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‘You are more than your mistakes': Teachers get at roots of bad behavior

Claudia Rowe

May 16, 2015 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In 1997, researchers found a connection between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult health problems. Seattle's public schools are part of a growing cohort nationwide applying this knowledge in the classroom to help students who are facing immense challenges at home. By considering external stresses and factors, such as divorce, domestic violence, or family substance abuse (All ACEs), teachers are slower to jump to judgement or punishment. After four years of teacher training, Bemiss Elementary School is getting results, with a 33 percent decrease in suspensions for the 2014 school year.

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America's War On Drugs Has Failed. This Program Might Be The Solution.

Carly Schwartz

May 07, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The war on drugs has put millions in jail and fails to curb illegal drug use. Tactics that focus on helping addicts are far more successful, such as Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) and other decriminalization/community-partnership programs.

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Bellevue schools teach emotional smarts to help boost academic success

John Higgins

May 05, 2015 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Bellevue, Washington

Many schools across the Bellevue, Washington school district have integrated social-emotional learning curricula into their daily lesson plans. Using a program called RULER (Recognize, Understand, Label, Express, and Regulate Emotions) developed by Yale researchers, teachers have seen decreasing suspension rates. Most notably, teachers have noticed promising results across schools, with students at predominantly low income schools responding similarly to those at high income schools.

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'Recovery is work; work is recovery'

Jona Ison

May 03, 2015 |

Newark Advocate |

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Response Location: United States, Newark, Ohio

Research shows that successful addiction recovery requires a comprehensive approach and multiple types of support. Ohio is in the midst of shifting its approach to vocational rehabilitation to an evidence-based approach focusing on providing close employment support, rapid job search and placement services, and emphasizes that "work is not the result of treatment and recovery but integral to both."

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For some, Anchorage Wellness Court offers a road to redemption

Hope Miller

April 23, 2015 |

KTVA |

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Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

Therapeutic courts like the Anchorage Wellness Court were born out of a desire to reduce recidivism rates and deflate ballooning prison populations. For many, they have become the answer to breaking the cycle of criminal behavior while treating people with substance abuse issues.

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A Moroccan fix to Europe's migrant crisis

The Christian Science Monitor Editorial Board

April 22, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Morocco, Casablanca

Once harshly criticized for its mistreatment of African migrants, Morocco has changed its view and now lays down a well-regulated welcome mat. If Europe did more of the same, it's possible that fewer migrants would risk dangerous sea journeys with smugglers.

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In Finland's 'open prisons,' inmates have the keys

Rae Ellen Bichell

April 15, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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Response Location: Finland, Kerava

Inmates at the prison in Kerava, Finland, do their own shopping and have keys. Open prisons are the final step of the penal system, one that encourages prisoners—who must apply to the prison, but may be welcome even if they've committed murder—to adjust back into society.

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In Classroom Discipline, a Soft Approach Is Harder Than It Looks

Ruben Brosbe

April 14, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

When students misbehave in school, teachers struggle to decide the right kind of intervention, with school suspension a common outcome. However, research has shown that school suspensions can increase the likelihood of dropouts and incarcerations so that there is pressure to decrease the rate of suspensions. Restorative justice has become a favorable alternative because misbehaving students can participate in a number of supportive activities such as peer meditation or collaborative negotiation to build community, trust, and confidence.

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Glasgow smiles: how the city halved its murders by 'caring people into change'

Peter Geoghegan

April 06, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

Ten years ago, Glasgow was western Europe’s murder capital. But the Violence Reduction Unit, an offshoot of the police force, invented an offender rehabilitation strategy – borrowed from anti-gang violence initiatives spearheaded in Boston in the 1990s – that combined creative thinking with old-fashioned enforcement.

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The irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous

Gabrielle Glaser

April 01, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

For decades, the only good option for alcoholics seeking recovery was an abstinence-based 12-step program called Alcoholics Anonymous. John David Sinclair, an American neuroscientist, has developed a new method, where an alcoholic takes naltrexone one hour before drinking. The naltrexone blocks the brain's opioid receptors and prevents an alcoholics strong synaptic reward response from occurring, which allows their craving for alcohol to eventually subside.

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