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By Aaron Paden, The Daily Leader, December 10, 2019 Three years after a gruesome dog attack, Tommy Alderman is still telling his story — still using it as an opportunity to teach. “It’s in my DNA,” Alderman said. “I’m a trainer at heart. I knew immediately after reviewing everything that happened and the reasons why that I had made mistakes and I wanted people to know what those mistakes were so they could avoid them.” It’s a harrowing tale. Alderman works as project manager for Application...

By Sim Tumay, Forbes, December 11, 2019 After nearly nine years, Syria's civil war has created a generation of children growing up with no memory of peace. The psychological and emotional consequences are enormous. "Almost every kid in Syria needs psychosocial support," said UNICEF's Representative in Syria Fran Equiza. "They have been living ... in a condition in which the conflct is being resolved by violence, not by dialogue." The conflict has driven more than 6 million people out of...

By Julia Freeland Fisher, The 74, December 9, 2019 All too often, America’s most disadvantaged high school and college students are left to their own devices to navigate a byzantine, confusing and, in many cases, unjust education system. How might we do better? There’s a fair amount of consensus that low-income, minority students deserve more guidance resources and navigation supports. But the temptation to diagnose the problem as a shortage of resources alone masks the bigger picture. Two...

NW Children's Foundation 2020 Forum February 11, 2020 11:30 AM - 4 PM (PST) Washington State Convention Center & Webstream Click Here to Register Mark your calendars for the upcoming 2020 NW Children's Foundation Forum: Community Trauma and Child Well-Being: A Deeper Dive into the Future of Healing. We’re thrilled to welcome back Dr. Shawn Ginwright, Professor of Education and Africana Studies at San Francisco State University, as our keynote speaker, and Seattle pediatrician Dr. Ben...

Anthony is riding a tricycle at his preschool when a loud airplane flies over- head. He starts to cover his ears and screams repeatedly “no, no, no, no” over and over. His preschool teacher, Lawanda, walks over to Anthony, bends down to his eye level and using a calm and reassuring voice tells him, “Anthony, you are safe, you are here in preschool where the teachers will take care of you. That loud sound was an airplane way up high in the sky. You are safe down here on the ground with me.

Join the Family Trauma Institute on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at 1 pm EST to discover how structural-strategic theory within the FST | Family Systems Trauma model enables you to quickly cut through the chaos of your traumatized family to discover the root causes of a child’s trauma.

One of the most popular topics in all my content is the problem of loneliness and isolation. I knew this was common for those of us with Childhood PTSD, but from the comments and the e-mail I’ve received from all of you, I learned that loneliness is not just common, but a core issue for a huge proportion of us. This is part seven of my Resilience series, where I break down some of the big obstacles that stand in the way of healing Childhood PTSD, and the strengths that we can develop to...

Purpose: The purpose of the Training of Trainer (ToT) Apprentice Program is to help educators develop a deeper knowledge related to trauma informed practices and to be ready to train/coach providers in the future once they are authorized in Module 100 (see attached flyer for modules). This intensive two phase apprenticeship program is to support an apprentice to become authorized and to be able to coach, train or support other providers in the core foundations and strategies of trauma...

By Tyler Evains, Daily Breeze, December 11, 2019 The meeting began with a moment of silence to remember the six people who were killed in a New Jersey shooting. The country’s latest episode of mass gun violence occurred just hours before nearly 50 students and community members met Tuesday night, Dec. 10, at Banning High School in Wilmington for a town hall to discuss that very issue. Assemblyman Mike Gipson, D-Carson, hosted the meeting to inform potential policies, programs and funding...

By Whitney Bunts and Kayla Tawa, The Center for Law and Social Policy, December 11, 2019 Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published “Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Leveraging the Best Available Evidence.” The CDC defines ACEs as “traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years) such as experiencing violence, abuse, or neglect.” The report explains the prevalence of ACEs and provides a number of strategies to prevent children from...

By Mandy McLaren, Louisville Courier-Journal, December 11, 2019 It’s been nearly four years since KiKi Shelton started looking for a steady job. There were a few stints at the Amazon warehouse in Southern Indiana, but the 90-minute bus ride from her mom’s house in southwest Jefferson County was a nightmare — not nearly worth the pain in her right foot from the miles she walked picking and packing customers' orders. She lasted a few months running food at an East End steak house. But too many...

We took about 140,000 words to say what could have been said in eight: join us in making every child a priority. When we finished our 560-page book 100% Community: Ensuring trauma-free and thriving children, students and families , we realized it all came down to a few words and two little stories. Story One: The story of the river and the bridge There was once a woman strolling along the river’s edge. She heard a cry for help and realized a person was struggling to stay afloat in the rough...