On November 17, I had the pleasure of speaking with Father Paul Abernathy, Founder and CEO of the Neighborhood Resilience Project in Pittsburgh, PA. I…
To all parents out there who struggle in the most important role we have in life, I came across this today from “Daring Greatly” by…
An addendum to my blog post yesterday about trauma sensitive classrooms. This is based on a form that is presented in the workbook: “The Trauma…
I have been asked recently, by both a teacher and a school social worker,what might be put into place in a classroom setting to help…
Once we understand what trauma is, how it manifests itself in the brain and body, and how behaviors and relationships play out because of exposure…
This morning I have on my mind parenting and how to help parents make the shift from reacting to their child’s negative behaviors, to responding…
To understand trauma and toxic stress, i.e. the effects of trauma and how it settles in the body and the brain, a dialog about the…
After hearing a panel discussion on the current practices and views in our county (Lake) in Indiana, regarding placement of children out of the home,…
I have decided that to understand trauma and toxic stress, i.e. the effects of trauma and how it settles in the body and the brain,…
And what if we viewed challenging behaviors as an SOS, and not an attack on us as parents? Might the outcome be any different? Challenging…