Resilient Wisconsin: Trauma-Informed News and Notes, February 2021

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The cost ACEs, adversity's impact 

• Childhood neglect leaves generational imprint
• Negative childhood experience connected to relatively unfavorable living situation
• Growing up in a pandemic: How COVID is affecting children's development
• Tough childhood damages life prospects
• Racism in medicine: Through the eyes of a child
• How childhood trauma changes our hormones, and thus our mental health, into adulthood
• The little-known history of the forced sterilization performed by the Indian Health Service in the 60s and 70s are still felt within tribes today
• Population vs. individual prediction of poor health from results of adverse childhood experiences
• COVID's mental health toll: How scientists are tracking a surge in depression
• We need to talk about another pandemic mental health crisis: Therapist burnout
• A hidden pandemic: Grief in the African American community
• Physical discipline and cognitive deprivation associated with specific types of developmental delay
• The cost of child poverty
• Spanking has similar effects on kids as adverse childhood experiences

Brain and biology

• Brain tissue analysis yields clues to causes of PTSD
• Highly specific synaptic plasticity in addiction
• Generational trauma can change the brain circuitry of an unborn baby
• Leveraging the biology of adversity and resilience to transform pediatric practice
• Signs of burnout can be detected in sweat
• Does trauma change your DNA?

Courts, juvenile justice, corrections, and probation

• Youth and family engagement crucial in local youth decarceration efforts
• Behavioral challenges can push you with disabilities into school-to-prison pipeline
• Video: Trauma-Informed Prisons - Compassion in Action
• Franklin County sees positive results from juvenile diversion program
• Breaking the chains of incarceration in African American males
• Upcoming Webinar: Crisis Cops: Creating Communities of Care
• Criminal justice needs a better understanding of childhood trauma

Posttraumatic stress disorder

• The post traumatic stress response helps people avoid danger
• PTSD link to pandemic fears
• What is depersonalization?
• Genetic analysis of symptoms yields new insights into PTSD
• Are you suffering from vicarious trauma?
• 'Brain training' may help treat PTSD
• Unlocking PTSD: New study reveals why trauma-focused psychotherapy treatment works
• PTSD Research Quarterly - Volume 32/NO.1
• The association between witnessing patient death and mental health outcomes in frontline COVID-19 healthcare workers
• Post-traumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for dementia: Systemic review and meta-analysis - ERRATUM

Resilience

• An attitude of gratitude: Why saying "I am grateful" matters
• Healing intergenerational trauma
• Compassion aids in reversing effects of a rough childhood
• How to forgive yourself
• Why I promote the science of hope over resilience
• Study identifies 'post-traumatic growth' emerging from COVID-19 lockdowns
• Parkland 3 years later: How survivors, parents are channeling trauma into change

Schools

• Making space: Teaching after trauma
• Teachers need the right tools to deal with student trauma
• Resource: The leadership's guide for re-opening programs
• White Paper: Are Teachers and Staff Ready to Apply Trauma-Informed Practices? 
• Inclusive strategies create space for all kids in early learning
• Mindfulness programs grow in public schools to address 'storm of stresses'
• What parents and schools can do to support children who have experienced traumatic stress
• Educators embrace benefits of Senate bill requiring trauma training to get teaching license in state

Trainings

• Historical Trauma at the Intersection of Race and Mental Health
• Dare 2 Know (D2K) 2021 Teen Summit (Free)
• Introduction to the Seven Essential Ingredients (7ei) of Trauma Informed Care
• Trauma Informed Care Train the Trainer
• Trauma Sensitive Schools Introduction
• Trauma Sensitive Schools Train the Trainer
• Trauma Sensitive Schools Networking Meeting (Free)

Trauma-informed care

• Panel Discussion: What Happens After ACEs Screening? Effective Clinical Response and Community Partnerships - February 18, 2021
• Infographic: 5 tips to help trauma survivors
• Webinar: Distinguished Lecture Series: Menominee's Journey to a Culture of Health
• CCS's Canes and Cops Care Program aids students who suffer from trauma
• Taking action to address adverse childhood experiences in New Jersey: A statewide action plan
• Incorporating trauma-informed care into daily life 

Violence

• Leveraging caregiver's protective instincts: Connecting with caregivers experiencing intimate partner violence through a child's evaluation
• The Parasol Cooperative hopes to protect domestic violence victims with its technology app
• The prevalence of domestic violence is staggering. It's time to bring it out of the shadows

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