One of the realities about childhood trauma in the home is that when it is detected the first individuals on the scene of the trauma are law enforcement officers. Also there are multiple incidences of domestic violence and/or struggles that often involve law enforcement. These officers are placed in positions to resolve conflicts as well […]
Raising Awareness of Micro-Aggressions
In recent months I have spent countless hours reading a variety of books on racial injustice, white privilege and white supremacy, the nature of biases and the importance of learning skills around having constructive conversations concerning racial issues. As a white person, my levels of awareness for these and other topics related to racism has […]
October is National Emotional Awareness Month
The stressors we are facing as a society are more than intense. As we consider the realities of COVID-19 and its impact on our nation and our lives and then add other issues like political polarization, racial issues, the rampant mental health crisis and all the news updates that are so disturbing, we all could […]
What is “Covid Brain?”
Perhaps you have experienced some psychological changes in how you perceive your brain is functioning and can’t explain why. I don’t know about you, but I have noticed it in some of those who are typically very intact in their executive brain functioning becoming incapable to do the tasks that they used to manage easily. […]
Talking to Children about Racial Bias
Most of us are aware of the racial tensions, struggles, and focus on things like racism and antiracism, white privilege and white supremacy, implicit and explicit biases, micro-aggressions. These are just few making the headlines and news stories we see on media. Racial biases are important for all of us to understand and appreciate because […]
Recognizing signs of Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior in the Classroom
Sometimes when in class, some students can be quite unpredictable in their behavior. This can be developmental, a coping mechanism, trauma related or even some form of an obsessive-compulsive response in order to gain some level of control in their confusing world. It is easy to judge some of this behavior as intentional, rebellious or […]
The Virulent COVID 19
As we have learned from what has happened in the life of our President, White House staff and others that are now testing positive for COVID 19, the contagion of this pandemic is still pervasive and aggressive. It is frightening to see how this can spread in the lives of some of our leadership in […]
The Power of Beliefs
I enjoy sharing with my readers things I am currently reading or stumble on that I find interesting or provocative.A recent focus of mine has been on understanding the nature of implicit biases, what they are, where they come from, which ones are unfair, toxic, destructive or those biases that are reasonable because they are […]
Creating PRESENCE
For several decades, Dr. Sandra Bloom has been an international writer, speaker and expert in the field of trauma. She has had significant influence throughout the world in trauma-informed care and in particular has had a major impact on hundreds of organizations in helping them become trauma-informed. Her extensive research and her Sanctuary series of […]
Good News for Pennsylvania Schools
One of the most controversial issues in education has been how safe it is to reopen our schools. There have been all kinds of guidelines and requirements placed on our schools and those of us who are providing educational services have had to jump through a number of hoops to make sure our schools are […]
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