Common sense suggests that the rate of school suspensions go up as children grow older. This belief is fueled by media images of middle school bullies and adolescent thugs. So a recent Department of Education report on this topic surprised a lot of...
Survivors of domestic violence who are living separately from an abusive spouse will now be able to claim tax credits to help them afford an Obamacare plan, thanks to new rules being developed by the federal government. Before the change,...
There’s that stereotype of a child abuser as the rage-filled man in a stained undershirt with a sixth beer in one hand and the other clenched into a fist ready to smack his kid against the wall and teach him a lesson. He’s part of the...
Made In America: Bloods and Crips Free to watch on Netflix, this doc is a great review (or introduction) to this ongoing gang rivalry that has taken so many lives. It also gives a brief history of the segregation of black people and culture in L.A. as...
What you can’t see, can hurt you. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and brain science, trauma and attachment specialists are calling for serious treatment of developmental trauma. Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) was identified by Dr. van der...
A new report released by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, examining the disciplinary practices of the country’s 97,000 public schools, shows that excessively punitive policies are being used at every level of the...
One of the largest and most important, yet often overlooked, public health studies of our time, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), concluded: What happens to you when you are a child has a...
There are hundreds of conferences around the world by health professionals, government officials and NGO’s which address mental illness from medical, social, and policy perspectives, but the Church, with its vast network of volunteers and...
California is no stranger to holistic medicine, holistic massage or holistic music (think soothing nature sounds). There's even a pet store in Berkeley called the Holistic Hound. Now comes a new twist on the notion -- holistic criminal defense....
In a study of 14,000 US children, 40 percent lack strong emotional bonds -- what psychologists call 'secure attachment' -- with their parents that are crucial to success later in life, according to a new report. The researchers found that these...
A growing number of programs treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in war veterans. But far fewer treat Americans who suffer from the PTSD that comes with their ZIP code. And this kind of PTSD may be affecting even more people. A recent study...
Community providers are continuing a collaborative health effort on the lower Kenai Peninsula, now buoyed by a fresh round of health assessment information. Some new goals will include continuing work through the programs and partnerships already...
In 1972, researchers in North Carolina started following two groups of babies from poor families. In the first group, the children were given full-time day care up to age 5 that included most of their daily meals, talking, games and other stimulating...
A cloud-based service that will enable law enforcement in the UK to quickly compare seized child abuse content against an international database is to launch in the next six months. The ultimate goal is to help authorities quickly identify the most...