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This spring I will be responsible for training 30 young adults about trauma informed care and communities affected by violence. These young adults will be staffing "Sacramento Summer Night Lights", a program focused on preventing violence in a traumatized community. Some of the youth will be program leads and others will act as community peacekeepers. All will be responsible for interacting with community members to include clergy and law enforcement. The focus of the program is families and youth. I would like them to have a foundation in brain science so they understand what happens when the "flight or fright" response is activated. Recently I heard the concept of "universal precautions" where everyone understood that we all could have trauma and we all need to learn about triggering behavior. I would find it helpful to hear from the community about ideas for the training. I'm also planning on providing the Alternatives to Violence training to help build their resiliency. 

Thanks

Wendie Skala

To see more about Sacramento Summer Night Lights view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2nsdaH6up4

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I don't think the neuroscience is helpful. I think it's disempowering and distracts from solutions to the problem.  I think just teaching people about community resilience and individual level resilience is a lot better. 

Some advocates say, "you have to understand the problem to care about the solution," but other advocates have massive amounts of research showing that biology based health care messaging does NOT activate people. IT makes people feel fatalistic.

We are about to crunch some data comparing these two approaches for urban teens and young adults. 

In the meantime, Mind UK has a great "how to" report on this stuff.  https://www.mind.org.uk/media/...ient_communities.pdf

Hi Wendie,
Please know our inner city Youth Voice leaders are presenting and engaging with law enforcement, probation, community based organizations, etc. with their Impacting Systems Change - Trauma Informed and Building Resilience presentation (takes about 1 1/2 hours). On April 6th, they presented with the Chief of Police and six of her staff, along with the Assistant Chief of San Diego County Probation Department. (I'm drafting a blog presently).

Please know I've attached their presentation for your consideration.

Should you want to do so, please know we could Skype with you for a think tank during Youth Voice (every Thursday from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm in the Mid-City Police Division) as we partner directly with their Juvenile Services Team.

Please share how we may be of further support. 

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