Adolescence has always been a sensitive developmental stage. Research and field experience point to alarming increases in ...

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 ...

Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) uses human cadavers to teach surgical exposure of anatomic structures that when injured may pose a threat to life or limb. The one-day course ...

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 ...

A new study from the University of Georgia has found that complex post-traumatic stress disorder—a type of PTSD caused by chronic, long-lasting or repeated traumatic events—plays an important role in ...

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 ...

MetroHealth and an Ohio state lawmaker are urging Cleveland Clinic to reconsider its plans to pursue level 1 trauma center status at its main campus. On Jan. 15, Cleveland Clinic announced it is ...