Urban education is filled with challenges which can feel insurmountable. Violence, bullying, poor work conditions, high staff turnover, significant funding shortages, high drop-out rates, low academic performance, limited resources, poverty, trauma, etc. I greatly admire the staff and leadership of so many of our urban schools who have these obstacles to overcome. In our own […]
Lakeside Brings NeuroLogic® Approach to Norway
In 2016, Kathy Van Horn and Josh MacNeill first traveled to Oslo, Norway to begin working with several groups, most notably, a group of teachers, counselors and leaders from Stovner High School. Since that time, Josh has been coaching this group through Lakeside’s video studios to guide them through difficult student cases and behaviors, as […]
Helping Public Health become Trauma-Informed
Memphis Tennessee that has experienced severe trauma for decades. Several months ago Diane Wagenhals, Director of Lakeside Global Institute, and I were fortunate enough to visit Memphis, Tennessee. While there, we were able to meet with the staff and associates of the ACE Awareness Foundation. For those who may not know, Memphis is a city […]
Providing Trauma Education to Rural Pennsylvania
When we think about trauma we rarely think of its occurrence in rural America. As we have traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania we have found that trauma is both pervasive and prevalent in our rural counties. In fact, some of the statistics for opioid deaths, child abuse, crime, suicide and other related human struggles […]
Two Main Categories of Trauma
Sorting through trauma information is daunting. I have been working on increasing my awareness and understanding of the nature of trauma and the principles for well over 10 years and still have plenty of work ahead of me! Some of what I will be sharing in these blogs are important bits and pieces of my […]
Honoring Our Veterans
Veterans Struggling with PTSD, Suicides, Addiction, Depression I have enjoyed watching the varied Veteran’s Day honorees that are being celebrated all over our country. It is inspiring to hear their stories, to commend their bravery and to appreciate their service to our country. Our country would not be where it is today if it were […]
The Toxic Stress of Poverty and It’s Effects
One of the most stressful places to be in our country is living in poverty. We tend to think that poverty is strictly an urban problem but with our experiences in so many rural counties in our own state of Pennsylvania we find that it is also a significant problem in the heartland of America. […]
Degrees of Trauma; Trauma Continuum
Trauma is a new buzzword in society today. It shows up in movies and television shows. It is recognized as critical in dealing with challenging behaviors of children when daycares or other school settings become trauma-informed. Gradually even our court systems are beginning to acknowledge that trauma may play a part in criminal behaviors. There […]
Standing up in a Fragmented World
I think we are all quite exhausted by all the political messages that have been pummeling us in the media in light of the mid-term elections. I recognize that it is a part of what happens politically in our country but for some reason things feel so much more intense to me. The extent of […]
Significant increase in deaths due to drug overdoses in Pa.
It is tremendously grievous that we continue to see rises in deaths due to drug overdoses in the Commonwealth of Pa. Coroners and medical examiners in Pennsylvania reported 5,456 drug-related overdose deaths in 2017 — a 64 percent increase from 2015. The rate of 42 deaths per 100,000 people is almost double the national average […]
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