From the Marshall Project. This resource provides a guide to complicated legal terms related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol in easy to understand language
An interview with disability justice activist, attorney, educator, community organizer, scholar, speaker and consultant on disability justice, racial justice and mutual aid.
This insightful bog post from David Pitonyak provides a guide for developing support plans for people with behavioral challenges. It is based off of the idea that behavioral challenges result form unmet needs
This is a pod-cast and article of an interview by Ezra Klein of The NY Times of Dr. Nadine eBurke Harris on the impact of trauma in general and the trauma of Covid 19 on children and adults. They discuss lesson’s from her work in California.
Article describing how a 6 year old was handcuffed and arrested after having a tantrum at school. This articles mentions the school to prision pipeline
Resources from Mind/Shift at KQED to help adults talk to children about the riots at the U.S Capitol honestly, sensitively and appropriate to their development.
Talk About Sexual Violence provides practical tools to address
the silent epidemic of sexual violence and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through a supported decision-making lens
that supports victim-centered approaches.
The first in a two-part series for funders to help promote a trauma-informed community in PA. Part 1 provides a description of trauma-informed practices, philanthropy’s role in building a trauma-informed region, and introduction of trauma-informed efforts in the region.
The second in a two part series on trauma-informed philanthropy (giving). This section discusses the foundation of trauma-informed grant-making, fostering cross-sector networks, and building efforts through program evaluation.
This article describes a bill called the HCBS Access Act that would eliminate the waiting list for Home and Community Based Services funded by Medicaid.