January 2019

This article by Brandon Stahl, Jennifer Bjorhus, and Maryjo Webster recently published in the Star Tribune . It is part 8 of a series entitled, Denied Justice: When rape is reported and nothing happens. How Minnesota's criminal justice system has failed victims of sexual assault. To read this entire article, go here and find an excerpt below. To read the entire series, go here . Again, to read this article by Brandon Stahl, Jennifer Bjorhus, and Maryjo Webster, go here and for the rest of...

It's easy to feel overwhelmed when juggling career and work demands, family time, relationships, and other obligations. If you feel like you're constantly playing catch-up with no time to achieve personal or professional fulfillment, it's possible to turn it all around by changing one thing about your day: your morning routine. There's a reason successful people tend to be early risers . Think Tim Cook or Oprah. The quiet early-morning hours are a key time for focusing on a set of routines...

Check out the latest two books in the Teachers' Guide to Trauma Series by Dr. Melissa Sadin! They can be purchased at www.traumasensitive.com Or by downloading the attached order form. Gifted Children & Trauma is intended to be a resource for parents and teachers working with gifted children with an explanation of how trauma impacts children who are gifted in a unique way. Teachers' Guide to Resilience Through Art is a guide to working with children who have experienced trauma by...

Every student should have the opportunity to learn and succeed. But adverse childhood experiences — or ACEs — get in the way of this goal. As our readers know, there are ten ACEs that include physical and emotional neglect; physical, emotional and sexual abuse; and living in households where adults misuse substances, have mental health challenges, are violent to partners, parents are separated, or a family member is incarcerated. ACEs can impact students’ capacity to learn, leading to poor...