There’s a new bedtime routine at Alexander’s Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility. Behavioral Health Counselor Sophia Jackson-Ganihizu is teaching the children in the program to crochet. It is common for children at Alexander to have experienced early childhood trauma, such as domestic violence and sexual abuse. Bedtime is a fearful time for many of the children. Xavier Dunbar explains that the crocheting activity “helps the children to wind down before bedtime. It surprised us how quickly the children caught on and got into crocheting.”
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