Responding to struggling students with empathy and flexibility can benefit the whole campus. Here’s how to create a culture ...

Hard, challenging, difficult. Painful, disorienting, life-altering. There are so many words we reach for in response to the difficult experiences of life. We feel how words fail, how they are all ...

Teacher preparation programs must evolve to reflect the emotional realities of today’s classrooms--including student mental ...

I am an experienced clinical social worker who is passionate about serving resilient children, teenagers, young adults and single parents by working together and creating their best version of ...

Complex trauma is described as a child’s exposure to multiple events that were experienced as traumatic to that child and typically have long-term negative effects on their adult life. Complex trauma ...

No one gets through life unscathed. But what trauma does to our brains is sometimes a result of factors outside of our control. This is especially true for children. When a fragile, growing brain ...

Complex PTSD describes the existence of long-term trauma. An artist, a therapist, and a researcher seek to unravel the nuances of C-PTSD, while still pursuing joy and healing. Post-traumatic stress ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Southern Illinois University Carbondale is launching the Coffman-Crothers Training Institute for Trauma and Psychological Health. It is a program designed to provide ...

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A child may survive violence, homelessness, or other profoundly distressing circumstance, but that doesn’t mean it’s over. The stress-response system that trauma activates in the body can have ...