November 2023

By Max Matza, Photo: Getty Images, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), November 1, 2023 Antisemitism in the US is reaching "historic levels" in the wake of violence in Israel and Gaza, FBI Director Christopher Wray has warned. Speaking to a senate panel on Tuesday, Mr Wray said 60% of all religious-based hate crimes targeted Jewish people. He added that the figure had likely increased amid anger caused by the ongoing violence in Gaza. Other countries, including the UK and France, have...

The protective factors framework offers guiding principles for educators across all grade levels to bring a trauma-informed lens to their family engagement efforts. In our recent blog repost, the ParentPowered team explores the elements of the framework and what the framework can look like in action. Read the full article for tangible tips and actionable next steps to leverage the protective factors framework with your families ParentPowered also offers a unique family engagement program...

PACEs Community, Please see the below job posting that is on Idealist and share with any great candidates who come to mind! POSITION OVERVIEW La Maida Project (LMP) is working to rewrite the story of health and well-being by promoting a view of mental health that is trauma-informed and takes the whole person and their environment into account. Grounded in neuroscience, psychology, and public health, the La Maida Project approach is based around preventative, upstream solutions that are being...

By Laura Gallant, 11/2/23, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ The HOPE framework can make a difference in many settings that interact with children, youth, and families. From screenings to quick meetings, these interactions can make a large impact on whether someone continues to seek help and if they feel they can trust the organization or service provider. The HOPE framework helps children, youth, and families feel seen, heard, and empowered to be a leader in their own care. To...

Backpacks are placed outside a classroom at Louise Van Meter Elementary School on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in Los Gatos, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) By Elissa Miolene, The Mercury News, October 30, 2023 Across California, two groups of children living among the most difficult environments — foster youth and those experiencing homelessness — are also the most likely to be sent home through punitive, out-of-school suspensions, new research shows. That’s according to the UCLA Civil...

The intersection of Market and Eagle streets, where Black Asheville’s cultural and financial center once stood before it was razed during urban renewal policies. Photographer: Brentin Mock By Brentin Mock, Bloomberg CityLab + Justice, November 1, 2023 Roughly 200 people gathered at the University of North Carolina at Asheville recently to discuss the city's commitment to local reparations. It was the first summit of its kind and an important step in Asheville's plan to compensate Black...

Americans surveyed in October 2023 are less likely to consider it safe to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), pneumonia and Covid-19 vaccines than they were in April 2021. Visoot Uthairam/Moment RF/Getty Images By Carma Hassan, CNN Health, November 1, 2023 Vaccine misinformation, which first began spiraling during the Covid-19 pandemic, has grown in the United States in the years since, according to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

American gun violence can feel like an unsolvable problem, with every mass shooting, like last week’s killings in Maine , affirming that the situation is getting worse. But the U.S. has in fact made some progress over the past few decades, enacting policies that have saved lives. That is the conclusion of a new study by Patrick Sharkey and Megan Kang at Princeton. Stricter gun laws passed by 40 states from 1991 to 2016 reduced gun deaths by nearly 4,300 in 2016, or about 10 percent of the...

A five-year-old boy holds up his cat amidst the wreckage of his home in Gaza. | UNICEF/Mohammad Ajjour By United Nations News, UN News, October 31, 2023 UN relief chief Martin Griffiths, who has been visiting Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, spoke to families in Gaza over the phone from east Jerusalem on Tuesday and said that what they have endured since the start of Israel’s retaliation for Hamas’ deadly 7 October attacks is “beyond devastating”. “ When an eight-year-old tells...

IDENTIFYING THE WARNING SIGNS OF BURNOUT IN YOUR EMPLOYEES Burnout has become a major issue for both employees and organizations in the corporate world of today. Burnout can occur for a variety of reasons, including an unbalanced work-life balance, high expectations at work, unhealthy workplace interactions, working in an emotionally draining field, or just feeling out of control (Lam et al., 2022). 75% of employees have experienced burnout (Lam et al., 2022). The recent stress brought on by...

What’s the root cause of addiction? Renowned author and researcher Dr. Gabor Maté considers addiction a normal response to abnormal circumstances. That simple reframe moves treatment options beyond pathologizing to inspire hope and a path toward healing. On this episode of Transforming Trauma, Emily is thrilled to welcome back Gabor Maté, MD, the esteemed physician best known for his breakthrough analysis of addiction as a psychophysiological response to childhood trauma and emotional loss.

By Olivia Richardson, Photo: Cheryl Senter/NHPR, New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), October 27, 2023 Many parents and caregivers are struggling to explain the recent mass shooting in Maine to their children. But mental health practitioners say there are steps they can take to support young people through difficult moments like this. Professionals recommend limiting, or at least closely monitoring, kids’ media consumption. But it’s also important for adults to monitor their own reactions.