Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

ACEs, Adversity's Impact

• How early life experience is written into DNA | Moshe Szyf [17 min - TED Talks]
• Physical abuse and punishment impact children's academic performance
• Neighborhood affluence linked to positive birth outcomes
• Dutch children bereaved by domestic homicides 'more burdened than expected'

Brain and Biology

Child abuse affects brain wiring

Bullying

Anxiety and depression caused by childhood bullying decline over time

Career Opportunities

• Case Management Social Worker - Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, Mauston, WI
  
• Clinical Therapist - Outpatient Program - Amery Hospital and Clinic, Amery, WI

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

 Getting restorative justice approved by your state political body is worth the trouble

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• PTSD linked with increased Lupus risk
• Psychological impacts of natural disasters on youth
• Resources for managing stress after trauma, PTSD Monthly Update - September 2017
  

Resilience

• Suicide prevention: Healing methods in Native communities (1 hour - SAMHSA)
• Houston stronger
• Self-esteem in kids: Lavish praise is not the answer, warmth is
• Silly question: Can healing trauma actually be fun?
• Emotional support animals can help us heal and recover from trauma

Schools

 District aims to become trauma sensitive

Substance Use Disorder

 Wisconsin: Grant funding opportunity for opioid and methamphetamine treatment centers

Trauma-Informed Care

• State and Federal support of trauma-informed care: Sustaining the momentum
• Thinking about HIV with a trauma-informed lens
• Video: Teens volunteer to help with police training [3 min - WOWT.com]
• Advancing trauma-informed care in policy and practice
• Webinar: Implementing trauma-informed care in pediatric and adult primary care settings. October 16, 2017, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET
• Webinar: Implementing trauma-informed care into organizational culture and practice. October 30, 2017, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. ET
  

Violence

• How L.A. County faced its tragic problem with sex-trafficked kids
• Frary: The role of substance use in domestic violence
• Abuse amnesia: Why we stay with our abusive partners

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