One-page summary to help families who are experiencing the trauma of war: bit.ly/ukraine-at-war

January is Positive Parenting Awareness Month!

Child advocates across the State of California are working on the passage of Assembly Concurrent Resolution 140 (ACR 140) authored by Assembly Member Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay). The initiative seeks to designate January 2020 as Positive Parenting Awareness Month across the state and build upon the county-level proclamations that have spread from Santa Cruz County where it was conceived and launched 8 years ago. Positive parenting is a known remedy for the public health problem of child...

Thx to all brave politicians and dedicated service providers who have brought trauma informed care to the communities they serve.

At the 33rd Annual National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) conference, I learned about a documentary being produced on the history of the Indian Child Welfare Act. The Blood Memory Project has a trailer available for viewing: ...

From Abstract: Parent education has a positive impact on children, parents, families, and the community. CHILDREN AT RISK and Bracewell & Giuliani LLP conducted a policy scan of state statutes regarding parent education. Full article may be downloaded from the open access journal, Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk Nancy Correa, Bethanie Van Horne, Christopher Greeley, & Angelo Giardino. A National Survey of Parent Support...

Started by a father and step-mother, Rachel’s Challenge is a collection of educational programs intended to encourage school staff and students to create more compassionate and caring school environments.  In the Fall, at one elementary...