Here's a story that broke my heart, and made me determined to fight for the 14,000+ students who are at risk of being forced to drop out of school, because they are not likely to be able to pass the math requirement, a test that focuses solely on...
“High stakes” testing seems to be the accepted philosophy of our Washington State legislators and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Our citizens are unaware that the current approach of testing high school...
Senator Litzow (SB5328) and House Representative Cathy Dahlquist (HB1476) are leading the charge to hold Washington state schools accountable and closing the achievement gap. Accountability is the "buzz" word that...
"The paper, A Systematic Review of Trauma-Focused Interventions for Domestic Violence Survivors... provides an analysis of nine trauma-based treatments specifically designed or modified for survivors of DV, along with caveats and recommendations for...
Written By……Teri Barila Walla Walla County Community Network Coordinator/Children’s Resilience Initiative In a perfect world, children would enter school ready to learn. With well established social-emotional...
ACEs Connection member Jim Sporleder and his great work at Lincoln High School are mentioned repeatedly in the Seattle Times Letters to the Editor. Here are the laudatory snippets: "I would venture to guess that any educator, counselor,...
"The Arkansas Network for Early Stress and Trauma (NEST) will: 1) provide culturally competent, client-centered, family-focused, evidence-based assessment and treatment—including Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and Child-Parent...
"The following is an excerpt from Behavior Intervention Program: A Model that Works. "Brain research informs us that consequences for negative behavior are necessary to keep high risk students both safe and focused. However, consequences do not have...
India's First Post newspaper published the video, " Adverse Childhood Experiences_ Implications for Transforming Our Systems of Care. " This video features ACEsConnection member Heather Larkin....
Catholics view child sex abuse scandal as top issue Read more Child advocates say Pennsylvania needs better abuse laws Read more Child abuse cases covered up by papal elector are settled in $10m deal Read more The cost of war: 2 million...
"Dwelling on negative events can increase levels of inflammation in the body, a new Ohio University study finds. Researchers discovered that when study participants were asked to ruminate on a stressful incident, their levels of C-reactive protein, a...
"More than half of all teens and young adults in the United States know a victim of dating violence or sexual assault, according to a new national survey.... "The survey "uncovers the grim reality of dating violence and sexual assault among 15 to 22...
"Garfield County Child Advocacy Council is getting an early start on National Child Abuse Prevention Month with a program designed to increase awareness of and participation in preventing child abuse. "The council has been working for several months...
Abstract Purpose of review: This review summarizes the key articles in the field of child maltreatment, addressing abusive head trauma, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and global issues surrounding maltreatment. This topic is salient for both general...
"Sentinel injuries are unexpected injuries that occur in babies who can’t yet cruise — before they can pull to a stand and take a few steps while holding on to something. “Babies who are not yet cruising shouldn’t be...