Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

ACEs, Adversity's Impact

• Spanking linked to increase in children's behavior problems
• Report names lasting, traumatic effects of homelessness on young children in L.A. County, first 5 LA calls for trauma-informed approach to help kids
• Millions of youth are homeless for more than month at a time, new study finds
• Trauma is an experience, not an event
• Environmental adversities and psychotic symptoms: The impact of timing of trauma, abuse, and neglect

Brain and Biology

Holding infants -- or not -- can leave traces on their genes

Bullying

Workplace bullying, violence are risk factors for type 2 diabetes, new research reveals

Career Opportunities

• Adult Education Teacher - Winnebago Mental Health Institute, Oshkosh, WI
  
• Parent Peer Specialist Coordinator/Contract Manager - Access to Independence, Madison, WI
• Psychiatrist - Mendota Mental Health Institute, Madison, WI
• Psychiatrist - Southern Wisconsin Center, Union Grove, WI
  
• Psychiatrist - Winnebago Mental Health Institute, Oshkosh, WI
• Psychiatrist - Wisconsin Resource Center, Oshkosh, WI
  

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

• Racial disparities persist after years of juvenile justice reform, models for change leaders say
• New juvenile mental health court in Texas helps youth recover as they are held accountable
• Video: The Reentry Blueprint—Stories from the formerly incarcerated
• Police and teachers undergo trauma training
• Book: Straight from the Pen: Writing Wrongs

Resilience

White Rock ‘difference maker’ says stories of success, resilence ‘can be everybody’s’ (surreynowleader.com)

Schools

• Trauma-informed care in school: Audio - The Danielle Norwood Show – November 15, 2017
• Our schools must be inclusive

Substance Use Disorder

 The criminalization of addiction

Trauma-Informed Care

• A consumers’ experience of trauma-informed care in acute mental health units in Australia: phenomenological investigation
• Never Give Up: A complex trauma film by youth for youth [15 min - NCTSN]
• Video:Episode 7 – Trauma Informed Practice: Understanding the Roots of Behavior in Children and Adults with Sarah Ascienzo
• TIC Training: Introduction to the Seven Essential Ingredients (7ei) of Trauma Informed Care on Monday, January 15, 2018, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. - SaintA, Milwaukee, WI
• TIC Training: Introduction to the Seven Essential Ingredients (7ei) of Trauma Sensitive Schools on Monday, January 22, 2018, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. - SaintA, Milwaukee, WI
  
• TIC Train the trainer:Trauma Sensitive Schools on Monday, January 22, 2018, through Thursday, January 25, 2018, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. each day - SaintA, Milwaukee, WI

Violence

Radiologists detect injury patterns of intimate partner violence

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