"The hardest part of the whole process was leaving the hospital without her," she said. "...But I received counseling and I had a great support system to help me. I want people to know that you do get help and support. It's not something that you have...
"Davion Only's prayers have been answered. "The 15-year-old orphan went to a Sunday church service in St. Petersburg, Fla., last month to request that a family adopt him . Only's story has since gotten national attention – and he's received...
"Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people between the ages of 10-19. Although the percentage of U.S. high school students who considered suicide fell by nearly half between 1991 to 2009 (from 29 percent to 14 percent), this...
"Welfare Secretary Bev Mackereth differs with Dumaresq. Mackereth used to oversee the state’s child abuse hotline. She’s uneasy with schools conducting their own investigations. “School officials are not trained to be...
Take a look at the criminal records of the almost 2 million people incarcerated in the U.S. and you’ll probably assume their troubles began when they committed their crimes. As sheriffs who manage facilities housing tens of thousands of inmates...
The power of data to combat denial and distortion is dramatically illustrated in “The Shame of Our Prisons: New Evidence,” a review of studies carried in the October 24 issue of the New York Review of Books by David Kaiser, chair of...
October is Children's Resilience Month in Walla Walla. So proclaimed Mayor Jim Barrow, with unanimous approval of the City Council. Following the lead of Tarpon Springs, FL, Walla Walla worked with its Children's Resilience Initiative (CRI)...
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"Spanking may leave a lasting impact on children, well past their initial punishment. "Children who were spanked often early in life by their mothers were more likely to be aggressive later in childhood compared to kids who weren't spanked at all, a...
"They need to know enough to understand exactly what's going on in the brain of the children they are working with," Chen says of her trainees. Her course stresses the science of severe trauma, which can be toxic for the brain. "The human memory...
"The agency is one of three in the nation that are testing out the CoPilot program for social workers. Not only will the new program save social workers time, but it will allow them to spend more face to face time with the people they're working...
"Childhood poverty and chronic stress may lead to problems regulating emotions as an adult, according to research published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Our findings suggest that the stress-burden of growing up poor...
"One area that officials have zeroed in on is the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA). The seemingly well-intended ASFA provides specific, and very rigid, guidelines to reduce the number of children in foster care and increase the number of...
"Speakers will include Steve Aos (Washington State Institute for Public Policy), an expert in cost-benefit methodology and its potential application in the local policy arena, and Dr Ian Manion, Executive Director for the Ontario Centre of Excellence...
"Men are expected to keep moving and keep our mouths shut, not ask for help when we feel lost or vulnerable. Most men internalize pressure (“never let them see you sweat” as a once common advertisement chastened us).... "But what...