And now he has taken the reins of the much smaller, but deeply
troubled Recovery School District in New Orleans.
Not exact matches
Emory researcher Barbara Rothbaum, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Emory
School of Medicine, and director of the Trauma and Anxiety
Recovery Program, has been treating military personnel with posttraumatic stress for more than a decade, helping them to learn how to deal with the
troubling memories.
Memphis, and the takeover of their
schools by the Achievement
School District (ASD), is especially
troubling since it is patterned after the New Orleans
Recovery School District.
So the creation of the
Recovery School District took an already deeply
troubled system and cleaved off the worst - performing
schools.
But the evidence convinces us that, while moving a
school from intensive care to
recovery is difficult, best practices married to district and community - level commitment — supported by adequate funding — can put the rescue of many more
troubled schools well within reach.
I have worked with many populations: Severe and Persistent Mentally Ill, Homeless, At Risk Youth, Adolescents, Foster Care Families, Abused Children,
School Age Children, Fatherhood, Parenting, Marriages in
trouble, Divorce, Couples, The Elderly and Caregivers as well as Substance Addicted Adults and Youth Seeking
Recovery.»