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Natasha Senjanovic

How Nashville’s Sexual Assault Center Has Innovated During The Pandemic

Natasha Senjanovic

February 12, 2021

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Despite shelters in place and social distancing, Nashville’s Sexual Assault Center is seeing more clients than ever during the pandemic. Some are seeking help for recent assaults, others for past traumas.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News

Domestic Abuse Victims In Nashville Are Suffering Greater Violence In The Pandemic, Advocates Say

Natasha Senjanovic

December 4, 2020

A worker at Nashville's Family Safety Center speaks with a client by teleconference.
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Tracking intimate partner violence in Nashville is never easy. In the pandemic, it’s even harder to know just how dangerous conditions are behind closed doors.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News

Working With A ‘Puzzle’ Of State Agencies, Youth Psychiatric Facilities May Fall Through The Cracks

Natasha Senjanovic

October 30, 2020

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By the time Kingston Academy closed last year, the state of Tennessee had multiple reports of staff violence and at least two child-on-child sexual assaults. Yet it would take damning photos of squalid conditions, taken by a mother of four, to shut the children’s psychiatric facility down.

Filed Under: Health Care, Left Without Care Tagged With: DCS, Kingston Academy, mental health

In The Search For Psychiatric Care, One Tennessee Family Feels Caught In A Vicious Cycle

Natasha Senjanovic

October 29, 2020

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When a child with Medicaid insurance needs intensive psychiatric care, doctors or therapists might make a referral to a private facility — even if they’ve never seen the place themselves.

Filed Under: Left Without Care Tagged With: Kingston Academy, psychiatric care

At A Tennessee Psychiatric Treatment Center, Inexperienced And Overworked Staff Left Kids Without Care

Natasha Senjanovic

October 28, 2020

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Caring for some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable kids is challenging work, yet many who do so in residential psychiatric centers earn low wages, have no prior experience and get just a couple weeks training. Which is why places like Kingston Academy near Knoxville, which closed last year, see such high staff turnover, burnout and violence.

Filed Under: Health Care, Left Without Care Tagged With: children, Disability Rights Tennessee, Kingston Academy

For Many Parents, No Option Is A Good Option As Nashville Schools Plan Reopening

Natasha Senjanovic

June 12, 2020

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Metro Nashville Public Schools will decide next month what the upcoming academic year will look like, based on coronavirus spread and the city’s reopening status. Many parents say no scenario seems like a good one. But given the uncertain future, they’re hoping for one that best fits their needs.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News

First #BlackBirdersWeek Draws Fans — And Some Controversy — In Tennessee

Natasha Senjanovic

June 4, 2020

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A former Nashville zookeeper has organized the first-ever Black Birders Week, an online celebration of African-American bird watchers. But supporters took to social media after a group of Tennessee nature lovers initially declined to promote the event.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, Science Tagged With: Race

Middle Tennessee Teachers Worry About What’s Ahead As A Strange School Year Ends

Natasha Senjanovic

May 22, 2020

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As an extraordinary year draws to a close, area public school teachers are breathing a small — if temporary — sigh of relief. They praise students and colleagues for rising so quickly to the challenges brought on by the pandemic, but they also worry about the uncertainties that lie ahead.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News

Nashville’s Public Schools Pivot From Distributing Food To Teaching, But Hurdles Remain

Natasha Senjanovic

April 23, 2020

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When schools shut down last month, Metro teachers say they were essentially told not to teach, so that kids without access to technology wouldn’t get left further behind. Now, with just weeks left in the school year, the district is changing course. It’s asking public school teachers to produce daily online learning activities, but they […]

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News

Nashville Doctors Join A Growing Movement To Fight Health Insurance, By Skipping It Altogether

Natasha Senjanovic

December 20, 2019

Dr. Vidya Bansal holding baby

The Nashville area now has a handful of doctors who have made the leap to a different kind of business model for medical care. They join a growing number of physicians nationwide, who say they’re fighting the health insurance system — by bypassing it.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News

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