Tag: Trauma and Grief Center
Grief, grit and gratitude shape rebuilding
May 7, 2026 – The Meadows Institute is featured in a story in the Hill Country Community Journal on the Rebuild Kerr Grantee Gathering hosted by the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country. The…
New program helps Utah children process trauma and grief before it follows them into adulthood
March 31, 2026 – The Meadows Institute was featured in local and national coverage of a partnership to strengthen care for children between Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah and the Trauma and Grief…
Texas summer camp owners brace for more mental health issues among youth
November 25, 2025 – Months after the devastating floods in Central Texas, the psychological toll continues for many children, who find themselves “very, very distressed” by simple rainstorms. The Meadows Institute’s trauma and grief expert…
Family Mental Health Care Fund expanding mental health support for families impacted July 4 Floods
November 24, 2025 – The Meadows Institute was featured on the Houston television station KPRC to discuss the impact of the Family Mental Health Care Fund. Dr. Julie Kaplow, the executive director of the Trauma and…
Supporting Children Through Grief and Trauma
November 14, 2025 – The Meadows Institute was recently featured on Building Pathways to Healthy Minds, a ChildBuilders podcast. In the episode, Dr. Julie Kaplow, the executive director of the Meadows Institute’s Trauma and Grief Center,…
Israeli Mental Health Clinicians Turn to TAG Center in First-Ever International Training
By Geoffrey Melada | September 25, 2025 Seeking a targeted intervention for grieving children in the wake of the deadly Hamas-led attack on Southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, five Israeli mental health clinicians traveled…
How to Talk to Children After a Natural Disaster
July 21, 2025 – As part of the Meadows Institute’s ongoing response to the devastating floods in Central Texas, Julie Kaplow, PhD, the executive director of the Trauma and Grief Center at The Hackett Center…
6 Tips for Helping Children Manage Anticipatory Grief
This column was authored by the executive director of the Meadows Institute’s Trauma and Grief Center, Julie Kaplow, PhD and was published in Psychology Today on January 15, 2025. Grief doesn’t begin only after the death…
A gunman stole his twin from him. This is what he’s learned about grieving a sibling
This article was published by NPR on April 10, 2024. Read or listen to the full story on NPR’s website. Zion Kelly still thinks of himself as a twin. By the time he and his…
Seeking professional help for mental health
This segment aired on KPRC Click2Houston on February 13, 2024. Psychologist Dr. Julie Kaplow talks about how shootings affect people and how to reach out for help if you or someone you know is facing…
Silent struggles: Grieving Houston-area students’ well-being at stake as COVID-19 funds fade
This article was published by Houston Landing on January 4, 2024. Each day after his shift as a machine operator, Eliberto Ortega used to walk through the front door of his east Houston home, take…
How to support grieving children over the holidays: 5 tips from a child psychologist
For many of us, the holiday season is a happy and joyful time that we look forward to all year. But after experiencing the death of a loved one, the holidays can be a very…
One Size Does Not Fit All: The Meadows Institute’s Dr. Julie Kaplow Discusses New Book on Supporting Bereaved Children
Dr. Kaplow’s new book, “Multidimensional Grief Therapy: A Flexible Approach to Assessing and Supporting Bereaved Youth” This month, to help us commemorate National Children’s Grief Awareness Month, we were privileged to sit down for a…
Discussing school safety with kids
This article was published by Click2Houston on September 7, 2023. Students are well-informed about school safety and they probably have more opinions than you may know. That is why discussing fears or concerns with your…
Con este programa buscan capacitar a estudiantes de trabajo social en Houston en temas de salud mental
This segment ran on KXLN Houston (Univision) on September 6, 2023. View on Univision’s website.
New Study Finds Grief Therapy May Reduce Violent Behavior Among Incarcerated Youth
A new research study published in the American Psychological Association’s journal, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, and co-authored by Dr. Julie Kaplow, executive director of the Trauma and Grief Center at the Meadows Mental…
Mass shootings taking toll on children’s mental health: ‘Our kids should not have to live like this’
This article was published by the Houston Chronicle on May 23, 2023. Nora Senske and her classmates sat in a locked basement classroom at Lamar High School for several hours on a recent Monday as…
Grief and trauma training is unexpectedly healing for school district staff in Texas
This interview was released by NPR on December 1, 2022. At a school district in Texas, mental health professional training to address grief and trauma is healing for school-based therapists and social workers who lost…
Galena Park ISD launches ‘Handle with Care’ program to help kids coping with trauma
This article was originally published by the Houston Chronicle on October 13, 2022. Educators are teaming up with law enforcement to launch a program at a Houston-area school district that aims to quickly link students…
Houston grandmother left to care for twins who lost their mother to gun violence: ‘I’m starting over’
This article was originally published by the Houston Chronicle on September 26, 2022. In memories tucked away on a phone, Chant’e Mahogany Wilson appears full of life: Smiling in selfies, holding her twin daughters on…