When Students are Traumatized, Teachers are Too
Access this article by Emelina Minero on the Edutopia website at: https://www.edutopia.org/article/when-students-are-traumatized-teachers-…
Adapting SITCAP-ART
Adapting SITCAP-ART: The Story of One Program’s Journey in Group Implementation for Transformative Results This paper explores the adaptation of SITCAP-ART to fit needs and aptitudes of at risk adjudicated youth in a particular intensive after care program. After describing the program, population served, and problems with prior groups, it explores the process this therapist…
Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents: SITCAP in Action
Since 1990, the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children (TLC) has pioneered strength-based, resilience-focused interventions with young people. As a core piece of these interventions, the helping adult becomes a witness seeking to understand the deeply painful experiences of traumatized children. How traumatized youth interpret themselves, their interactions with others, and their environment…
School Memorials
School Memorials: Should We? How Should We? Several students die in an “active shooter” situation or as the result of a major car accident. The school erects a permanent memorial for these students. Months later, another student dies. Should this student be included in the permanent memorial or should another memorial be created? Within the…
Support Needed for Children Losing Parent at Early Age
A study exploring the impact of early parental death has revealed the long-term damage and suffering that can be experienced by individuals in adult life if appropriate levels of support are not provided at the time of bereavement. The new research, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, describes the low self-esteem,…