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Almost overnight what schooling looks like has been drastically altered. We have no more standardized tests this year and many schools have changed grading practices or done away with them altogether. What does "learning" mean now and how it is practiced? Join us for a Better Normal discussion on Thursday, April 16, 2020....12 pm PT/ 1 pm MT/ 2 pm CT/ 3 pm ET.

COVID-19, Domestic Violence and the Workplace For some survivors of domestic violence, going to work or school can provide safe haven and respite from the abuse experience at home or in interpersonal and familial relationships. And the added stress of close quarters created by social distancing measures may indeed exacerbate violence experienced at home. The site provides tips on that may help supervisors and coworkers recognize when a colleague may be experiencing violence at home, how to...

By Bridget M. Kuehn, JAMA, March 25, 2020 Jasmine Curry feels lucky to be a first-year medical student. The daughter of a single mother in Arizona, she spent summers and winter breaks in Kaibeto, a small Navajo Nation town. Now, she’s looking forward to a primary care career to help combat preventable illnesses in Native American communities. “It’s everything my family and I have ever prayed for,” Curry said in an article describing her nontraditional path to medical education. She is 1 of 5...

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta, The New York Times, April 14, 2020 Last week, Mita Mallick tried to share an opinion during an online meeting but her voice was drowned out. “I’m interrupted, like, three times and then I try to speak again and then two other people are speaking at the same time interrupting each other,” said Mallick, head of diversity and inclusion at the consumer goods company Unilever. When she finally did get a word in, she couldn’t gauge anyone’s response. She cracked a joke...

By John Woolfolk and Maggie Angst, The Mercury News, April 14, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday he is coordinating with governors in Oregon and Washington to end the statewide stay-home order he imposed nearly a month ago to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, a surprise shift as hospitals here see fewer patients than expected. Newsom gave no timeline Monday for lifting California’s first-in-the-nation stay-home order issued March 19 but said that he would provide details...

By Carolyn Jones, EdSource, April 10, 2020 To help teachers better serve special education students during the school closures, a coalition of more than 30 disability and education groups has created a digital one-stop shop of teaching resources. EducatingAllLearners.org includes specific guidance on how teachers can deliver lessons online to students in special education, which has been a challenge as schools transition to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Special education...

By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News, April 14, 2020 With tight restrictions in place at their continuing care retirement community, Tom and Janice Showler are getting on each other’s nerves. Most days, Tom, 76, likes to drive out of their community ― Asbury Springhill in Erie, Pennsylvania — to the store to pick up a few items. “If you follow the right protocols, the likelihood is quite low that we would come down with coronavirus,” Tom said. “If I didn’t go out at all, I’d feel like the...

https://medium.com/@KarenGrossEdu/for-those-folks-dont-think-the-covid-pandemic-is-traumatic-here-s-my-response-5ec6bb236413 The piece is long and perhaps winding but so is the trauma journey. I hope that it is a piece that will help you and your clients, especially those who are seeing naysayers now or who are feeling angry generally or at specific people. Share thoughts. I'd welcome them. Karen

Please remember to join us this Friday, April 17th at 11:30 AM (central) for the second in our self-care webinar series. The Change in Mind Institute is hosting a weekly webinar series on self-care. The series runs on Friday at 11:30 AM (central) and will be held every Friday at the same time through June 26 th . They will last 20-30 minutes and provide you with practical ideas and concrete practices for keeping yourself in top condition for meeting the unprecedented demands of the times.

first published by The Meadows 4/15/20 Our sense of loss during the current COVID-19 crisis can trigger hidden emotions from when we experienced a sense of loss before. Whatever early losses you have had in your life — whether they be your own divorce, your parents, or both, or the abandonment of one parent, a childhood or parental illness or death, financial upheaval, constant moving around, or growing up with parental addiction or adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) — they are likely to...

During a pandemic, understanding the female fear response is really helpful. Because sometimes, as women, our behaviors make us feel crazy. Even if we intellectually know that it’s okay to be in a heightened state of anxiety, the standard theory of fight and flight doesn’t quite explain the intensity of our emotions as we fold the laundry, wash the dishes, plan another meal, and then do it all again. And again ~while keeping things sterile for our families. Adapted to patriarchy, most women...

This is the final week to register or request a scholarshi p to attend the virtual Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference on April 21st. This virtual event with cutting edge community resilience and trauma healing speakers Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg and Dr. Wendy Ellis will provide a platform to convene as a community to learn, connect, and envision a path forward together to transform our region into one of prevention, hope, healing and resilience for all. Conference...