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Last week, the actor, Special Olympian, and advocate Frank Stephens gave this testimony to Congress: “I am a man with Down syndrome and my life is worth living.” In fact, he went farther: “I have a great life!” For those conceived with his developmental disability, it is the best and worst of times. “The life expectancy for someone born with Down syndrome has increased from twenty-five in the early 1980s to more than fifty today,” Caitrin Keiper writes in The New Atlantis. “In many other...

In our Family Keys program, a prevention program that served close to 40 percent Latina youth in 2016, there is a strong sense of familia. Familia, the sentiment of treating others like family, runs through the core of Southwest Key Programs , a Hispanic-run organization with more than 90 percent Latino staff, and is a key value in our agency. Our natural tendency to uphold Latino values in programming got us thinking … how do organizations intentionally serve and support the unique needs of...

Adverse experiences in childhood—such as the death of a parent, growing up in poverty, physical or sexual abuse, or having a parent with a psychiatric illness—have been associated with physical and mental health problems later in life. But new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown that multiple adverse experiences in early childhood are linked to depression and physical health problems in kids as young as 9 to 15. Further, the researchers have identified...

That's how Dr. Kent Hoffman, Co-Originator of Circle of Security International began his comments about this incredible new resource for parents! See his full statement below. A short six years ago, ChildWise Institute was founded by Intermountain , a nationally-recognized organization specializing in helping and healing children from emotional and mental health disorders. Intermountain are also experts in helping families of distressed children create a nurturing environment of stability...

Dr. Peter A. Levine discovered 35 years ago that wild animals recover from trauma by tremoring spasms of their body core and flailing of limbs, to complete the fight-flight they were in before they froze. Levine shows a National Geographic video of a polar bear chased by biologists (just to tag him) and then shot with a tranquilizer dart. As the bear wakes from freeze, its body trembles intensely, its legs thrash, and it makes biting motions over its shoulder—replicating and completing all...

You can see them printed on the sides of buses, the windows of businesses, and bumper stickers slapped on the tail ends of cars around Bakersfield. ... “Parents take their children to the library regularly and read to them daily, beginning when they’re infants and continue until they’re reading on their own.” “Parents don’t excuse or make excuses for their children’s poor behavior.” “Parents allow their children to make mistakes and see to it they learn from them.” [For more on this story by...

Guided by a growing body of multidisciplinary research, policymakers are increasingly recognizing the role that adverse childhood experiences play in health and well-being, and are beginning to champion a burgeoning number of trauma-informed policy approaches across the nation. An adverse childhood experience (ACE) refers to a “ traumatic experience in a person’s life occurring before the age of 18 that the person remembers as an adult .” Examples of ACEs may include (but are not limited...

When a teacher sees a student sleeping at his or her desk, arguing with a fellow classmate or otherwise acting out, discipline of some form is usually necessary. But what if that child's home had burned down the night before? What if that child had witnessed a domestic dispute? What if that child's parent had just been arrested? If the teacher knew that child had just experienced a traumatic situation, would the disciplinary measure be different? [For more on this story by Wendy Holdren, go...

Today is a six-year milestone for me: I've just uploaded my book "Don't Try This Alone: The Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder" to Amazon's editors! 😸 😍 It should be on sale 2nd half November. A professional artist designed a new book cover so I also just changed my website today to show it off. Here's my new website showing parts of the book jacket: http://attachmentdisorderhealing.com/allan-schore/

Featured Guest: @Donna Jackson Nakazawa Topic: Well-Being, Self-Care & ACEs Date: November 14th, 2017 Time: 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST Where: Here / Chats Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an winning researcher, writer and public speaker on health and family issues. She explores the intersection between neuroscience, immunology, and the deepest inner workings of the human heart. Her most recent book, Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal , examines...

Coming from a 25-year background in the world of technology and venture capital, I still keep my eye on what new technologies, companies, and people are being funded. I saw this today on TechCrunch... a fascinating trauma-informed approach! While this product is in its infancy and limited to a very small area of San Francisco for now, the implications are exciting! We'll have to see what the results are over time, how it impacts the lives of those that have mental health issues in that area...

It's so fun to find awesome blogs and awesome writing. I discovered another new blog just this morning. The sub-title is this. "An ACEs survivor trying like hell to thrive." I'm sure lots of us can relate to that. Here's the blog link . Here's an excerpt: So good, right? If you read, write or love a blog that might interest others here, please share excerpts and the link. What speaks to you is going to speak to others. Your perspectives, styles, views and thoughts are all welcome and needed!