Cristian Fernandez, the Jacksonville boy who pleaded guilty to manslaughter last year in the high-profile death of his 2-year-old half brother, is not getting the trauma therapy he needs for being abused and exposed to violence since his early...
What would make Homer healthier? That question was addressed by 39 health-care providers, agency representatives, teachers and concerned community members last Friday, but the focus of the meeting was much more specific. “The purpose (of the...
When riding long distances you get into a rhythm, put your head down, pedal forward and focus on the road ahead, often missing the landscape that surrounds you. So I know that it was serendipity that made me look up and notice the juvenile detention...
I am a 44 year old student who gained her degree over in the UK more years ago than I care to remember! I have always wanted to study Psychology and 3 children and a move across the pond later (I am British by birth) I have finally got the resources...
“My girlfriend is going to kill herself,” the woman said. “I have a girlfriend who’s a corrections officer, and she’s talking about killing herself. I just don’t know what to do.” Norman Seabrook,...
One out of every six people in the world is an adolescent. Put another way, there are more than one billion teenagers on Earth. Yet we pay very little attention to the health of 10- to 19-year-olds, individually and collectively. A new report from the...
Fathers, who spend more time taking care of their children, experience changes in the brain's region associated with emotions. The research shows that active parenting makes men as sensitive as a mother to a child's needs. Pregnancy and childbirth...
Dutch Courage Most student aren’t shy when it comes to knocking back the shots in Willow. Yet for some, alcohol has become a dangerous coping method for getting through the exam period. As tempting as a tipple might seem to get you through the...
The government’s punitive measures have made it harder to get out of poverty. And austerity is making it worse. Angela has lost track of time. It is nearly three ‘o’ clock. She picks up the supermarket bag full of loose papers;...
Last week Washington State Supreme Court heard information from experts about what goes on in the brains of adolescents. It is a fairly long video but very important to understand why the teenage does what they do. There is also some conversation...
Recently, I went to a trailer screening for a feature-length documentary in progress called “Child Sex Trafficking: A Story About Love.” The film, directed by Sheri Shuster, who recently worked at Covenant House, which provides shelter and...
Last week, we went to visit an elementary school principal to talk about our plans at Echo Parenting & Education to pilot a year-long school trauma training that would target the whole school body - from teachers, to yard and cafeteria staff, to teachers aides. My colleague and I were waiting for the principal in the school office, watching the little kids coming in to get band-aids and parents with toddlers in tow talking to the school secretary, when suddenly we heard crying and...
….Bemis’s story was not an uncommon one among Civil War veterans. Historians are beginning to uncover what was a virtual epidemic of emotional, psychological and neurological trauma that afflicted soldiers after the war. Veterans labored...
To the Editor: Re “ Thousands of Toddlers Are Medicated for A.D.H.D., Report Finds, Raising Worries ” (news article, May 17): Considering medications for use in very young children continues to be analogous to breaking the glass on a fire...
Violence and trauma can have serious and long-lasting consequences for children’s physical and mental health. This series of eight videos from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime examines how the needs of children...