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Albany community's interest in impact of childhood trauma rises [TimesUnion.com]

 

When Allison Sampson-Jackson talks to kids who have experienced abuse or witnessed violence she is all energy and encouragement and in-your-face praise, like she was at the LaSalle School Thursday, as she helps them understand what trauma does to their brains.

If she works with them a while, they learn to recognize stress responses in each other: "His amygdala's on fire!" they'll say when someone explodes or gets aggressive, referring to the brain's flight-or-fight center. And then: "Send him some supports!"



[For more of this story, written by Claire Hughes, go to http://www.timesunion.com/loca...pact-of-11125003.php]

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