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Educating Teachers About Neurobiology and Executive Functioning
By Vien Nguyen, CEI Intern As a part of the Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative, Dr. Hilary Hodgdon, Director of Research Operations...
Vien Nguyen
Jun 25, 20194 min read
Kicking Off a Year of Growing Together in the Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation and Research Support, and Haley Sirota, CEI Intern On April 29th, the Childhood-Trauma Learning...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 12, 20196 min read
Bringing Trauma Responsive Practices to School Leaders
By Christine Condo, CEI Intern and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support One in five American adults experiences...
Center for Educational Improvement
May 14, 20195 min read
Trauma-Centered Care at the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
By Kristen Hayes, CEI Intern and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support The New England area has some of the most...
Center for Educational Improvement
May 14, 20194 min read
Join Us for the Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative Webinar Series
By Haley Sirota, CEI Intern, & Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support Starting this Thursday, May 16th, the Childhood...
Center for Educational Improvement
May 14, 20193 min read
Curated Mental Health Resources for Educators
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director & Dana Asby, CEI Director, Innovation and Research Support Trauma and stress are impacting far...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 24, 20191 min read
Reactive Attachment Disorder and Brain Architecture
By June Naureckas, CEI Intern and Suzan Mullane, CEI Faculty Some children have difficulties bonding with others. In extreme cases, these...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 9, 20194 min read
The Work of Dr. Bruce Perry: Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Trauma
By Suzan Mullane, CEI Faculty The dark side of childhood trauma—its essence and the healing potential of human relationships—is...
Suzan Mullane
Apr 9, 20195 min read
The Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools: Success in Two School Districts
By Kristen Hayes, CEI Intern In 2017, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reported that about...
Kristen Hayes
Apr 9, 20195 min read
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Announces Inaugural Fellows
By Christine Mason and Martha Staeheli The New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (New England MHTTC) Network, one of the...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 4, 20193 min read
Understanding and Preventing the Rise of Teen Suicide
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation and Research Support and Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director The Centers for Disease Control...
Center for Educational Improvement
Mar 18, 20196 min read
Connections between Addiction and Teen Suicide in West Virginia
By Suzan Mullane, CEI Faculty and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation and Research Support West Virginia, “The Mountain State,” has...
Center for Educational Improvement
Mar 18, 20195 min read
The Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative: A School-based Mental Health Initiative
By Martha Staeheli, Ph.D. Yale University Program for Recovery and Community Health Trauma and Children Joanna’s experience is not...
Center for Educational Improvement
Feb 18, 20195 min read
Removing Roadblocks to Effective Recognition and Treatment of Adolescent Mental Illness
By June Naureckas, CEI Intern An Under-Treated Epidemic Mental illness in American children is chronically under-treated and...
June Naureckas
Feb 18, 20193 min read
Emotion Regulation, Adult-Youth Relationships, and Youth Suicide
By Kristen Hayes, CEI Intern Pisani et al. (2013) proposed that efforts to reduce youth suicide should focus on developmentally-salient...
Kristen Hayes
Feb 18, 20193 min read
Vulnerability, Whole-Heartedness, and Sense of Worthiness
By Daniella Rueda, CEI Intern Although often perceived in a negative light, vulnerability (emotional vulnerability, that is) is actually...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 22, 20191 min read
Vulnerability, Shame, Courage, and Connection
Meghan Wenzel, CEI Intern, and Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Sometimes our feeling of vulnerability arises from a sense of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 22, 20196 min read
Natural Disasters and Post-Traumatic Resilience in Children
By Daniella Rueda, CEI Intern As we come close to the end of hurricane season and as we consider the loss of lives and disruption...
Daniella Rueda
Nov 21, 20181 min read
Transitioning to Trauma-Informed Care: One Elementary School Culture Transformation
By Dana Asby, CEI Intern Low-income urban youth have one of the highest rates of adverse childhood experience (ACE) prevalence, with one...
Dana Asby
Oct 15, 20185 min read
Looking at Discipline Differently: Bringing Restorative Discipline to the Classroom
By Lindsey Erin Feltis, CEI Intern In recent years, schools that are implementing restorative practices have reported stronger...
Lindsey Erin Feltis
Oct 14, 20183 min read
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