"State Rep. Dickie Drake, R-Leeds, is sponsoring a bill that will add physical therapists, all public and private K-12 employees, and employees of public and private institutions of postsecondary and higher education to to the list of mandatory...
"The result is a campaign to hire over the next three years a dozen faculty members whose work focuses on child abuse and entails cutting-edge research, clinical treatment, and public education about the problem. The hiring is on a fast track: The...
"An area agency is taking a vital role in advocating for early assessment of traumatic childhood experiences and for evaluation to deal with subsequent challenges. Crittenton Services Inc., based in Wheeling, is now using a 10-question survey as a...
"How many ACE’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences) do you have? How many ACE’s does your child have? Research shows that a third of our population have more than three ACE’s, enough to have permanently altered their brain functioning...
"Stress does bad things to the heart. New studies have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, New Orleans residents six years after Hurricane Katrina and Greeks struggling through that country's...
"It was a nightmare. It was unbelievable. Reporter: For four years it's been like a bad dream for lisa and anthony demaree. "After the couple left digitally photos to be developed at the walmart developer. The worker believed they were pornographic...
"It is a fact we acknowledge too rarely: Most of the people who neglect or abuse children are not sociopathic monsters. They’re parents who are exhausted, addicted, unemployed, evicted or simply overwhelmed.... "It is a fact we acknowledge too...
ACEsConnection member Jim Sporleder and his work is featured. "Caring could be key to better-behaved kids in school. "There may be a way to improve how discipline is handled in schools that would benefit all students and at the same time reduce some...
"In this Sunday Edition we'll take a closer look at serious crime not often talked about in Utah: child sex trafficking.... Sex trafficking is not a crime most people think about or realize still happens in this country and our own state. But a report...
"As news emerged over the past year of three horrifying abuse cases in Bay Area schools, one common thread linked them: In Brentwood, Moraga and San Jose, school officials knew enough to suspect vulnerable children were being harmed, but failed in...
My Personal Story I love this school, it is a part of me. The challenges that I have faced at Lincoln Alternative have been offset enormously because of the assistance of my teachers and the ‘love’ that has been shown to me by just about...
Dr. Sandra Bloom , associate professor at Drexel University's School of Public Health and founder of the Sanctuary programs, and Brian Farragher , chief operating officer of ANDRUS , have come out with their...
"Kirbi Davenport and her family set out to increase penalties for child abuse after her daughter, Kilah, was hurt last May. Police say Kilah's stepfather severely abused her.... "We'd like to see some federal legislation that parallels what is being...
"Westbank First Nation has received $100,000 from B.C.'s Community Action Initiative. "The program will adapt existing modules on concurrent disorders, cultural competency and trauma-informed cared to improve service delivery by mental health and...
"Did you have a happy childhood? Most of us recall fond memories when we think of this time, loving parents, family vacations, and a lot of laughter. However, there are those who experienced a more somber reality. Unfortunately, for these individuals...