All Moms are Heroes
As we look towards the upcoming month of May, Mother’s Day is just around the corner and we want to celebrate moms everywhere. Do you have a mother figure in your life you’d like to honor in May? Share your…
April 2021 Newsletter
Click here to see the full Newsletter. For our April newsletter, we are highlighting the importance of prevention and its impact on child and family wellbeing. Because of the isolation experienced during COVID-19, children have been at a greater risk of neglect…
Building Stronger and Healthier Families
This April, we are focusing on the resolve and determination of the incredible children who overcome trauma from neglect and abuse. Even a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, these children continue to take inspiring steps forward in their journeys toward…
A Message to Our Community
To Our Community: Last week we announced a difficult decision to voluntarily and temporarily close our Residential Treatment Program to evaluate its future. The decision was based upon operational and compliance concerns that have been identified by the Colorado Department…
Family Advisory Council
As a therapist, I was taught that every individual is an expert in their own life. While I believe this to be true, I do not always see it reflected in the systems we have created that are intended to…
Diversity Curriculum
My passion for driving school curricula to be more inclusive and representative of all nationalities and people of color started when I was a young teen going through school. I’d always wondered why school only taught how my ancestors were…
Reblog: With a monthly meal, and friendly ear, volunteer ‘neighbors’ help struggling Colorado families
Reblog from The Gazette (Colorado Springs). You can read the full post here. "When Lelia Escalante was in her 20s and raising two kids, she wasn’t doing it alone. She had her mom, and a solid network of family and…
The Next Public Health Issue is Already Beginning and Coming Fast
As a mental health therapist, my friends and family have increasingly been asking me (over Zoom calls, of course) what I think the COVID-19 pandemic is doing to people’s mental health and what we should do about it. Without question,…
Repost: Moving Upstream: Solving for Family Well-Being
Tennyson Center for Children is proud to partner with the Institute for Family to advance a system of child and family wellbeing. Learn more about the Institute here. The below article has been reposted from the Institute for Family's website.…
Mental Health During COVID-19
We are six months into COVID-19 and it's already challenging to imagine a world post-COVID-19. It's hard to believe it's only been half a year — it feels like so much longer. I struggle to remember concrete details of life…