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By K. Hecht, P. Berman & A. Hosack It happened again. His screams were so painful to hear. I hate that such a small child feels such fear. Mrs. Carson is making a special pancake breakfast for Davy and Claire. She and her husband heard Davy’s screams last night. It was hard, but they had stayed out of the way and let Claire handle it herself. They heard Claire creep out of the room ten minutes later and go downstairs. Now, she was taking a shower and getting ready for work. They were so...

CRI is grateful to have honored three National Resilience Champions- Karen Pritzker, Jane Stevens, and Laura Porter- at the 2019 Beyond Paper Tigers Conference. Each has inspired the development of critical mass, and have been energetic catalysts of new ideas. The three women have represented tipping points in the national movement. They have worked tirelessly to shift culture and mindsets around how human restoration occurs and have provided brilliant insights to reframe beliefs about the...

Announcing a new opportunity for online learning, August 8 & 22, a live webcast of Course 1! Additionally, attend our Boot Camp in September for an exciting week of Course 1, 2, & 3 training! Read more below: August Online Trainings CRI Course 1 LIVE WEBCAST: Trauma-Informed Training A dynamic 2 part six-hour LIVE WEBCAST course, Course 1 introduces CRI’s capacity-building framework for building resilience, KISS. Knowledge, Insight, Strategies and Structure describes our community’s...

By Mark Eichmann, WHYY, July 26, 2019 When a child experiences trauma like a domestic violence incident at home, the impact on their life can last weeks, months or even years. It can also have an immediate effect on their success in the classroom. Gov. Carney signed a law on Friday that’s designed to provide more support for those students — immediately following a traumatic incident. The Take Care Delaware law calls for police or emergency care providers to inform school officials if a...

By Risha Grant, Tulsa World, July 27, 2019 I’ve been reading the recent Tulsa World series on scores for Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, an assessment that calculates how rough your childhood was or is. The higher your score, the higher the likelihood that you will experience health and mental problems possibly into adulthood. ACE scores are impacted by such things as parental separation, emotional neglect and domestic violence. [ Please click here to read more .]

By National Academies of: Science, Engineering, and Medicine, July 25, 2019 Early experiences and life circumstances shape prenatal and early childhood development, with powerful impacts on the developing brain and body that shape health outcomes across the life course and can span generations. The preconception, prenatal, and early childhood periods are critical phases of development that help set the odds for lifelong health and well-being. All children deserve the opportunity to meet...

Who are you? Do your ACEs define who you are? What if winning is all about the comeback? America’s top MD & Co-Author in this TV Show — Dr. Vincent J. Felitti with Dr. Brian M. Alman — discuss how people become who they are & #ACE Study #Family Life #Depression #Anxiety https://vimeo.com/349164098/9a2db115cb Valuable resources for healing, inner resilience & self-love are available at ACE Connections, drbrianalman.com, on YouTube & acestudy.org

So pleased that KevinMD published this patient narrative. I was encouraged to share it here as well! https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2...romotes-healing.html By MEGAN R. GERBER, MD | CONDITIONS | JULY 26, 2019 As physicians, we face the formidable task of working with patients who appear angry, never content with care or “made better” by anything we do. They may be known as “difficult,” unpleasant, or demanding. These patients are the most challenging and often the least rewarding to care for.

Remember when we used to describe a person who was quiet and didn't show much emotion as the strong, silent type? What does that even mean? Is't it an oxymoron to be a strong, silent person especially when it comes to your mental health? I had this random thought this morning while driving into work and this is what I concluded.

Meet the Doctor! ACE Study explained so clearly that you will likely understand 1 important fact of life much better: How your parents upbringing impacted them and the ways they parented you. Listen to Dr. Vincent Felitti the Co-Principal Investigator of the ACE Study (Adverse Childhood Experiences) with Dr. Brian Alman on TV. They are discussing how it all began and how it is relevant to you: https://vimeo.com/349164603/b152fa1e61 For resources, training programs, groups and referrals -- in...

By Kelley Czajka, Pacific Standard, July 23, 2019 Amid ongoing criticism over his record on race and crime, former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden unveiled a wide-reaching criminal justice reform plan on Tuesday with goals to reduce prison populations, create a more just society, and increase community safety. The Biden Plan for Strengthening America's Commitment to Justice calls attention to mass incarceration and the racial, gender, and income-based...

By Kelly Field, Pacific Standard, July 24, 2019 This story was produced in collaboration with the Hechinger Report. On a recent Thursday morning, when most of their peers were busy prepping for the day, a dozen teachers and staff at Delaware's Sussex Technical High School sat down to talk about race. The group was discussing Chapter 2 of scholar Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism . Lynne Banning, an administrative assistant to the...