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"This month, ChildWise Institute is hosting the first statewide summit of professionals who are using the biology of stress and the research on adverse childhood experiences in their fields and communities. Who are these professionals? They are...

Does anyone know of a good text to use to support a class for teachers and counselors working in justice settings on trauma informed care?   please email me any titles you might have   rvhull3@hotmail.com

An interview with Dr. Martin Teicher , Neuroscientist, Researcher on Early Abuse & Neglect and the Effects on Brain Development. Having read the avalanche of research on spanking and the link to negative outcomes, as well as the research showing brain alterations in children who are harshly spanked (with an implement) or spanked before age one, I am convinced that spanking is an ACE. Spanking can cause brain damage. Dr. Elizabeth Gershoff's recent research shows that the...

In a blog post, " What is Creativity? ," Maria Popova quoted designer Charles Eames  on the cultural obsession with the creative process: "Recent years have shown a growing preoccupation with the circumstances surrounding the creative act and a...

Looking for articles/ books etc. that will assist adoptive parents better understand the possible impact of early childhood trauma. I am looking for easy to read and understand articles as well as literature for the young adolescent person...

This working document summarizes the discussions among these experts which included trauma survivors, practitioners from multiple fields, researchers, and policy makers. The next step in this process is to gather comments on this document from...

"Reuters investigative reporter Megan Twohey spent 18 months examining how American parents use the Internet to find new families for children they regret adopting. Reporters identified eight online bulletin boards where participants advertised...

" Thirty percent of pregnant and parenting teens in  Massachusetts were homeless at some point during the past fiscal year and almost  10 percent of teen parents who were homeless had been subject to commercial  sexual exploitation,...

Writer and attorney Marianna Klebanov , mental health scholar and MFT intern Laura Kerr , ACE Overcomers founder Dave Lockridge  (left to right in photo), and I met in Marianna's offices in San Mateo on Friday, Sept. 13. Dave had just turned the...

"Study finds promoting healthy relationships has a positive impact in middle school... "The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned the independent research firm, RTI International to evaluate Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships,...

" More than two million children have been displaced inside Syria, and one million more have fled the country as refugees, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). "Uprooted from home and school, many have...