Tag: Cognitive Behavioral Theory
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May 23, 2023
Changing thought patterns and rewiring the brain to prevent gun violence
CHICAGO (CBS) — What does brain science have to do with gun violence? A whole lot, if you ask one gun violence prevention group here in Chicago.
CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey got a look at how a program seeks to prevent gun violence by encouraging different ways of thinking and coping – and thus, rewiring the brain.
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May 23, 2023
Anti-violence program shows promise in first four years in Baltimore
When youth workers from the anti-violence program Roca first knocked on Sheldon Smith-Gray’s door in 2018, he thought it might be the police. He was “outside” at the time — “whatever you can think of, I was doing it, for sure,” he said in an interview Wednesday — and it took him about a year before he bought into Roca’s process 100%.
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August 15, 2022
Look at me now
Using neuroscience to help at-risk kids — and change Maryland’s juvenile justice system.
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June 30, 2022
Grupo busca rescatar a jóvenes de pandillas en Boston
La ciudad de Boston inauguró este miércoles las nuevas oficinas de Roca, una organización sin fines de lucro que rescata a los jóvenes de la violencia.
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May 11, 2022
IDEAS WE SHOULD STEAL: REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE WITH COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY
A program in Massachusetts and Baltimore trains shooters to refrain from shooting by literally changing their minds.