January 2020

By Charity Nebbe, Katelyn Harrop, and Sthefany Nobriga, Iowa Public Radio, January 8, 2020 The impacts of trauma can be unexpected, affecting not only mental and emotional health but also physical well being. Through Trauma Sensitive Yoga, a modified yoga practice that prioritizes a healthy realtionship with one's body and similarly informed tai-chi programs, some survivors have found a new kind of relief. On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe talked with Matthew Vasquez, an...

By JJ West, P.S. I Love You, January 8, 2020 It’s 147 miles up the mountain. L lives at 7000 feet elevation and I at 1096. Every weekend for the past several months, I’ve left my busy city life behind and drove up the highway to her quaint mountain town. As I sit here now, packing my bags for another weekend with her, I’ve been reflecting on how this journey has transformed my life. I’m not usually one to venture off the beaten path, either literally or metaphorically. I like systems and...

"If we’re going to obsess about personal responsibility , let’s also have a conversation about social responsibility ." I think its important to recognize the limits of individual ability be resilient or to recover, even while we tout that it is possible. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/opinion/sunday/deaths-despair-poverty.html

Without parent involvement in your trauma treatment, child relapse rates skyrocket. To prevent relapse, it is important to begin building relationships before you meet with the family. That is why the FST| Family Systems Trauma Model incorporates the Motivational Interview (MI) Call Technique. Wednesday, February 5 1 - 2 pm ET Register HERE for free In this webinar includes: Learn the 6-Question FST Motivational Script to increase your show rates to 80% or more with your toughest parents,...

Family estrangement is a very grief-ridden and personal experience that family members face when someone leaves or driven away from their family of origin. It occurs in families of all different demographic situations, including all races, religions, and cultures. But why do family estrangements happen? In this article, we shall focus on some of the most common reasons why family estrangements occur including:

By Bill Hathaway, Yale News, January 7, 2020 Some of the variants associated with anxiety had previously been implicated as risk factors for bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and schizophrenia. The new study further contributes the first convincing molecular explanation for why anxiety and depression often coexist. "This is the richest set of results for the genetic basis of anxiety to date," said co-lead author Joel Gelernter, the Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry,...

By Max Blau, Pew Stateline, January 8, 2020 More local and state officials are working to ensure that low-income residents stay on Medicaid when they go to jail. Federal law bars Medicaid recipients from accessing their full federal health benefits while incarcerated. But officials from both parties have pushed for two key changes to ensure little or no disruption of health benefits for pretrial detainees who have not been convicted of a crime and make up most of the 612,000 people held in...

By Fox 12 Staff, Fox 12 Oregon, January 7, 2020 A program at the Boys & Girls Club of the Portland Metropolitan Area is helping to change lives. Most afternoons at the Inukai Family Boys & Girls Club in Hillsboro, you’ll find a playful 8-year-old named Matthew Yslas-Burk. “Me like to play pool with staff,” Yslas-Burk said. “Look how good I am at just practicing.” [ Please click here to read more .]

By Juli Fraga, Rewire, January 8, 2020 “What’s the sad thing you never talk about?” comedian and artist Michael Kruz Kayne asked his Twitter followers on Nov. 19. Referencing his personal heartache, Kayne tweeted about the death of his baby, Daniel, who passed away 10 years ago. “I never talk about it with anyone other than my wife. It’s taken me ten years to realize that I want to talk about it all the time,” Kayne posted to Twitter. [ Please click here to read more .]

If you are not familiar with the Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast I hope you check it out. I'm speaking to a diverse group of trauma-informed practitioners from around the globe to share their knowledge, ideas, and experiences to support those in the work. Episode 7 was released today! I had an amazing time chatting with Dr. Bruce Perry who discussed the Neurosequential Model amongst many other things! You can now access the podcast from many different platforms! (SoundCloud,...

As our Anna, Age Eight Institute reaches its sixth month of operation in New Mexico, I wanted to share a bit about our work to end ACEs, trauma and social adversity. Through relationship-building, community mobilization and communication, we have been able to do four things: ENGAGE: Convince leaders and the public that we are living within an epidemic of adverse childhood experiences, leading to family and community trauma. INNOVATE: Explain to all stakeholders that changes to systems of...

More and more, public and private funders are developing grant lines to fund trauma-informed care (TIC). Requests for proposals (RFPs) are popping up all over the place. This is an exciting time in the field with opportunities to innovation and creativity. Of course, any strong grant application includes program evaluation where you lay out how you plan to rigorously evaluate the intervention you are proposing. Funders want to ensure that the TIC intervention they are supporting is informed...