Fighting for intersectional justice. They/elle.
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My colleagues and I (@AgustinaBertone @TCRaines2 Tameisha Hinton, Jennifer Twyford, Erin Dowdy) propose a new model for school mental health training in our newly published article. Open access, so please feel free to pass it along! 7/7 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
The Biden admin has continued inhumane treatment of asylum-seeking families at the border. Our new brief discusses the science of why family separation & family detention are so harmful & identifies policy steps to center children & human rights: bit.ly/3MnCn3s
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Check out our latest report, "Preventing Family Separations & Detention in the U.S. Immigration System." In this report, we discuss steps that can be taken to protect #childhealth, #safety, & #wellbeing for the many affected #children.
Read full report: bit.ly/CEPPreventingFamilySe…
Newcomer students are a vital part of our school communities. How can we ensure they receive the unique supports they need? Join @TNTP & @TheNext100 for a panel discussion, Effective Supports for Newcomer Students, on 4/13 at 6pm ET. Register: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
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BREAKING: Our clients sent a letter to the Biden administration on the harm of family detention:
"Any effort to again implement the practice of family detention is a decision to knowingly create substantial and specific harm to children."
Read more ⬇
whistleblower.org/press/pres…
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3. These restrictions are harmful to the health and wellbeing of children and contribute to the long-term harm and trauma of family separation. You can read our report here. bit.ly/KidsNeedContact
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2. Unaccompanied children in ORR custody are typically only permitted access to two telephone calls per week, 10 minutes each, with their family members. Some children are allowed even less time than this to speak with their loved ones, often with little to no privacy.
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1. This powerful op-ed from doctors with @P4HR's Asylum Network elevates findings from a @theYoungCenter report examining the impact of the federal gov't restricting unaccompanied children's contact with their family while in custody.
thehill.com/opinion/immigrat…
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“In manipulating and misusing public health to advance immigration control objectives, @POTUS is inflicting a grave injustice — not just on individuals & families who are being denied their right to seek asylum, but also on... public health."
New letter: publichealth.columbia.edu/re…
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We, along with @TheYoungCenter and 38 other orgs, are proud to endorse the Children’s Safe Welcome Act. The U.S. must value family unity and #WelcomeAllChildren, protecting the rights of those who are most vulnerable among us. Read the letter here: youthlaw.org/news/childrens-…
Today, @SenatorDurbin, @gillibrandny, @RepKarenBass, and I introduced the Children’s Safe Welcome Act—comprehensive legislation that will help us build an immigration system that protects the well-being of children in our care. #WelcomeAllChildren
Any current IL teachers, please help out Mayra/the field by sharing your experiences with trauma-related PD!!
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An overwhelmingly white field, school psychology has largely failed to adopt a lens of intersectionality & act on the knowledge that social determinants (e.g. adverse early experiences, poverty, food insecurity, discrimination, ed. inequities) deeply affect child mental health 1/
“It’s not enough to teach kids deep breathing if they’re deep breathing in a racist, oppressive context.” – @drmaishasyeda @ Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health ➡️ ¡Ojo, schools/admins/practitioners! MH intervention at the indiv. level only is insufficient, period
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Want to help build more equitable #ECE systems? Consider joining our team! We are #NowHiring for the following positions:
- Assoc. Dir. of Data, bit.ly/CEPDataDirector
- Postdocs, bit.ly/CEPPostdoc
- Manager Data Analysis, bit.ly/CEPDataAnalyst
#policy #postdoc #hiring
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