By The Courtier-Journal 06/28/2015
\”It was with great interest that I read about the Compassionate Schools Project to be launched this fall in three JCPS elementary schools. The family court judges witness firsthand the devastating impact that family trauma has on children. As parents leave my courtroom, I often wonder how their children get up and go to school and learn anything at all. How can you be receptive to learning in a classroom when you have been up all night, police on your doorstep, lights flashing in the driveway, and perhaps a parent taken into custody after a domestic assault? How do you calm yourself, concentrate, and study, when your parents drag you into the middle of their divorce as a pawn to punish or gain control (financially or emotionally) of one another? …\”
Read the entire article: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/06/28/compassion-schools-great-step-help-kids/29325359/
