Advocacy

kids we lose documentary

Advocacy

Behaviorally challenging kids are often on the receiving end of the most unenlightened, ineffective, sometimes brutal treatment society has to offer. They need a voice. In this section, you'll learn about what Lives in the Balance is doing to heighten awareness and advocate on behalf of the kids and their caregivers -- including our documentary film, The Kids We Lose -- and how you can get involved.

The Kids We Lose

Punitive Index

Compassionate Communities

School Discipline Survey

Good News / Bad News

Bill of Rights

The Real World

National Conference

Highlights

advocacy for behaviorally challenging kids and their caregivers

Are You Ready to Change Things Up?

Become a Lives in the Balance Advocator to help us heighten awareness of the counterproductive, inhumane disciplinary practices commonly applied to behaviorally challenging kids...and change things for the better.

The Kids We Lose: A Lives in the Balance Documentary

Winner of the Best Feature Documentary Award at the 2018 New Hampshire Film Festival, this film exposes the brutal, counterproductive, inhumane treatment often applied to kids with behavioral challenges.

Final Take on Our 2018 Summit: Moving, Inspiring, Invigorating

Our Annual Summit was held Portland, Maine on November 2nd, and Dr. Julie Causton helped over 300 participants think about how to help schools be more inclusive. You missed it? Next year's Summit is on November 15, 2019...

Check out our new "Punitive Index"

It's not easy being a kid these days, but it's even tougher if you live in one of the states in the US that employ the most punitive school discipline. Which states? Our new Punitive Index will tell you.

Compassionate Communities

Compassionate Communities is your way to show that you and your classroom or school are subscribing to certain values in your interactions with kids. And there's never been a more important time to do that.