One of the largest flower shows in the world is the Philadelphia Flower Show. Thousands of individuals attend to enjoy the designs of hundreds of floral artists who put together some of the most beautiful and dynamic floral displays imaginable. This year’s theme is “The Garden Electric” which celebrates the giving and receiving of flowers. […]
Trauma-Informed Architecture is Becoming a Reality
I was recently asked to speak to a group of architects about how trauma-informed care can be featured in secure youth program facilities. I presented a national lunch-and-learn which demonstrated how to bridge programmatic elements of trauma-informed care to building design for youth facilities. It is unusual to find engineers and architects who are interested […]
How Some Under-Privileged Can Enjoy a Happy Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving holiday is known as one of the busiest travel holidays because of the number of individuals who are attending family gatherings and preparing wonderful food for the family to enjoy. We all have the privilege to express our sincere thanks for the many blessings we have received throughout the year and much of […]
Providing Training to Pennsylvania Child Welfare Professionals
I have written significantly about our trauma training at Lakeside Global Institute. We have gradually been providing training to professionals across the state of Pennsylvania. It has been a process of slowly growing our reputation and impact over years of dedication from our training staff and administrators. While providing our training we have been researching, […]
Lakeside’s Annual Meeting – 2022
Each year we have a very special tradition and celebration at Lakeside. We come together as a leadership team, Directors, and Board members to review our impact and results from the past year. It is a day of reflection which features all of our statistics and many incredible stories. This year was exemplary in our […]
Labor Day 2022
This is a weekend where we as a country celebrate Labor Day. For many of us it is the time where we end our summer and begin the school year. It feels like some kind of a new beginning when our students return to school as they anticipate another school year. We also must acknowledge […]
The Beginnings of a New School Year
It is hard to believe that we are already in mid-August. It won’t be long until school starts again and we will begin another new school year in our country and at Lakeside. In our public schools we have been experiencing a shortage of staff and some schools that will not begin with a full […]
Coming Soon: Lakeside Global Institute Online Workshops
Lakeside Global Institute has been a leader in trauma education for 12+ years. We have had the opportunity to provide therapeutic education to thousands of professionals who are working with trauma-impacted individuals throughout the state of Pennsylvania and beyond. We offer a full trauma-competent certification for professionals which involves three intensive courses. In addition to […]
Lakeside’s Reflections on 2020-21
Each year in September the Lakeside Board of Directors and our Program Directors meet to review the results of the past year. This year has been a momentous year in that we managed the COVID-19 pandemic in full force. It created new challenges for our staff and students in how we taught, provided counseling, delivered […]
Inspirational Beginnings
Each year Lakeside hires and orients new staff to our mission and work with students who have struggled to maintain their status in their school. All in all, we serve approximately 3,500 students per year in 45 different school districts located in seven Pennsylvania counties. These students have been identified as in need of counseling, […]
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