Many of us grew up with our teachers having somewhat of a distant aura. I know in my school years I had very few relationships with my teachers because many of them appeared to be unapproachable. In fact I think most teachers were not allowed to get “too close” to their students. However the teachers […]
The Anxious Generation
In past posts I have written on the increased number of mental health issues in our children and teenagers. Since Lakeside has relationships with 3600 students per year who attend 45 area school districts we have had a tremendous amount of exposure and feedback regarding the epidemic level of anxiety among our regional students. I […]
The Cost of Trauma
For the last few weeks I have been putting together a presentation I will be making at a local university to some students and professionals who work with children and youth. My goal is to impress on them that trauma needs to be viewed as a major public health issue. The question is, how do […]
January is National Human Trafficking Month
This is the month where there is raised awareness to some of the issues related to human trafficking. Here are some of the comments and statistics related to human trafficking from the Polaris website. Although slavery is commonly thought to be a thing of the past, human traffickers generate hundreds of billions of dollars in […]
Relationships are Important for Teaching Effectiveness
Often teachers are told to spend more time teaching and less time creating relationships. In fact, some teachers are told not to have relationships with their students at all. I totally disagree and I believe most of the research in brain regulation, learning and good decision-making tells us that positive relationships are significant to the […]
The Importance of Releasing Traumatic Energy
Most of us can vividly remember the images of people racing away from the burning NY Twin Towers on that horrible September day in 2001, creating thetrau catastrophe that killed so many people in a matter of minutes. At the Bessel van der Kolk conference I recently attended, Dr. van der Kolk posted a now-famous […]
Can Brain Scans Help Predict Mental Illness in Teenagers
From 2007 to 2015 research on emergency room visits due to attempted suicides in teenagers has shown that it has doubled in those 7 years. Those of us who deal with teenagers in schools and clinics have become intensely aware of the increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression in our teenagers. Much of this […]
New Year’s Commitments to our Kids
As we embark on a new year and new decade, we often think about those resolutions that are common to better our life, our health and our families. We all could aim to be healthier and have less stress. We could eat healthier, exercise regularly, and get more sleep. Some of us even have the […]
Looking to 2020
As we progress towards a new year and a new decade it is a good time to reflect on what we can anticipate in the next year. Many of us make New Year’s resolutions and set some goals for the coming year. It does not take a great deal of perceptive ability to recognize how […]
Positively Reflecting on 2019
We are about to end another decade after our normal holiday celebrations. As I communicate with many individuals throughout the year I typically hear more about what we are not happy with, what we wish we would have done differently or what we did not do well enough. We also commonly communicate those kinds of […]
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