Neighbor to Neighbor

This is as wonderful a place to live and raise a family as I know.

It wasn't that long  ago that what we now call human services was simply "neighbor helping neighbor". Times have grown more complex but the basic principal of neighbor helping neighbor is still at the heart of any community. 

My experience spans human and social services-with schools , children, the elderly, with the business community… 

My  working with families started with raising my own and then working with the children of other parents- and later as a parent educator, and athletic coach for both boys and girls teams."

“I was a founding member of the Men’s Resource Collaborative because we want to offer a new paradigm for what it is to be a man-AND, recognize how men can do much better in our relations with women and children."

 "For some however, life is hard and getting harder – and we can't wait for Washington for help.

With needs increasing and resources to help decreasing, I want to be a voice for those "without." And now ,as much as ever, with the effects of  the attack on human services on the most needy and vulnerable among us, our neighbors need  help.

"Framework for Understanding"

and "Bridges Out of Poverty"

The Work of Ruby Payne

These  two books are  essential tools  for understanding generational poverty. They can help create effective  strategies  for outcomes  that empower those in the cycle of generational poverty to lift themselves out of that cycle.

Another part to promoting positive  outcomes, is recognizing  the role  trauma plays in the lives  and culture of  those  in generational poverty.

Without  effectively helping people recognize how  they've  been  traumatized and getting effective  treatment such as EMDR, a  key  factor is ignored.

Ruby Payne's  work on dealing with Generational Poverty can be found  at  her website      www.ahaprocess.com

Information about EMDR and it's process, practitioners and outcomes  can be found at     www.emdr.com