December 2020

The Strengthening Families Framework helps ensure optimal outcomes for children and their families by implementing strategies that strengthen families, build protective factors, promote individual growth, help systems be more responsive to families and children, and strengthen communities’ capacities as safe and healthy environments. The workshop will cover: Introduction to the 5 Protective Factors that help keep a family strong and prevent child abuse and neglect Identify strategies and...

Steve Whitney's corporate job brought him into states of stress, drinking, drugs and mood swings. After suffering a deep state of depression he found his new purpose of life on SOMA breathwork meditation hosted by influential spiritual teacher Niraj Naik. He became a certified breathwork instructor and started teaching other people how to use their breath to optimize their physical, mental and emotional health.

As the year ends and the inevitable finish line of what I could call chaos is upon us, I decided to compile my thoughts on the changes and shifts of the state of my mental health. This is a top ten list about my most significant mental health and trauma recovery lessons. In no particular order: 1: No one is out to get me. - I swear this is the part about recovering from trauma and abuse that no one mentions. The world, as it turns out, is, in fact, not against me. I had been all but wrong...

Join Early Childhood Educator, Child Advocate and Community Organizer, Community Leader, and ACEs Champion, Jameelah Hanif brings ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Awareness on a Facebook Live Discussion with guests who share their childhood trauma experiences and their healing process . Our purpose is to educate, empower and encourage others to become trauma-informed with hope that those tuning in will be inspired to educate, empower, and encourage others to spread awareness about ACEs.

This is deeply disturbing. How about helping these kids instead? I fit the criteria and certainly no criminal. Take care, Michael. Pasco’s sheriff uses grades and abuse histories to label schoolchildren potential criminals. The kids and their families don’t know. | Investigations - https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/investigations/police-pasco-sheriff-targeted/school-data/

December 4, 2020 12:11 PM ET by Julie McCarthy Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual and physical violence. Narcisa Claveria will turn 89 this year, two days before Christmas. Stepping onto the veranda of the family apartment, she takes a moment to check on her 92-year-old husband, who eyes visitors with a weary look. The couple lives in the hill town of Antipolo, an hour outside Manila, in the Philippines. Outwardly, she is grandmotherly, sweet and tranquil. But...

The Attachment & Trauma Network, Inc. (ATN) is excited to announce the launch of our Resource Directory . The Directory is designed to help parents/caregivers and other adults find resources for children, as well as youth, teens, and adults, who have been impacted by trauma and have attachment challenges. We thank the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for their generous funding of ATN’s Resource Directory . If you are a trauma-informed service provider and would like to be listed in our...

Compassionate Schools Newsletter | Issue 4, December 2020 Coping with the Loss of School Traditions By Carey Jacobsen, Director of Clinical Services As we enter Holiday Season, we are reminded again that this school year is so very different than any we have ever experienced. There will be no Snowball Dance, no Thanksgiving lunch with grandparents, no year-end Holiday Party with snacks and parent volunteers milling about. Semester exams look different, and every week there are adjustments to...

By Rich Fernandez and Steph Stern, Harvard Business Review, November 9, 2020 It’s understandable for leaders to get caught up in fear, doubt, and criticism when facing critical business decisions that will have a major impact on lives and livelihoods. But what’s needed in times of uncertainty and disruption is mental clarity, emotional balance, fortitude, and vision. To move from self-doubt and paralysis to clarity and action, you need an often-misunderstood skill: self-compassion. Based on...

By Emma Dill, December 3, 2020, Wilmington Star News. A new resiliency task force aims to make Pender County a stronger and more trauma-informed community. The task force will focus on educating community members and local providers about the lasting impact of childhood traumas. It will also provide training that helps residents recognize and respond to signs of trauma. [ Please click here to read more ]

By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun, December 4, 2020 An astonishing number of families raising special needs children have been unable to access government respite funding and emergency supports put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a special report by B.C.’s representative for children and youth. The pandemic has cast a harsh light on a “crisis decades in the making” for families that rely on support for children with lifelong disabilities, neurological conditions and...

By La Quandra S. Nesbitt, Journal of Public Health Management & Practice (January/February 2021), December 2020 As the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States increased, and public reporting of demographic characteristics improved, the stark disparities in COVID-19–related incidence and mortality became evident. 1 While these disparities were alarming to many, for others, they illuminated the unfortunate inequities in health and health care that exist and persist in the United...