"It's a chilling scene caught on camera: Armed police officers stripping a baby from his mother's arms. "No warrant. "No court order. "They just walk into a private home at take the child … all on the say-so of a social...
"Animal cruelty is not only abhorrent, it is a known path to violence against humans in later life. But with chilling cases of animal abuse, torture and gruesome killings making regular headlines, what can be done to curb the abuse?... "And though...
Abstract Using a developmental, social–ecological approach to understand the etiology of health-risk behavior and inform primary prevention efforts, we assess the predictive effects of family and neighborhood social processes on youth physical...
"A proposed piece of legislation called the Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013 was assigned to a congressional committee on Jan. 15 and was introduced in the House of Representatives by Ron Barber (D-Tucson, Ariz.). This legislation would provide...
"...Witness and practice empathy so that you can return to your daily life confident in using the healing power of unconditional listening. A key element of trauma-informed and nonviolent practices, empathy is sometimes challenging to apply, as it is...
"Chronic trauma can inflict lasting damage to brain regions associated with fear and anxiety. Previous imaging studies of people with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, have shown that these brain regions can over-or under-react in response to...
The education reform movement that is currently sweeping across our nation has reached heights of insane madness. As I have been reading and following this movement, it is disturbing to me that the ACE Study is rarely mentioned. Children of trauma...
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"The segment tells the harrowing story of Deanna Cook , the 32-year-old woman who was allegedly killed by her ex-husband while on the phone with Dallas 9-11 in August 2012...."...
This article features ACEsConnection member Larry Wohlgemuth. "Nineteen years ago on Christmas Day, Larry Wohlgemuth, then 40, tied cinder blocks around his waist, put a gun in his mouth and perched on the side of his fishing boat. “There had...
I am moved emotionally each time I have exchanged email with this incredible family. I have tried to be a support for them and the horrible consequences of "High Stakes" testing. Each time I reach out to them, they reach back and touch my life in a...
"At the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies last week, there was a new call for pediatricians to address childhood poverty as a national problem, rather than wrestling with its consequences case by case in the exam room. Poverty...
"Research has shown us that intervening early at the individual, family, and community level can delay or prevent the on-set of mental and substance use disorders. We also know that mental and substance use disorders can be treated, and...
" Creating a Gracious and Safe Space With every Circle it is important to mark the space as sacred with and opening and a closing using drums, quotes or anything else you would like to say or do to distinguish the Circle as a different time and space...
"...An excellent piece today on how domestic violence spills out into the streets , as victims at home take their anger with them into the community: “My anger is like when you feel the blood is coming up to your head and is not working back...