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Trauma and the Brain: An Impaired Hippocampus

Trauma and the Brain: An Impaired Hippocampus

Not all scars are visible. Childhood trauma affects the brain, impairing both the brain’s function and structure. While these hurts may seem invisible, they are not. The effects of trauma on the brain are noticeable to those who look for the signs and symptoms...
YOU Can Know Ages & Stages

YOU Can Know Ages & Stages

Listen to Episode 7 of the Vigilant Voices™ podcast, YOU Can Knows Ages & Stages. Jeannine Panzera: Hello, listeners. We’re glad to have you listening because, well, we know you’re just as passionate as we are about the well being of children. Kristin...
Trauma and the Brain: An Overactive Amygdala

Trauma and the Brain: An Overactive Amygdala

Not all scars are visible. Childhood trauma affects the brain, impairing both the brain’s function and structure. While these hurts may seem invisible, they are not. The effects of trauma on the brain are noticeable to those who look for the signs and symptoms...
Foster Care: Call to Faith Communities

Foster Care: Call to Faith Communities

The purpose of foster care is to give children a reprieve from what was an unsafe living condition, moving them into what the Department of Social Services has deemed to be a safe environment. The word ‘foster’ is synonymous with ‘stand-in’ or ‘substitute.’ So...