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TRAUMA & RESILIENCE TOOLKIT MODULE: Brought to you by the San Francisco Adolescent Health Working Group (AHWG). DESIGNED FOR:Administrators, service providers, youth/young adults, and parents/caregivers across service systems including health, education, and juvenile justice. GOAL:Increase communication and collaboration among around issues of trauma and approaches to care. INCLUDES OVER 50 HANDOUTS ON:Spectrums of trauma and resilience, trauma...

Science writer (and scientist) Jenny Morber wrote this fascinating article for Popular Science a while ago about arousal during rape. It's an important story because the deep shame people feel about being aroused during rape causes them to wonder if...

Parents who wish to shield their children from exchanging sexually explicit images and texts on cell phones should make sure they, themselves, stay connected to their kids through mobile communication, says a University of Michigan researcher. Rather...

A group of Iowa women calling themselves the Trauma Mamas visited the Statehouse Wednesday to highlight the need for increased funding for children’s mental health services. The four women described their experiences caring for adopted children...

...Woodland Hills is one of 10 school districts around the nation selected to participate in a public-private partnership initiative to explore discipline alternatives to suspension and expulsion. The initiative is a partnership between the American...

Delaware was “late to the table” in its understanding and grasp of trauma-informed care for those with behavioral and mental health problems, according to Leslie Brower, who is directing the state’s effort to change its approach. But...

“You can close all the loopholes you want, you can add any number of new crimes to the list, but if you don’t have case workers, investigators and the attorneys for the department, it’s not going to make a lick of difference,”...

More than three decades after an estimated two million Cambodians died in a genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge, post-traumatic stress disorder and other forms of emotional trauma continue to prey on the peace of mind of survivors and their...

Here's a post I did last Spring for the Joyful Heart Foundation describing my use of the ACE Study to discuss violence with college-age men. 1in6 Thursday: Boys Become Men May 30, 2013 | BY Peter Pollard | JHF BLOG > I spoke recently with a group...