Childhood Disrupted
I am not sure if anyone has seen this or if this was shared before because I have been MIA for a while .. but I got this today and thought it was too cool not to share .. ...
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Our Dept of Human Services GETS it!
ChildWise Institute has been advancing awareness and knowledge of the ACE Study for almost 4 years now. Through us, Montana became the 4th state In the nation to have an ACE Master Trainer Program. We have 21 Master Trainers all across the...
Seven False Beliefs About Relationships [PsychCentral.com]
Sharing your feelings with others will make you look weak. It’s best not to fight if you want to have a good relationship. Sharing your feelings or troubles with another person burdens them. Talking about a problem...
For Women Who Were Told To Keep Quiet [Blogs.PhsychCentral.com]
I grew up with a father who was a bully. It was okay to speak if I agreed with him, but I wasn’t allowed to freely speak my mind. I kept quiet for longer than I should have, long after I left my parent’s home. I encourage all...
Cincinnati's Long History of Police Brutality [CityLab.com]
It took six weeks for George Zimmerman to get arrested for killing Trayvon Martin. The police officer who killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, was never indicted; neither were the cops who killed Eric Garner in New York City. In...
Denied [CBSNews.com]
The following is a script from "Denied" which aired on December 14, 2014, and was rebroadcast on August 2, 2015. Scott Pelley is the correspondent. Michael Rey and Oriana Zill-de Granados, producers. Two years and a half years ago, we were...
Holocaust survivors' grandchildren call for action over inherited trauma [TheGuardian.com]
Jewish activists in Scotland have started a campaign to support the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors across the world, saying the trauma of the extermination camps continues to haunt the descendants of those who suffered there....
It Gets Better, Except... [PSMag.com]
Remember the “It Gets Better” campaign aimed at stigmatized gay and lesbian youth? It turns out that the assertion should come with an asterisk: All that bullying and abuse may have long-term consequences. When 1,103 North Americans...
Women, bikinis and Serena Williams [SacBee.com]
I last wore a bikini nearly 25 years ago when I was eight months pregnant. That summer it was brutally hot, and the stucco bungalow we were renting in Los Angeles didn’t have air conditioning. In lieu of driving to Santa Monica and...
Two new groups — one onsite, one offsite — to talk about our own ACEs
One of the remarkable phenomena about this trauma-informed/resilience-building/ACEs movement takes place in the 739 comments (to date) on Got Your ACE Score? on ACEsTooHigh.com, the companion news site to ACEsConnection.com. People do their...
Pediatricians screen parents for ACEs to improve health of their babies
The Children’s Clinic , tucked in a busy office park five miles outside downtown Portland, OR, and bustling with noisy babies, boisterous kids and energetic pediatricians, seems ordinary enough. But, for the last two years, a quiet...
Spread the word about community resilience efforts
FYI From the Center for the Study of Social Policy website- share your system-building success stories! For more information about the Center, visit their website: http://www.cssp.org/
Champions, cheerleaders, grandbuddies and mentors – oh my! How they can change a child’s life
Recently I read the book, “ Cheering for the Children ” by Casey Gwinn. This is an amazing book and while not written for church leaders or children’s ministers it is a worthwhile read to anyone...
No Shame, No Euphemism: Suicide Isn't A Natural Cause Of Death [NPR.org]
Beware the mention of natural causes, as in my mother's obituary: "Norita Wyse Berman, a writer, stockbroker and artist ... died at home Friday of natural causes. She was 60." Sixty-year-olds don't die of natural causes anymore. The truth was...
Teenagers, Medication and Suicide [NYTimes.com]
Is our culture of relentless achievement and success driving our young people to suicide? You would certainly think so, given the prevailing narrative in the media about the recent spate of suicides on college campuses: one high-achieving student...