On Monday, November 23rd, Time Warner Cable News (Cable Channel 9), the Capital Region's 24-hour news station started to air 'Breaking the Cycle,' a three-part series featuring Albany's LaSalle School and its approach to the study of brain science and…
There are about 150 students at the LaSalle School in Albany, a residential treatment center for troubled boys. Almost all of them have experienced serious childhood trauma, and then acted out because of it. In parts one and two of…
Part two of Breaking the Cycle introduces you to two young men who are well into moving on from their past. One is a graduate of the LaSalle School, the other still has a couple years left. Katie Eastman explains…
In part one of the series Breaking the Cycle, reporter Katie Eastman explains the Adverse Childhood Experiences study and why it's important to a local school. ALBANY, N.Y. -- Inside brick walls along Western Avenue in Albany, there’s a movement --…
The Third Annual Capital District Symposium on Adverse Childhood Experience(s), Trauma, and Response will be held on Tuesday, April 12th, 2016 at the University at Albany's Performing Arts Center (uptown campus) in Albany, NY. This year's symposium will have Melissa T.…
On November 8th and 9th, representatives from all 14 localities selected for Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) met in Philadelphia, PA to meet and network with one another. Their goal was also to share their efforts for all those…
With the emergence of a new national learning collaborative called Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC), there will be statewide implications at community and local levels for brain science research. The University at Albany's collaborative network - Healthy Environments And Relationships That Support,…
In an October 29th press release, the Health Federation of Philadelphia announced the 14 localities that would join the new initiative called Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC), including the University at Albany's HEARTS network of 15 nonprofit and health…
The abilities that the University at Albany's 15-member collaborative called HEARTS will have to expand its work based in practices directly related to groundbreaking discoveries in the areas of neurology and brain science skyrocketed with UAlbany's announcement of a $300,000 grant award.…
As LaSalle joins their U.S. and Canadian peer sites to in August 2015 kick off the 'Change in Mind' initiative in Chicago, the Alliance for Stronger Families and Communities announced the Chronicle of Social Change's support for the project and…