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Critical Incident, Traumatic Stress, & Crisis
CRITICAL INCIDENT, TRAUMATIC STRESS, & CRISIS: A Critical Incident or Traumatic Stress is an event which serves as a perceived or actual threat/challenge to a person’s well-being. A crisis results when that critical incident/traumatic stress overwhelms a person’s coping mechanisms, resulting in: 1. disruption of psychological balance 2. usual coping mechanisms/abilities fail [...]
Continue reading...Suicide - An Extreme Form of Communication
3. November 2007
I attended a suicide presentation at the Collin County Community College’s Frisco campus today. Dr. John Hipple, UNT associate professor of counseling and senior staff member at the UNT Counseling and Testing Center, shared that in his opinion and experience, suicide is the ultimate form of communication. He said that suicide has two components. The first [...]
Continue reading...Mental Illness and Children
2. November 2007
Last month I had a chance to attend a Mental Illness Awareness Conference hosted at Collin College. One of the guest speakers was Dr. Baer Ackerman, a renowned child and adolescent psychiatrist in Dallas. Dr. Ackerman shared about the importance of relationships between parents and children. The parents of a young boy who was described as [...]
Continue reading...Mental Health: Southeast Asian Americans
10. September 2007
I was curious to know about the state and quality of mental health services available to Asian Americans, specifically the Southeast Asian American communities here in the U.S. Despite the notion of Asian Americans as the “model minority”, studies show that “not all Asian Americans are as uniformly educated, acculturated, and financially successful as the myth [...]
Continue reading...Grief, Loss, and Trauma: “It was God’s Will”, “I Know How You Feel”
7. September 2007
Some years ago, a Florida woman delivered triplet baby boys. Sadly, all three babies died shortly after birth. What made the situation (in my opinion) even more tragic is that people didn’t know what to say to the mother because her entire world had turned upside down. Despite not being certain or sometimes even careful [...]
Continue reading...The Sea of Titles and the Types of Mental Health Professionals
22. August 2007
I came across a relatively new label in the mental health professions called, “Mental Health Counselor.” I also noticed that universities and colleges are now offering Mental Health Counseling graduate programs. As you read through the list below taken from the Mayo Clinic, see if you’re as confused as I am with all the labels. [...]
Continue reading...Classroom Management for a New School Year
4. August 2007
Although I’m no longer there in the CNMI to start the new school year with the PSS teachers and staff, I do think about you all often and would like to repost something I wrote last year around this time to help the new incoming as well as the veteran teachers on classroom management. Though [...]
Continue reading...How to Succeed in Classroom Management
29. July 2007
Many first-year teachers feel fairly competent in their content areas and comfortable in instructional techniques. It’s classroom management that has them concerned. I came across a nice article offering classroom management suggestions for new teachers as I was surfing the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) website. It’s called, “For the Uninitiated: How to Succeed in Classroom [...]
Continue reading...A Letter from Crisis Prevention Institute’s Executive Director
2. July 2007
I want to take this opportunity to thank Marconi Calindas of the Saipan Tribune for his coverage of education, mental health and advocacy, and his professionalism in the years that we have known one another. Thank you Marconi for the many Saipan Tribune interviews and features of my work as a Behavior Specialist for PSS, [...]
Continue reading...Mental Health Planning Council’s Certificate of Appreciation
29. June 2007
Photo: The CNMI Mental Health Planning Council presented me with this beautiful plaque earlier this morning in “Appreciation and Recognition for his Public Services, Volunteer Work and Advocacy in Improving the Lives of Individuals with Mental Health Disability, and most especially for Children with Special Needs.” Photo: Group photo with members of the Mental Health Planning [...]
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4. November 2007
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