Tagged With "Positive Parenting"
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Natalia Fernandez
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Connection is Protection: Improving our Grade
Our hats are off to the Okahoman for its expanded offering of thought-provoking articles including Grading Oklahoma. The full-page article in the Sunday July 18 th issue gave rise to hope that our state is once again ready to look at our shortcomings and change our priorities and policies to realize the potential of our people. Of specific focus for the Potts Family Foundation, is the health and well-being of our youngest citizens. To achieve positive change - moving from the bottom ten...
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Kathy Graves
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Keaton Ross: Seeking to Reduce, Treat the Effects of Childhood Trauma
TULSA — Before they start honing their writing skills, incarcerated women enrolled in Liz Kollaja’s therapeutic poetry class are asked to take an Adverse Childhood Experience quiz. The brief survey is designed to gauge how rough a person’s childhood was. Nationally, 45% of children have experienced at least one of 10 ACEs, ranging from having a parent incarcerated to being physically and emotionally abused. Those with a score of three or higher face an elevated risk of psychological and...
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Nonprofit director: Child abuse prevention efforts begin with parental resilience [enidnews.com]
By Kat Jeanne, Photo: Billy Hefton/Enid News & Eagle, Enid News & Eagle, February 28, 2022 Child abuse prevention is a national and statewide effort for organizations like Parent Promise/Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma, whose executive director spoke to Enid Rotary Club members Monday on how her organization is impacting families and children through their work. While creating thriving families and children is the goal, the challenge is in preventing adverse childhood experiences that...
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Preventing Child Abuse Through Coordinated Care
https://blog.uniteus.com/preve...ugh-coordinated-care Investing in youth and families is one of the most impactful ways we can improve and strengthen community health. The barriers that so many families and children face have resulted in child abuse becoming a growing issue that has serious consequences on children, their families, and the communities in which they live. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month but in reality, child abuse happens every day, of every month, of every...
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JJ WAGGONER
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Washington Post: 4 Ways to Break the Cycle of Intergenerational Trauma
Unresolved trauma from one generation affects the well-being of future generations. While there are many ways intergenerational trauma is passed down, it is often transmitted through the parent-child relationship . In an ideal relationship, the parent is consistently loving, attentive and responsive to the child’s needs, which helps the child feel safe and secure, knowing the parent is someone they can rely on. This leads to a secure attachment style , characterized by a positive view of the...
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