January 2021

By Zea Malawa, Jenna Gaarde, and Solaire Spellen, Pediatrics, January 2021 Abstract The field of public health has identified racial health disparities as a chief concern for decades. Although there has been a myriad of published articles in which researchers describe the severity and complexity of these disparities, they persist into present day relatively unchanged. We believe this lack of progress can be explained, in part, by a failure to acknowledge that racism is at the root of these...

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 was the start of a new era in American politics. Joseph Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. It ushered in a dramatic change in terms of leadership, but also represented the end of a four-year period of turmoil in the lives of everyday people, marked by division, dissent, violence, hatred, self-serving policies, incivility, nepotism, and greed. President Biden acknowledged the extraordinary times in which we live during his inaugural...

ACEs Aware has recently released a brand new video featuring Dr. Burke Harris explaining the symptoms of toxic stress and encouraging providers to sign up for ACEs Aware's free, two-hour online training. The ACEs Aware video is available in full, half, and no animation versions. Links are included in the attachment with recommendations for each channel, but you are encouraged to post the animation version that best suits your audience. Links to all three versions – and an additional...

This Tuesday, January 26, 2021 @ 8:30 pm ET Ahora con traducción en vivo y en español (lea más abajo) As John Legend sang last night , we're hopeful that we're seeing a new dawn, beginning a new day in the United States. We appreciate healing moments even as we know that, when it comes to issues of race and racial justice, the road ahead will be full of challenges. That's why we hope you join us for the next Talking Race & Kids conversation this coming Tuesday, when we'll both turn the...

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Just as a reminder: Join us for a panel discussion sponsored by TC Press on January 27th (Wednesday) at 5:00 p.m. on Zoom. RSVP is on the flyer below or at: https://teacherscollege.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OAVd3MexS32a9xv5Gg92JQ. Book discount too! Critical Question for our times. "See" you there.

The Parent Partner Advisory Committee , in collaboration with the California State Department of Social Services, is proud to invite Peer Partners (including youth advocates) with lived experience in children and family serving public organizations (including child welfare, behavioral health, education, mental health and probation) to regional Peer Partner Hubs. Peer Partner Hubs will provide a safe space to share and learn from each other, to come together in support of each other, to...

Youth suicide has risen 56% from 2007 to 2017 in the US according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's recent Vital Statistics report released in September 2020. Fear and isolation from the global pandemic are growing more concern for youth mental health and well-being. Treatment for suicidal threats often occurs with just the individual child with little to no active family participation. WEBINAR: Healing Child Suicide Threats Through the Family DATE: February 10 TIME: 12 - 1...

I noticed the unusually somber mood as I waited among the staff of the maternity unit for rounds. After the nurses went through their more typical cases, I learned the reason why. Uncontrolled bleeding had led a young mother, Tanisha, to have an emergency hysterectomy following the birth of her healthy first child. Sunk in despair, she refused all forms of help. She lay curled in her bed, barely acknowledging her daughter. One of the maternity nurses who had recently spent time with me...

Healing the Heart Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “ Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”. Kahlil Gibran The Surviving Spirit Newsletter January 2021 “ May 2021 bring everyone Joy - Peace - Hope - Love - Good Health - Renewed Faith - Inclusiveness - Empathy - Understanding - Kindness - Acceptance - in a Safer World. May we spend more time &...

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By Robert Kolker, The New York Times, January 13, 2021 TROUBLED The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs By Kenneth R. Rosen From the very start of the prologue of “Troubled” — Kenneth R. Rosen’s examination of the so-called “tough-love industry” of wilderness camps and residential therapeutic programs for young people — there is no mystery about how the author feels about such places. Rosen writes that the parents who choose to send their offspring away “have their...