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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...

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...

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...

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...

Therapeutic Effects of Listening to and Making Music

By June Naureckas, CEI Intern In my previous blog on Music Therapy and Trauma, I gave a general overview of music therapy. Listening to...

Music Therapy for Traumatized Children

By June Naureckas, CEI Intern Although school-aged children (ages 5-12) react to trauma differently from adults, their most likely...

Opportunities for Trauma Education Online

By: Dana Asby, CEI Intern Free Online Training. Many organizations whose purpose is to advocate for Topics include: The Role of Trauma...

Supporting Secure Attachment and Self-Regulation through Mindfulness in Traumatized Children

By Dana Asby, CEI Intern Consequences of Erratic Parent Behavior and Insecure Attachment Attachment is a how children use their...

CEI Becomes a Pioneer in the Children’s Well-being Initiative

CEI is overjoyed to announce that our “Heart-Centered 21st Century Learning” project has been named a Pioneer in the Children’s...

Trauma-Sensitive Schools

By Amber Nicole Dilger, CEI Intern. The feeling of being safe and secure allows us to take risks and explore our world. This freedom to...