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By Child and Family Blog, The Good Men Project, January 18, 2021 New research from Romania has demonstrated a clear correlation between adverse childhood experiences in fathers’ lives and their children’s development, including sleep disruption, inattention, anger, and anxiety. Fathers’ symptoms of depression partially accounted for the correlation between their early experiences and their children’s inattention and anger. Fathers’ negative parenting practices partially accounted for the...

By Center for Care Innovations, January 15, 2021 The Resilient Beginnings Network at CCI recently screened Resilience : Resilience: The Biology of Stress and The Science of Hope a documentary by the late James Redford, a film that traces the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and resilience. As the makers of Resilience explain, “Toxic stress can trigger hormones that weak havoc on the brains and bodies of children, putting them at a greater risk for disease, homelessness,...

By Lisa Wilcox, Kim Larson, & Robin Bartlett, Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, January 2021 Abstract Adverse childhood experiences and health disparities profoundly affect the health of ethnic minority adolescents and influence their overall well-being. In light of current health disparities and civil unrest, this secondary analysis sought to better understand resilience among ethnic minority adolescents living in rural eastern North Carolina (NC). Using Ungar’s ( 2013 ) Theory...

According to the Office of Early Childhood Development under the US Department of Health and Human Services, early exposure to intense and prolonged adversity may trigger toxic stress in children. The early activation of a child’s stress response system without adult support may cause irreversible changes in brain development, causing physical and psychological damage (1) . Thanks to recent scientific research advances, medical professionals may now use advanced medical imaging technology to...

In this blog you can read 2 articles that discuss a reimaging of how police function in our communities and 1 on statistical disparities by race of police stops in California. BART’s push to reinvent its police force: Doubling down on social workers, unarmed Ambassadors [mercurynews.com] Growing staff of unarmed civilians will respond to drug, mental health problems What Traffic Enforcement Without Police Could Look Like [theappeal.org] Because traffic stops all too often escalate into...

A potential resolution is on the horizon, but for COVID-19 vaccination to work, people need to be willing to take the vaccines. Like many social scientists working in the fields of vaccine uptake and disaster response and recovery, we anticipated that widespread acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines would be a critical issue—an issue upon which the success of the vaccination campaign, and the solution to the pandemic, would hinge. That is what we are now seeing today.

I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all Will know sweet freedom's way, Where greed no longer saps the soul Nor avarice blights our day. A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earth And every man is free, Where wretchedness will hang its head And joy, like a pearl, Attends the needs of all mankind- Of such I dream, my world! Langston Hughes...

Here are 17 inspiring quotes from MLK's famous speeches and writings about education, justice, hope, perseverance and freedom: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." — Strength to Love, 1963 "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all...

Jacob Reimann is the founder of Inner Freedom Healing and a healer who has developed a healing system based on breathwork, intention and acceptance. His mission is to show a million people how to heal themselves and their loved ones from trauma and physical and emotional health challenges.

I'm pretty sure I learned as much or more about trauma-informed policing while presenting the class as did the police chiefs who attended. After not presenting at all during 2020, I was excited to be invited to present a block of instruction on Trauma-Informed Leadership for Police Chiefs at the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police 2021 Winter Conference. There were about 50 chiefs in attendance on January 14, 2021, and while we all had to deal with the COVID precautions, it was good...

Every time we experience something new, a new neural pathway forms, and if repeated, reinforces and strengthens the connections between brain cells. So, neuroplasticity happens throughout our lives based on our experiences which either strengthen or weaken our neural connections. What we don’t use will be pruned away. However, there is a way neuroplasticity can be harnessed to successfully mitigate the effects of adverse childhood experiences on our adult lives.

Maine Behavioral Healthcare’s Department of Clinical Innovation and Department of Training and Development have been awarded a $30,000 grant for ACEs Consulting Services from the United Way of Greater Portland (UWGP), Maine. UWGP, on behalf of their Thrive2027 community-wide goals, sought to develop and implement a training model to advance its work in becoming a trauma-informed community. This project will develop and implement a comprehensive training program based on the identified needs...