An NMT Transformation: From Chaos and Upheaval to Hugs and Smiles “ARE YOU SURE YOU’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE HIM?” HIS FOSTER MOM ASKED ME. “HE CAN BE A LOT.” Contributed by Alex Baker, Clinical Supervisor, PEP Willow Creek Intake “Are you sure you’re going to be able to handle him?” his foster
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Supporting Transgender People: Know Better, Do Better THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS PLENTY OF INFORMATION OUT THERE. THERE ARE ENTIRE BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT SUPPORTING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. By Jim Flynn, Trainer/Consultant, PEP Early Childhood Plus At PEP we work with children who struggle in a myriad of ways. Many have endured trauma and discrimination.
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A Year Later: George Floyd, Police, and a New Way of Being By Habeebah R. Grimes, Chief Executive Officer “I feel our nation’s turning away from love…moving into a wilderness of spirit so intense we may never find our way home again. I write of love to bear witness both to the danger in this
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Changing the Mental Health Narrative for Kids OUR KIDS’ MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS MANIFEST IN WAYS THAT MANY PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY SEE SIMPLY AS DELINQUENCY, CONDUCT PROBLEMS, OR “BEHAVIORAL” By Habeebah R. Grimes, Chief Executive Officer For many people, the idea of mental health care evokes images of an adult or child sitting in
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