An Interview with Polly A Magena on her book: DOCTORED
PDAN Admins have had the privilege of reviewing this incredible book: Doctored – A shocking true account of abuse and medical misconduct by survivor, Polly A. Magena. In Polly’s memoir she s ...
October is Bullying Prevention Awareness Month!
In support of Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is providing resources for families, teens, educators, clinicians, mental health professionals, a ...
Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools to Improve Learning
Professional educators know that many students face challenges in their personal lives that adversely affect their learning in school. Unfortunately, many children have been traumatized by directly or ...
Trauma Book “In My Corner On the Moon” Giveaway Starts Friday, September 6th
Have you had the chance to read In My Corner On the Moon? This book is intended for children and adolescents ages 7-14 who have experienced some form of trauma. Through this book, trauma is put into s ...
There’s no such thing as a bad kid in these Spokane, WA, trauma-informed elementary schools
August 20, 2013 By jestevens
What’s a trauma-informed school? It’s a place where this happens:
There’s this third-grade kid. Let’s call him Sam. He’s got ODD (oppositional defiant disorder…a m …
The Trauma of Being Alive
MARK EPSTEIN August 3, 2013 Talking with my 88-year-old mother, four and a half years after my father died from a brain tumor, I was surprised to hear her questioning herself. “You’d think I would ...