7 Subtle Self-Harm Strategies You Might Do
This blog discusses self-harm and suicide, which can be sensitive topics to many readers. Please establish your safety before reading,...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Nov 28
- 7 min
9 Types of Safety Most People Don’t Know About
Safety is a crucial topic for trauma-informed systems, and understanding how your community defines safety is no small task. If I asked...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Nov 21
- 5 min
Why is Safety Important in a Trauma Informed Approach?
No matter what model you use, SAMHSA or Sanctuary, safety is a core value of trauma-informed care. Safety is arguably one of the most...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Nov 29, 2022
- 4 min
Empathy is a Professional Superpower
All human beings are born with a capacity for empathy, but ultimately, empathy is a learned behavior—much like language. Just as language...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Jul 26, 2022
- 3 min
ACEs: Everything You Need to Know About Adverse Childhood Experiences
Most people acknowledge the close link between childhood trauma and social-emotional problems later in life. Studies have also shown that...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Jun 21, 2022
- 2 min
Trauma-Informed Leadership and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Last week I spent 3 days with a room full of exhausted yet engaged teachers, who were eager to learn about trauma and not only how it...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
Navigating Grief: How to Take Care of Yourself in a Worst-Case Scenario
Trigger Warning: Please note that this blog contains a discussion of suicide, self-injurious behavior, depression and/or references of...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Apr 25, 2022
- 8 min
Teen Suicide Prevention: How to Care for Depressed Teens and Children
If you need access to a crisis helpline right now, call 800-273-8255, the 24-hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Trigger Warning:...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Oct 1, 2017
- 4 min
Burning Coals of Emotional Abuse: Minimizing, Invalidating & Gas Lighting
Since the release of Garbage Bag Suitcase, I have had some interesting human encounters. I have traveled around the country and even into...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Jun 13, 2017
- 3 min
The Connection Between Teachers and the Child Welfare System
I was speaking to an elementary teacher the other day and she provided some insights into how her job relates to the child welfare...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Dec 8, 2016
- 2 min
Who Gets The Life Raft: The Difficult Relationships of Foster Youth
Writing for this blog is sometimes problematic for me. I try to be as transparent as possible and talk about the things that are truly...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- May 20, 2016
- 4 min
Reaching the Fourth "R": Schools and Classrooms Make the Difference
I am very excited to bring you my first guest blog. In full disclosure, I met Cathy Anther-Fialon, at a webcast on a seminar regarding...
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