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U.S. education chief wants Tennessee, other states to stop paddling their students [ChalkBeat.org]

U.S. Education Secretary John King on Tuesday urged Tennessee and 21 other states to stop allowing corporal punishment in schools, a practice he called “harmful, ineffective, and often disproportionately applied to students of color and students with disabilities.” The nation’s education chief instead advocated the use of disciplinary measures that create a positive school climate and promote nonviolent techniques for conflict resolution. King outlined his concerns in a letter to the...

Finding Joy in Working With Children Who Struggle With Attachment [Pro.PsychCentral.com]

Working with a child who has experienced chronic, complex trauma and hasn’t yet developed the skills or allowed herself to risk developing a safe, reciprocal, healthy connection is one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences I’ve ever had as a clinician. I can now look back at Maria, my first long term client in residential care and understand that her constant rejection of my support, impressively skilled ability at pressing buttons I didn’t know I had and motivation to get her...

Book Excerpt: The Real Thanksgiving Story [BillMoyers.com]

“Thanksgiving Proves the Indians Welcomed the Pilgrims” Second only to the Columbus discovery story, the Thanksgiving tale is the United States’ quintessential origin narrative. Like the Columbus myth, the story of Thanksgiving has morphed into an easily digestible narrative that, despite its actual underlying truths, is designed to reinforce a sense of collective patriotic pride. The truths are, however, quite well documented. Their concealment within a simplistic story inevitably depicts a...

Adverse childhood experiences and life opportunities: Shifting the narrative [ScienceDirect.com]

Abstract Substantial research shows that early adversity, including child abuse and neglect, is associated with diminished health across the life course and across generations. Less well understood is the relationship between early adversity and adult socioeconomic status, including education, employment, and income. Collectively, these outcomes provide an indication of overall life opportunity. We analyzed data from 10 states and the District of Columbia that used the adverse childhood...

ACEs articles by category Nov 22 2016 -- Wisconsin Dept of Health Services

ACEs, Adversity's Impact How Childhood Trauma Can Contribute To Developing Cancer as an Adult Few children born to parents with serious mental illness live with both parents while growing up Brain and Biology Brain regulates social behavior differently in males and females, study reveals Science of Childhood Trauma [1 min -- Futures Without Violence] Traumatic Stress May Alter Boys’ and Girls’ Brains Differently Bullying Bullying Often Triggers Fight Response In Kids With Disabilities...

The Standing Rock Resistance Is Unprecedented (It's Also Centuries Old) [NPR.org]

As resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, N.D., concludes its seventh month, two narratives have emerged: We have never seen anything like this before. This has been happening for hundreds of years. Both are true. The scope of the resistance at Standing Rock exceeds just about every protest in Native American history. But that history itself, of indigenous people fighting to protect not just their land, but the land, is centuries old. Over the weekend, the situation at...

Art as an Expressive Outlet

I just finished watching Paper Tigers and one thing that I found very interesting was how many of the students found art as an expressive outlet. Some students found that drawing, writing or listening to music was what was keeping them alive. I think if we were all to reflect on a time where we sat down and started to draw or listen to our favorite song many can probably relate to that sense of release. I was compelled to do some further research and found a review by Stuckey and Nobel from...

Segregation of Prisoners with Mental Illness Declining [VTDigger.org]

A controversial unit for prisoners with mental illness at Vermont’s second-largest correctional facility is not currently being used. Ed Adams, acting superintendent at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, confirmed Friday that Alpha unit has been largely vacant since mid-September. Though rights advocates welcomed the decreased use of the unit, they are calling on the state to adopt permanent policy changes to discontinue the use of segregation on prisoners with mental...

Why Park Designers Need to Think More About Mental Health [CityLab.com]

It’s 10 a.m. on a warm August morning in Regent Park, a neighborhood in the east end of downtown Toronto that has historically been defined by its public housing and poverty. Nadha Hassen, a junior fellow at Toronto’s Wellesley Institute, and her colleagues are here hosting a walking tour to get residents of Regent Park out to talk about how parks interact with mental health, both individually and across the community. Except the residents aren’t showing up. Hassen is fighting hard to put on...

Stress Zones Target

Today I watched Paper Tigers and this was a tool that they used to help the students. I think that this is a useful tool for others as well. Red , Yellow , Green ! Source: YOLO Resilience Network Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Many Insured Children Lack Essential Health Care, Study Finds [NYTimes.com]

Margo Solomon has health insurance for herself and her four children. But actually getting treatment is another matter. Ms. Solomon, a 35-year-old mother from the Bronx, says she has struggled to find a doctor who accepts her insurance. And with three of her children coping with asthma, and one with more complicated medical problems, locating a specialist is even more challenging. And once in the door, she cannot afford the costs, including for deductibles and medications. “I feel like I am...

Column: Studies pinpoint how stress from parental discord physically damages kids [CentralMaine.com]

Here at the Kids First Center, an agency whose mission is to lessen the negative impact of divorce and parental separation on kids, we talk with parents every day who are dealing with one of the most stressful life events they will ever encounter. They worry about how they’ll get through the next week, month or year, and they worry about the long-term effects of their decisions on the kids. What do we tell parents? Keep your kids out of the middle and away from prolonged conflict. It’s not...

Getting Therapy Instead of Serving Time [TheAtlantic.com]

Children as young as 13 can be tried in adult criminal court for serious crimes in New York state. But instead of redirecting troubled kids, prison hardens them. That’s why the New York Foundling, a private children’s-advocacy organization, offers an alternative, Families Rising , a diversionary option that mandates family therapy in exchange for delayed sentencing and avoiding a criminal record entirely if the program is completed successfully. The program also costs significantly less than...

Family Wise: A letter to the next president [SantaFeNewMexican.com]

Dear President-elect: You have an historic opportunity to be the first president to make children’s mental health a high priority in your new administration. This is your chance to help unite a terribly divided nation around a critically important issue. Our kids are hurting. About 1 in 5 children suffer from some type of mental disorder. Some problems are mild, but others are serious, resulting in debilitating emotional and behavioral problems. Untreated disorders resonate throughout a...

The Implicit Racism in Magazines [PSMag.com]

Are you shocked by how much racism reared its head this past election? In hindsight, there were clues everywhere—even in the photo spreads of magazines aimed at women readers. Newly published research examines the images found in 17 popular publications. It reports more than 90 percent of black, Asian, or Latina women had either light- or medium-toned skin. Psychologists Leah Boepple and J. Kevin Thompson of the University of South Florida reveal their findings in the journal Psychology of...

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