08 Jun Racism is Trauma
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Emmett Till, countless others … The list of names is too long and the injustice unfathomable. And, it is all too real for our Black neighbors, co-workers,...
Trauma
20 Apr Child Abuse Prevention Month: Pandemic Edition
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in Community, Events, Healthy Families, InsideOut, Outreach, ReadySteps, Teen Counseling Program, Trauma
Normally for Child Abuse Prevention Month the staff at ReadyKids brainstorm an event. In the past, the event brought together community leaders to think about how to prevent child abuse in the Charlottesville area. We’ve...
31 Mar ReadyKids’ Dave Lewis Wins Social Worker of the Year Award
ReadyKids is thrilled to announce that one of our social workers is the recipient of the 2020 National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Virginia Social Worker of the Year Award. Dave Lewis, who has been a...
15 Apr Keeping Your Family Strong
Every family has strengths, and every family faces challenges. When you are under stress — the car breaks down, you or your partner lose a job, a child’s behavior is difficult, or even when the...
01 Aug Supporting Kids During and After Upsetting Community Events
Children look to the adults in their lives to understand their world and how to respond, especially during upsetting and traumatic community events. Even children as young as 2 and 3 pick up on family,...
23 Apr 3 Ways InsideOut Counselors Treat Trauma
Meet Kayla By the time Kayla came to ReadyKids, shortly after her fourth birthday, she had lived in three different foster homes, experienced chronic homelessness, substance abuse exposure, neglect and suspected sexual abuse. At ReadyKids, Kayla met...
04 Jan Dear Young Person
NBC News ranked the Aug. 11 and 12 rallies in Charlottesville as one of the top 10 news stories of 2017. The Atlantic rated the photo of protesters being hit by a car on 4th...
