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By Ben Ikenson, Photo: Gabor Ekecs Photography, FastCompany, November 27, 2023 From a car windshield flying across an overpass, the new housing development in South Los Angeles may look like a freight-load of cargo: shipping containers, stacked four- and five-high like giant Legos, appear randomly arrayed near one of California’s largest and busiest freeway interchanges. In fact, the complex is meticulously designed to make the most of its challenging site on a triangular median and old...

“It’s peaceful and tranquil with them swimming around,” says Richard McCool, watching fish swim in one of two housing wings of the Dynamo program, where offenders with good behavior live independently at Northeast Correctional Center in Bowling Green, Mo., on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. McCool, 65, is serving time for rape and first-degree murder convictions. “One day, God willing, we’re going to get out of here.” Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch By Jesse Bogan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 26,...

By Dennis Thompson, Image: from article, MedicineNet, November 28, 2023 It might seem that surfing the web could cause a person's mental health to suffer, but a landmark new study has concluded that internet use poses no major threat to people's psychological well-being. Researchers compared country-level internet and broadband use to the mental well-being of millions of people in dozens of countries, and came away with no evidence that the internet is causing widespread psychological harm.

For survivors of sexual trauma, repair lies in recognition, not revenge. In our current model of justice, however, victims are often abandoned to heal any way they can within a societal structure that fosters the conditions for their abuse. One researcher believes that the path toward collective recovery begins with a simple act: listening to the wisdom of survivors. On this episode of Transforming Trauma , Emily is honored to welcome psychiatrist, researcher, teacher, and author Dr. Judith...

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This week PACEs Connection will air an encore of Ingrid Cockhren, CEO of PACEs Connection, and Mathew Portell, director of education & outreach, speaking with Dr. Robert Sege . Robert Sege, MD, Ph.D. and p rofessor of pediatrics and medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, where he directs the Center for Community-engaged Medicine, and is a core faculty member of the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Sege is also a Senio r Fellow at the Center for the Study of...

Attached is the updated: Mental Health, Trauma, and Disability – Children/Youth: Three documents to supports a child or youth with a developmental delay or/and a disability who has experienced trauma. These documents are for caregivers, mental health providers, and others.

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Rafael Maravilla] Child Abuse Gaither JR. National Trends in Pediatric Deaths From Fentanyl, 1999-2021. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Jul 1;177(7):733-735. PMID: 37155161 “Fentanyl was...

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From The Children's Equity Project, Image: from article, The Children's Equity Project, Arizona State University, November 2023 In this report, the CEP, in partnership with the Equity Research Action Coalition at UNC Chapel Hill and the Center on the Ecology of Early Development at Boston University, outline ten key changes to the Head Start Act that can boost the Head Start model for the next generation of children and families. For more than 60 years, Head Start has been a comprehensive...

From Pathways to Resilience, November 2023 Projections estimate the United States will be home to approximately 100 million young people under age 24 during the next decade. Engaging youth in policy development and program design is an opportunity to equip young people with skills and learning experiences. It is also a critical element of developing effective, responsive, and equitable programs and policies with the help of youth’s insights, observations, and innovations. Join Pathways to...