November 2018

Gregory Williams, PhD, will help change the world by taking this book into medical schools and teaching physicians and nurses about the root cause of most adult illness: childhood trauma. I just read this book in one sitting, save one hot tea refill. I could not stop reading it. Even though there were some passages that evoked anxiety, I couldn’t stop reading it, as I so wanted to learn more about this remarkable man and how he earned a PhD, had a normal family life, and earned the respect...

In 2019, more than $40 million will become available to fund community-based, culturally rooted, trauma-informed services for youth in California as alternatives to arrest and incarceration. Thousands of California youth are arrested every year for low-level offenses. Youth who are arrested or incarcerated for low-level offenses are less likely to graduate high school, more likely to suffer negative health-outcomes, and more likely to have later contact with the justice system.

Overdose deaths in Montgomery County (OH), anchored by Dayton, have plunged this year, after a stretch so bad that the coroner’s office kept running out of space and having to rent refrigerated trailers. The county had 548 overdose deaths by Nov. 30 last year; so far this year there have been 250 , a 54 percent decline. .... When Sam Quinones, the author of “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic,” testified before Congress earlier this year, he said that “the more cops and...

Learn about the Growth Mindset for happier, more successful parenting in my post at: https://mindkindmom.com/empower-your-parenting-with-the-growth-mindset/ And be sure to sign up for (and share the word about) my next Great Child Behavior seminar in Atlanta for parents, teachers and child care pro's: Sat. Dec. 8th, 2018 9:30 AM - 12:15 PM Applications Of The 7 Mindsets For Extraordinary Parenting, Teaching, And Child Behavior (4 bfts credits) For fee info and to register, E -mail or call...

We were surprised, contrary to popular belief, when the trauma specialist knew where to tap , trauma could be healed without long hours of therapy, without painful reliving of memories, and without a continuing reliance on medication. Instead, the root causes of the child or family’s trauma symptoms could be quickly identified and healed in the here and now using the correct tools and the right timing. Up until now, the structural-strategic theory had not been formally used in family trauma...

This picture tells part of my story. I didn't have an easy childhood (from an emotional and psychological perspective). Even though the things I've lived may have been common for that time, it was not by any means traditional, and it was certainly very hard for me to go through. And that led me to adopt with my first child a lot of the behaviors I was inflicted on by my mom. While I was concerned with protecting her from many of the situations that I was put through, I was repeating others...

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During the last three weeks, I have had discussions with Jennifer Travieso of Peace4the Big Bend and Florida ACEs Connection, and Carey Sipp, ACEs Connection community facilitator for the Southeast U.S., about the situation in Florida post-hurricane. I feel drawn into further action as I have not heard about the degree of suffering on our news channels. It was shared with me there were 100,000 people homeless.

Gails Comments: See below a CDC study from Kenya. It is great to see CDC focusing on this need internationally. I would love to see CDC use the WHO international ACEs questionnaire to better understand links between childhood ACEs and many of the issues the CDC is trying to address internationally (ie., HIV/AIDs). A new CDC study shows that female victims of childhood violence are more likely to experience physical intimate partner violence as a young adult. Background While there is...

National Crittenton invites proposals for a national gathering focused on healing, opportunity, and justice for girls and gender nonconforming young people. The event will bring together young leaders, advocates, social service professionals, community-based organizations, and policymakers to strategize, share solutions, imagine new futures, and make connections between our spaces, issues, and approaches. We invite proposals for one-hour Innovation in Motion sessions. Sessions can be...

Self-directed free play is vital for the healthy development of children. Here we see 43 science-backed benefits it brings.

Many people do not understand flashbacks and can be very scared and disoriented when they happen. Flashbacks can be visual (seeing), auditory (hearing), touch (feeling like someone is touching you when no one is there or something else that involves touch), tasting (you might have a bad taste in your mouth that was there when the trauma happened), or olfactory (smell). There are also somatic or body memories flashbacks. You can have a panic attack or be nauseous and this can be a flashback.