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February 2020

A Trauma-informed, Resiliency-based Community of Practice for Prison Educators

An article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review titled " How Philanthropy Can Create Public Systems Change " describes how Renewing Communities, a five-year, multifunder initiative aimed increasing education of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students by California’s public colleges and universities, partnered with the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research in order to address educator burnout through a trauma-informed and resiliency-based community of practice.

New Transforming Trauma Podcast: Helping Adolescents and Teens Transition from Dependency to Agency

New Transforming Trauma Podcast: Helping Adolescents and Teens Transition from Dependency to Agency with Mike Giresi Mike Giresi is the Director of Clinical Development at Family First Adolescent Services , a residential treatment center for adolescents and families struggling with issues related to substance use, mental health and problematic gaming located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Mike is also a NARM Practitioner, Consultant and Training Assistant, helping to support clinicians...

I took seven years off work, focused on me and this is what happened

It wasn’t something I saw coming. I was pretty solid. I’d been at my job for twenty-seven years; owned my own home and really thought I knew what I was doing in this life. Then, out of the blue, I nearly died, then after taking time away from work, I returned to learn my assistant was getting fired. I was physically and emotionally being tested and I wasn’t up to the challenge. I had no choice but to step away. The problem was, once I’d rested and processed the shock and drama of it all,...

Unity Radio - ALL NEW Talking Wellness. Today's special guest is Michael Skinner

Unity Radio WUTY 97.9FM Worcester, MA ALL NEW Talking Wellness with Mike MacInnis. Today's special guest is Michael Skinner I'm particularly proud and happy about yesterday's "Talking Wellness" episode. Michael Skinner was a trailblazer in trauma informed peer support work, getting it done before people even knew it was a thing. A class act and genuine good guy. Definitely give this show a listen!

Measuring Trauma-Informed Care: Part 1 of the 3-Part Series. FREE DOWNLOAD

This 3-Part series was created to support schools and organizations in planning and implementing effective program evaluation for trauma-informed care (TIC) interventions. Enjoy these excerpts from Part 1 . CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ALL OF PART 1 AND THE WHOLE SERIES FOR FREE. Part 1: What is Trauma-Informed Care and Why Measure It? ________________________________________ The Measuring Trauma-Informed Care Series was created by the Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) , a global leader in TIC...

Trauma-Informed Practice Is a Powerful Tool. But It's Also Incomplete [edweek.org]

By Simona Goldin & Debi Khasnabis, Education Week, February 19, 2020 Science has a pernicious history of doing violence to communities of color. Examples abound: Consider the infamous Tuskegee study in which the U.S. Public Health Service spent decades withholding treatment from hundreds of African-American men suffering from syphilis. Or consider more recent research that shows that doctors, informed by discredited theories of racial difference, are significantly less likely to...

Rat Study Shows Childhood Trauma Can Change the Brain (But It Can Be Changed Back) [technologynetworks.com]

From Technology Networks, February 24, 2020 A study conducted at Northeastern University has used rat models to map the changes to the brain caused by early life trauma. Their data suggests changes can be sex-specific, but they aren't necessarily permanent. In the early 1990s, more than 100,000 children in Romania were living in overcrowded, under-funded orphanages. They suffered from severe neglect, having little interaction with caretakers. This lack of nurturing altered the structure and...

Immigrant Scarred by Childhood Trauma, Losing His Parents, Copes With Anxiety and Depression [mlive.com]

By Julie Mack, MLive, February 24, 2020 Tony Moayyer is a survivor. He survived the Iran-Iraq War as a child, when he saw bombs dropping, bodies blown up, a best friend who fatally shot himself after he was raped. He survived permanent separation from his mother at age 11, when he and his father immigrated to America and the Iranian government forced her to stay behind. [ Please click here to read more .]

Trump Makes the American Health Care System Even Worse [nytimes.com]

By Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times, February 22, 2020 President Trump praises a “strong, sharp and powerfully focused” Chinese President Xi Jinping for his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. “President Xi strongly leads what will be a very successful operation,” Trump said. This offended some Americans. At a time when many Chinese are criticizing Xi for initially covering up the outbreak, should America’s president really side with a dictator who punished doctors rather than...

ACEs Science Champions Series: Because of Andres Perez, 10,000+ Latinx parents in Northern California embrace trauma-informed parenting

Andres Perez immigrated to San Jose, Calif., from Mexico in 1990. He was 24 years old, undocumented, knew little English, lacked job skills, and had a pregnant wife to support. He hit the ground running by completing an ESL program in San Jose City College, and, while working days at any job he could find, at night he earned an associate of science degree with specialization in electronics and computers in 2002. Fortunately for thousands of Latinx parents and their children, he never worked...

ACEs Science Champions Series: Meet Florida's Johnny Appleseed. She plants seeds of ACEs science!

Dr. Mimi Graham is Florida’s Johnny Appleseed, but instead of planting apple trees, she’s been seeding hundreds of ACEs-science-informed schools, courts, juvenile detention centers, hospitals, childcare centers, home visiting programs, mental health agencies, law enforcement agencies, and drug treatment centers. Graham, who has served as director of the Florida State University Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy in Tallahassee since 1993, focuses on early childhood,...

Guidelines for Parents to avoid any trauma.

Dear Members, We have started to share the awareness in the schools to support the parents and children with Child Abuse & Neglect. If the child is two years old, do not change clothes in front of him/her. Warn the child not to sit in a strangers lap Be careful not to name any kid upside down. When the kid gets out of the house, you know where he is and what he is playing. See for yourself before showing a new cartoons and movie to your child Take away movies and books that erase child...

Community Innovations 2020: Request for Proposals for the Community Innovations Opportunity is Now Open! Due March 18, 2020

From Community Innovations 2020, February 13, 2020 Building Health Partnerships Build Healthy Places Network (Network), with funding from The Kresge Foundation, has launched Community Innovations to deepen outreach to and learning from local community development organizations that serve low-income communities and people of color. Community Innovations has a three-pronged goal: to enhance the Network’s understanding of how best to support local organizations’ cross-sector efforts; to connect...

Opinion: How a Child's Haven Seeks 'Transformative Outcomes' for Abused, Neglected Children [greenvilleonline.com]

By Tanya Camunas, Greenville News, February 23, 2020 Mental health issues affect all ages, and the mental health issues of our youngest children require serious clinical interventions to both heal the child and prevent potential deterioration of the entire family. The term Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) encompasses all types of abuse, neglect, and other traumatic experiences suffered by children under 18. These experiences, if not treated, very often lead to risky behaviors, chronic...

Echo Conference March 11-12, 2020: And Still We Rise! — Early Bird Pricing Ends Friday

EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS FRIDAY, FEB 29! $90 /individuals; $150/ professionals* . *Professionals are those attending on behalf of their organization, and Individuals are those attending of their own accord.* The Echo conference, which is being held in Los Angeles next month, is known for shining a light on new developments in the trauma field, and this year, our "And Still We Rise" conference will be no different. Only the difference this year is that we will be doing something revolutionary...

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