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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) leave different kinds and levels of mental or physical trauma on each individual. Physical child abuse may leave kids needing the services of a reliable pediatric surgeon . Some children may need help from a facial plastic surgery specialist to address self-esteem issues caused by facial scars. Some ACEs may require long-term therapy sessions. Despite their therapeutic benefits, the best essential oils for anxiety can only do so much when dealing with...

By Erin Eskew, Killen Daily Herald, February 28, 2021 From childhood, Shawnnell Batiste was inspired to help people and expressed a desire to become a child psychiatrist. “Most people would say, I was an empath,” Batiste said. “I tended to draw people to me who needed help. If you can help, help, and if you can’t, just listen” Born and raised in Louisiana — primarily New Orleans but also in Shreveport — Batiste pursues her dream of helping people feel heard and understood. [ Please click...

From United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, March 3, 2021 At least 1 in 7 children – or 332 million globally – has lived under required or recommended nationwide stay-at-home policies for at least nine months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting their mental health and well-being at risk, UNICEF warned today. While almost all children worldwide have lived under some form of intermittent lockdowns for the last year, the new analysis by UNICEF, which uses...

By Alyson Sulaski Wyckoff, American Academy of Pediatrics, March 13, 2021 More than 130 Americans will take their lives today. High school students will make over 3,700 attempts to kill themselves. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for individuals ages 10-34 years — representing 425 deaths a year. Yet most health care settings are not screening for this risk. Improved training is needed on early identification of suicide risk, assessment, follow-up and counseling. Those were among...

My friend Eileen recently revealed a staggering observation she'd made about parenting amid the pandemic. "Some parents feel ashamed if they can't buy the latest, greatest gadget for their kids." It triggered from her an impassioned treatise that expensive gadgets aren't necessary for a child's entertainment. She argued, "You can tell stories with a child, create a puppet show with socks, invent a new game, build a doll house out of a cardboard box!" You just need imagination and a simple...

Chloe Yang, 3/4/21, positiveexperience.org/blog We are thrilled to share a new resource, Spreading HOPE . The Spreading HOPE publication describes why HOPE exists, our mission, and more specifics about our goals and strategies. As the demand for HOPE and positive childhood experiences mounted throughout the last year, the HOPE team faced an ever-growing need for a resource that identifies, distills, and presents the HOPE vision, values, and pathways toward change. Development of Spreading...

Preparing Students for a Multicultural World It is well known that a long history of challenges with racial segregation and inequality exists within many communities and educational systems. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin (the site of SaintA headquarters), it is reported that the rates of hyper-segregated school systems have returned to similar rates that were present in the 1960s. Fighting for social justice that dismantles the structural processes that cause hyper-segregated schools and...

WE ARE NOT ALONE Using our RESILIENCE to break the cycle of trauma and move forward with healing. Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-can-heal-from-our-parents-addiction-and-other-aces-tickets-143805798013 --------------- Approximately 1/5 children (including adult children) have experienced their parent's addiction, so we KNOW that we are NOT alone in our experiences. But we also know that it can FEEL incredibly lonely. That's why we have created this series: COMMUNITY X...

Last month New Jersey unveiled a unique action plan to help families and communities protect against and heal from the effects of adverse childhood experiences that can cause harm to individuals and families for generations. After a year of living under intense pandemic pressures, the need has likely never been so great. Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, impact four of ten youngsters in New Jersey across racial and economic lines according to a 2019 report . These traumas – such as...

Registration for the event is at the link below. This is the Thursday session that runs from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm on March 11th, 18th, 25th, April 1st. Join the conversation with DiDi Delgado, Debby Irving, Fiyah Angel, Nandi K., and Dr. Shamell Bell for an interactive class & discussion forum on dismantling oppression in this current era of resistance. Don't miss the last version of the live class Discussion topics will include: • Practicing Anti-Racism • Which Black Person Do I Follow...

The answer is yes and three educators, all members of Delta Kappa Gamma (the women educators' honor association), will engage in a Zoom conversation. Suggested donation of $3 (going to Nu Zeta Chapter) requested. Date is March 20 at noon. Join us. Join in. Important topic in today's trauma filled world.

Receiving appropriate mental health care is crucial to healing. However, an enormous number of American citizens cannot and do not receive the care they need because there simply are no providers in their region to turn to in times of crisis. In this piece, we shall examine the statistics and costs both monetary and personal of the lack of mental health professionals in rural America as compared to living in or near a major city. The Essence of the Disparity Problem More mental health...