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John Jimno During the 2014/2015 school year, things were looking grim at Park Middle School in Antioch, CA. At the time, staff couldn’t corral student disruptions. Teacher morale was plummeting. By the end of February 2015, 192 kids of the …
Julie Kurtz, co-director, trauma-informed practices in early childhood education, WestEd Center for Child & Family Studies/photo by Laurie Udesky A hug may be comforting to many children, but for a child who has experienced trauma, it may not feel safe. …
A Community that CaresJessica Ray, FCNI StaffVoice of an FCNI FamilyThe saying, “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” while common isn’t often achievable for people who, alone, face impossible obstacles and hardships. Without family or friends’ support, how many of …
Empathy is oxygen for the soul. So if you are feeling short of breath due to life stresses, perhaps one needs expanded empathy. Get some here. This is what you need to know to Gustav Klimt Death and Life: Detail register. …
David Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks at a rally calling for more gun control. Photo by Jonathan Drake / Reuters After 17 people, mostly teens, were shot and killed by another teen last week in Parkland, …
Planetarium Initiatory Event – PIE®© “Finding Your Place – We Are Home” By: David Blumenkrantz, Ph. D., Ed. M. “I believe that it is very difficult to know who we are until we understand where and when we are. I …
There was no doubt about the horror of the situation: a 4-month-old baby girl was dead. The question facing the jurors was less clear-cut: Was the tiny girl’s death accidental,... By Guest Writer This post Discredited Shaken Baby Science Sent …
By: Charmaine Santos At the young age of 10 yrs. old, Ivan Nunez was bullied for his cough and the lump in his neck. Classmates avoided him and he couldn’t make friends because they were in fear of catching his symptoms. …
Angela Delyani, community health worker; Mariah Cahill, crisis services advocate; and Sgt. Matthew Larochelle knock on the door of a family with children who witnessed a domestic violence incident just days before. ______________________________ An often-overlooked aspect of the opioid …
“Almost half the nation’s children have experienced at least one or more types of serious childhood trauma, according to a new survey on adverse childhood experiences by the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). This translates into an estimated 34,825,978 children nationwide, say …
