamble that seemed to be...
As a former parole officer in inner-city Atlanta, a prosecutor of child abuse and neglect cases, and now a juvenile court judge, I have witnessed the multitude of symptoms emanating from living at or below the poverty level — the most profound...
In a moment many have called "the transgender tipping point," the news of Leelah Alcorn's suicide and her plea that someone "fix society" for transgender people have garnered massive attention, moving from conversations on social media to...
The Obama administration is imprisoning thousands of children under an illegal "no release" policy, eight children and mothers from Mexico and Central America claim in a federal class action. All eight lead plaintiffs, who are identified only by...
It's not news that sitting all day isn't good for you. Here on Inc.com we've covered studies showing that a sedentary office life can take a terrifying toll on your health (even if you hit the gym regularly, unfortunately), as well as...
Mental health courts have been subjected now to decades of research. Collectively, this body of research demonstrates that properly designed and implemented mental health courts can cost-effectively and safely reduce recidivism while improving...
It’s a belief repeated every day by teachers, principals and parents of rule-abiding children: Suspending disruptive students will allow the rest of the class to settle down and learn. But a new, large study calls this rationale into...
The artist Sarah Walker once told me that becoming a mother is like discovering the existence of a strange new room in the house where you already live. I always liked Walker's description because it's more precise than the shorthand most...