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In My Backyard is an open conversation about children and mental health. Psychological and emotional distress amongst children doesn’t spare any family or any community – we all know a child who is struggling, whether that child tells us or not. In this podcast, we will speak with experts about the many factors that contribute to emotional distress in children, how to address those factors and how to create a community where all children have the help they need to be healthy and happy. By shining a light on these issues, admitting that they are in our own backyards, it will make it easier for a struggling child to get help, and ideally, we can all begin to be kinder and more supportive of each other. This podcast is made possible through generous donations from our listeners and supporters. Please visit tgclb.org or text HOPE to 562-262-5689 to support our cause with a donation of any amount or join our Hope and Healing Club to become a monthly donor today.

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In My Backyard is an open conversation about children and mental health. Psychological and emotional distress amongst children doesn’t spare any family or any community – we all know a child who is struggling, whether that child tells us or not. In this podcast, we will speak with experts about the many factors that contribute to emotional distress in children, how to address those factors and how to create a community where all children have the help they need to be healthy and happy. By shining a light on these issues, admitting that they are in our own backyards, it will make it easier for a struggling child to get help, and ideally, we can all begin to be kinder and more supportive of each other. This podcast is made possible through generous donations from our listeners and supporters. Please visit tgclb.org or text HOPE to 562-262-5689 to support our cause with a donation of any amount or join our Hope and Healing Club to become a monthly donor today.

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Episodes

Season 2 Episode #23: STORIES: The Experience of Being Gender Non-Binary

9/1/2023
According to The National Center for Transgender Equality, “most people – including most transgender people – (identify as) either male or female. Although, some people have a gender that blends elements of being a man or a woman, or a gender that is different from either male or female. Today’s podcast is another installment of STORIES, […]

Duration:00:54:56

Season 2 Episode #22 – STORIES: The Lasting Impact of Surviving Gun Violence

8/1/2023
The Center for Disease Control reports that 48,830 people died from gun-related injuries in the United States in 2021 (last year with available data). These horrific statistics only tell a part of the story. They don’t count people who are shot but survive and the witnesses who are left forever changed by the experience. Today’s […]

Duration:00:51:25

Season 2 Episode #21 – Exploring a Link Between Mental Illness and Mass Shootings

6/30/2023
This episode explores whether there is a link between mental illness and mass killings, a tragic phenomenon that is relatively unique to the United States. The National Council for Behavioral Health wrote in 2019, “after (mass shootings), political leaders often invoke mental illness as the reason for mass violence, a narrative that resonates with the […]

Duration:00:49:17

Season 2 Episode #20 – The Failures of the Foster Care System for Hard-To-Place Children

6/15/2023
This episode revisits the LA County foster care system, a system that has been the recipient of unfavorable news coverage, particularly related to our most traumatized and troubled children. Foster placement is particularly complicated for our most troubled youth, many of whom are “involved with the juvenile delinquency system, sex trafficked, developmentally disabled or suffering […]

Duration:00:53:38

Season 2 Episode #19 – The Impact of Racism on Young People of Color

5/31/2023
Today’s podcast revisits the pandemic of systemic and institutionalized racism against people of color, and the impact it has on the emotional well-being of children and youth. The mental health system has long recognized that chronic stress has a negative impact on mental health, but it is only relatively recently that trauma and chronic stress […]

Duration:00:38:32

Season 2 Episode #18 – School Based Mental Health

5/15/2023
Today’s episode discusses school-based mental health, what it is and how this treatment model increases access and availability to services for many children who would otherwise not receive help. The benefits of school-based mental health services have long been noted. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that “school-based mental health services can improve access to care, […]

Duration:00:38:32

Season 2 Episode #17 – Early Childhood Education

5/1/2023
In our most recent episode, we spoke about children and families experiencing homelessness: how a family might become homeless and what they are likely to experience in a shelter. In this podcast, we look at this problem from a different lens, coming to understand the vital importance of early educational experiences for these and other […]

Duration:00:48:00

Season 2 Episode #16 – The Impact of Families and Children Experiencing Homelessness

3/31/2023
Today’s podcast discusses young children and families experiencing homelessness, and the impact this has on them while they are unhoused and in the long-term. The 2020 Los Angeles County Homeless Count tells us that 63,706 individuals were unhoused that year. Children and families make up 19% of that total. Specifically, in 2020, 7,491 children under […]

Duration:00:57:22

Season 2 Episode #15 – The Magic of Music

3/17/2023
According to the 2022 Children Now California report card, children’s “success hinges on the support of caring, effective, trauma-informed and culturally competent/congruent adults. Yet, California schools continue to have fewer educators, counselors, nurses and support staff than almost every other state in the country.” Only 57% of 9th graders report having a caring relationship with […]

Duration:00:48:31

Season 2 Episode #14 – The Impact of War on Children and Those Who Try to Help Them

3/1/2023
In today’s podcast. we discuss the impact of war on children and the professionals trying to support them, in this episode specifically in the devastating war in Ukraine. The American Psychological Association points out that the negative impact of war is broad-reaching, well beyond witnessing bombing, destruction and bloodshed. Complicating challenges include: • The loss […]

Duration:01:01:49

Season 2 Episode #13: The Truth of Human Trafficking Part 2

2/15/2023
Today’s podcast continues last episode’s discussion about human trafficking, which includes an open conversation of sexual abuse and exploitation. This might be painful and triggering for some listeners. Please consider carefully before tuning in. If you feel in crisis, or worry that someone you love might be in crisis, please call 988 for assistance. The […]

Duration:00:43:11

SEASON 2: EPISODE #13: The Truth of Human Trafficking PART 1

2/1/2023
Today’s podcast discusses human trafficking, which includes an open conversation of sexual abuse and exploitation. This might be painful and triggering for some listeners. Please consider carefully before tuning in. If you feel in crisis, or worry that someone you love might be in crisis, please call 988 for assistance. The US Department of Homeland […]

Duration:00:39:49

Season 2: Episode #12: The Importance of Identity and Representation among LGBTQ Children

1/14/2023
Today’s podcast expands upon a subject we have covered in the past, mental health factors effecting LGBTQ children and youth; however in order to have this conversation, the historical relationship between the behavioral health field and sexual minority persons must be acknowledged. Homosexuality wasn’t removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as […]

Duration:00:49:19

Season 2: Episode #11: Working With Children Who Have Suicidal Ideation

12/15/2022
Today’s podcast discusses suicide, which might be painful and triggering for some listeners. If you are experiencing thoughts of suicide, or are worried that someone you love might be suicidal, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Help is available. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2019 suicide was the […]

Duration:00:47:13

Season 2: Episode #10 – STORIES: Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum

11/16/2022
Today’s podcast is the fourth installment of the “In My Backyard” series: STORIES. In this episode, Patricia speaks with two parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association published the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, or DSM. In this edition, what had been referred to as Autistic […]

Duration:00:54:26

Season 2: Episode #9: A Conversation About Anxiety in Children

11/1/2022
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, reported in 2019 that 9.4% of children in the US aged 3 to 17 were diagnosed with clinical anxiety, representing an astounding 5.8 million young ones. Significantly, this data predates the COVID-19 pandemic. Global research by Drs Nicole Racine, Brae Anne McArthur et al found that […]

Duration:00:37:06

SEASON 2: EPISODE #8 – A Discussion About The Consequences of Bullying

10/14/2022
Today’s podcast discusses childhood bullying, how it is defined, the impact it has and, most importantly, any possible link between bullying and school shootings. According to the Center for Disease Control, bullying is a form of youth violence and is an adverse childhood experience that can lead to trauma. The CDC defines bullying “as any […]

Duration:00:55:27

Season 2: Episode #7 – The Role of Parent Partners in Children’s Mental Health

9/13/2022
Today’s podcast discusses the role of Parent Partners in the children’s mental health system. According to United Parents, a nonprofit focused on the concept of “parents helping parents”, a Parent Partner is a “clinically supervised para-professional who has raised a child with a mental, emotional or behavioral disorder. They understand the frustration, being blamed, losing […]

Duration:00:44:34

Season 2: Episode #6 – The Lasting Effects of Parental Bereavement

9/2/2022
Today’s podcast discusses a subject that has become increasingly relevant in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: what happens to children who experience the death of a loved one, particularly a parent or caregiver. According to Dr. Dan Treglia from the University of Pennsylvania, there are an estimated 200,000 children (in the US) who have […]

Duration:00:58:40

Season 2: Episode #5 – STORIES: Debbie Lambert and Saira Patina

7/31/2022
Today’s podcast is the third installment of the “In My Backyard” series: STORIES. Patricia speaks with Guidance Center staff members, Debbie Lambert and Saira Patino. Debbie has been with The Guidance Center for over 20 years, as a Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist, a clinician, and now as the Supervisor of the agency’s Intensive Care Coordination […]

Duration:00:46:39

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