by Dr. Reggie | Feb 26, 2009 | news and events
It felt good to wear my pink shirt today and ask my college students – future teachers – to remember this day when their students are looking up to them, to be sure not only to commemorate the day each year, but also to live its meaning all days of the...
by Dr. Reggie | Feb 24, 2009 | news and events
This coming Wednesday, February 25th, wear pink and take a stand against bullying, racism and any other form of peer abuse. I, for one, am thrilled, that we are finally taking something seriously that has been minimized for decades, something that we now know can have...
by Dr. Reggie | Feb 17, 2009 | news and events
Whether you are a parent or a teacher, there are 5 things you could be doing right now to help a child who has been shaken by a crisis, too much stress, or trauma. The goal is always to restore a greater sense of balance and ease in the child’s nervous system so...
by Dr. Reggie | Feb 16, 2009 | news and events
Someone explained to me recently that the word “trauma” is used so much today that it has become a cliche; it has lost its meaning. Perhaps we call what isn’t necessarily traumatic “trauma,” and thereby render the word meaningless even...
by Dr. Reggie | Feb 14, 2009 | news and events
I have a bee in my bonnet about the problem we all seem to have about using the word “trauma.” A person said to me recently that she wanted me to impart my knowledge to teachers without talking about trauma because it isn’t something teachers need to...
by Dr. Reggie | Feb 7, 2009 | news and events
1. Knowing that parents are stressed in these tough economic times, is it safe to say that our children are experiencing that stress as well? How? What might they be experiencing as children? The best way I have come to help others understand how children experience...