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Social Media: Cyberbullying, Body Shaming, and Trauma
TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter. These are the apps and websites that are most frequently visited by today’s young adults, teens, and children. While these
October is Safe Sleep Month
October is safe sleep awareness month and it is very important for all caregivers of young children to learn about what exactly safe sleep is.
How Virtual School and Being Away from Peers can Affect a Child’s Emotional Health
COVID -19 brought a lot of changes to everyone’s everyday lives, especially children. Children were used to a schedule, which included going to school and
How Sports Can Benefit a Child
It’s summer time and that means that children are out of school and looking forward to all the fun actives they are going to do.
What is a multi-disciplinary team?
A multi-disciplinary team is a group of different professionals that come from different disciplines and agencies, with each of them providing different services to the
Secondary Trauma: How it Impacts the Human Service Field
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is classified as a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress as a result of an injury or severe psychological shock. The person experiencing PTSD typically recalls the event in vivid recall, and often even has dreams replaying the event over again…
Holiday Blues
The holidays can be a magical and exciting time for children as family get-togethers begin, receiving presents, and making memories with loved ones. However, for others, it can be a particularly blue time of the year as holidays can bring feelings of sadness, anxiousness, and loss…
Tinder and Risk to Youth
Tinder is basically a free dating app that matches people based off of several different factors. These include age, location and mutual friends and interests. If you come across a person you’re interested in, you swipe right. Until june of 2016, Tinder’s age requirement was only 13+. Since then, they have changed it to 18+….
Cyberbullying: Understanding & Preventing
October is National Bullying Awareness Month. As many know, Bullying remains a serious problem in today’s society.
Reporting Your Suspicions
If you can’t prevent child abuse, you can stop it. Child sexual abuse is more prevalent than most people realize. CDC research indicates that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are victims of abuse.
Technology and Children: A Growing Trend
The internet is a wonderful tool, but technology is increasing faster than the safety message is. Read more to learn about how you can protect the children in your life.
Trauma-Informed Schools
As a new school year begins, it is important for school administrators, teachers, and staff to be aware of the number of students who are impacted by trauma. As adolescents and teens spend the majority of their time within their schools throughout the year, school personnel are at the front line of recognizing the symptoms of trauma in their students…
