For the past fifteen years a May date has been designated as National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) created the day to raise awareness about the importance of children’s mental health as an essential part of healthy child development. Today more than ever it is […]
Bessel van der Kolk, MD, a leading expert on trauma, says that we are experiencing a traumatic situation with the COVAD-19 virus. We are suffering in a state of affairs that is unpredictable and uncontrollable, and we cannot readily trust that our circumstances will improve. This creates a sense of trauma. So if the outer […]
While we’re searching for at home learning solutions and programs, it’s important to remember to still be discerning. We need to ensure that the courses and systems being delivered are reliable and driven by scientific research. Why am I concerned? Because student mental health during this unstable time needs our focus and attention. We need […]
It may be time for all of us to take a deep breath. Breathing in……and out……we notice the miracle of our breath. The Coronavirus makes it more difficult to breathe and there is plenty of hand wringing regarding the dangers of the virus. Perhaps instead of hand wringing, we could start hand washing and pay […]
In the summer of 2018, The Nation Magazine published an article on elementary school families in Ravenswood, West Virginia plagued by opiates. The article explores “children growing up in the shadow of the opioid crisis.” At the story’s conclusion the principal says–we just need help. IE staff contacted the school and gifted them our program. That […]
