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Reply to ""Rules" or practical suggestions when working with children short term who have a lot of ACE's?"

Hi Heather,

We actually have developed a skills workshop (Adversity & Resilience Training), which was piloted last year with undergraduate students from Mississippi State University to inform the development of a region-specific trauma-awareness program. The training was well-received by MSU students from different majors and we adapted the training based on how each training session's outcomes and participant feedback.  Currently, we are working on implementing the training with students who are specifically entering child-serving professions. One of the main goals is raising the trainees’ awareness about core concepts in traumatic stress response, both to improve their effectiveness in their jobs, and also to reduce their risk of frustration and secondary traumatization. The actual training is a 3-hour group workshop that involves applied examples, discussion, and assisting trainees to generate an individual self-care plan. Trainees are also offered a check-in/follow-up 1-2 weeks later, which could be by phone or email survey, to assess to what extent trainees are applying their self-care plan.  Please let me know if any of the work that you do or groups with whom you work would have an interest in this type of free training ( we travel to nearby areas to provide the workshop if there are enough people interested). We would also be happy to meet to discuss the project further. Feel free to email me at lad199@msstate.edu.

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