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Military Trauma Informed

Ignoring Due Process, DOD Climbs on to the Trauma-Informed Bandwagon

By Colleen Reed & Margaret Valois, Esq. September 17, 2019 The Department of Defense (DoD) is collaborating with colleges and universities to promote an ideology that threatens citizens’ fundamental constitutional rights to the presumption of innocence and due process. Trauma-informed or “start by believing” practices infer credibility on complainants while compromising the rights of the

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Chippewa Falls woman arrested in murder-for-hire scheme

https://www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily-updates/cf-woman-arrested-in-murder-for-hire-scheme/article_6636135b-8c38-59ef-813e-c710a89a2044.html Chippewa Falls woman arrested in murder-for-hire scheme By Chris Vetter Leader-Telegram staff Sep 13, 2019 CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Chippewa Falls woman who was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme will remain in jail on a $250,000 cash bond. Melanie S. Schrader, 47, 438 Olive St., appeared for a bond hearing Friday morning

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Title IX Equity Project

OCR Has Now Reached Favorable Resolutions in 10 Cases

SAVE September 11, 2019 The Office for Civil Rights publishes a listing of all resolutions issued since October 1, 2013. The OCR has concluded Title IX investigations affirming complaints by male students at the following institutions, which are listed in alphabetical order: Clemson University, Clemson, SC (2019) (sex-specific programs) Initial Complaint Dismissal Letter Jeremiah Poff: Clemson opens

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Universities should not reward gender

http://tropnews.com/universities-should-not-reward-gender/ Universities should not reward gender September 4, 2019 Sam Stroud Staff Writer Editors Note: The opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Tropolitan or its staff members. Address responses and critiques to opinion@tropnews.com Last week, the L.A. Times reported that

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Investigations Trauma Informed

‘Trauma-Informed’ Bulletin Is Replete with Misrepresentations and Mistakes: CPI Report

PRESS RELEASE Rebecca Stewart: 513-479-3335 Email: info@prosecutorintegrity.org ‘Trauma-Informed’ Bulletin Is Replete with Misrepresentations and Mistakes: CPI Report WASHINGTON / September 3, 2019 – A new Center for Prosecutor Integrity report documents factual errors and faulty conclusions contained in a 2019 bulletin published by End Violence Against Women International. Titled, “Understanding the Neurobiology of Trauma and

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Domestic Violence False Allegations

Do False Allegations Represent a Form of Domestic Violence? A Delaware Judge Said ‘Yes.’

Gordon Smith Ten years ago my marriage began to dissolve. My ex-wife soon discovered the “magic bullet” that would assure custody of our children. Her determination to “win at all costs” came very close to destroying my life. From 2009 to 2012, I was subjected to five protection orders and nine arrests, resulting in a

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Believe the Victim Trauma Informed

Highlights of New Special Report on the Neurobiology of Trauma

Center for Prosecutor Integrity September 1, 2019 Recently the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA) published a Position Paper on “Trauma-Informed Training and Neurobiology of Trauma” that sharply criticizes the assumptions, precepts, and methods of trauma-informed proponents. Now, the Center for Prosecutor Integrity has published a separate report that takes a deep-dive into the science

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Campus Trauma Informed Violence Against Women Act

Highlights from the ATIXA Position Statement on Trauma-Informed Methods

SAVE August 23, 2019 On August 22, the Association of Title IX Administrators – ATIXA – issued a Position Statement on Trauma-Informed Training and the Neurobiology of Trauma that exposes the many fallacies of “trauma-informed” concepts and methods: https://cdn.atixa.org/website-media/atixa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20123741/2019-ATIXA-Trauma-Position-Statement-Final-Version.pdf The Statement begins by quoting a claim that is often cited in trauma-informed training materials: “Trauma

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Scholarships Title IX Equity Project

Colleges and Universities are Failing to Meet Their Title IX Obligations to Male Students

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Colleges and Universities are Failing to Meet Their Title IX Obligations to Male Students WASHINGTON / August 20, 2019 – A review of scholarships at over 200 colleges and universities in 36 states reveals widespread discriminatory practices in the provision of sex-specific scholarships for male students

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Sex Without A Notarized Document Of Consent Is Teetering On Becoming A Thing Of The Past

http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2019/08/sex-without-a-n.html August 7, 2019 Sex Without A Notarized Document Of Consent Is Teetering On Becoming A Thing Of The Past Of course, even a notarized document doesn’t protect you, as the person you’re having sex with could say they withdrew consent mid-act, and you don’t have proof that you had consent to continue. In short