Posts Tagged ‘trauma’
New law boosts mental health support for Californian firefighters
When Oakland Fire Department (OFD) Captain Christopher Foley and his coworkers learned that one of them had been killed in a San Jose shooting, not long after 36 people died in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, they needed help—and found it in the department’s peer support program.
Read MoreAs schools struggle with turnover, an East Oakland middle school keeps its teachers
“Teachers keep themselves here,” Principal Betlach says. “Not in the sense that we don’t do anything, but at the end of the day, it’s on them.”
Read MoreGabby Falzone translates the study of trauma
When she was 12, Gabby Falzone and her family became homeless in New York. At 15, she ran away. She moved between squats and stints with her family, but said she suffered too much abuse from them to stay for long. At 17, she moved to Boston, where she said she survived by exchanging sex…
Read MoreAdvocates for survivors of domestic violence join forces
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, advocates and clinicians establish new connections to combat the crime.
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