Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

ACEs, Adversity's Impact

• Parents with troubled childhood more likely to have children with behavioral problems
• The effects of severe childhood trauma can be felt for generations, new study finds
• Study highlights health impact of historical trauma in Native communities
• How community violence affects Chicagoans' health
• Childhood adversity increases susceptibility to addiction via immune response
• Childhood abuse linked to greater risk of endometriosis
• What we have learned from the ACE study: What it means for seniors
• What is Historical Trauma? (6-minute UofMNCYFC)
• What is complex trauma? A resource guide for youth and those that care about them

Brain and Biology

• We're learning more about how social isolation damages your brain and body — here are the biggest effects
• Webinar: ACEs: The role of life experiences in shaping brain development

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

• Black girls must be included in D.C.'s juvenile justice reform efforts
• New data reveals an unemployment crisis among the formerly incarcerated [WitnessLA.com]
  

DHS Career Opportunity

Young Adult Coordinator, Project YES! 

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• World Trade Center response crews may face higher heart attack, stroke risk
• How computer games can treat ADHD and PTSD by rewiring your brain and allowing safe role-play
• Children and PTSD: Health risks linger long after acute psychological trauma ends
• PTSD rate among prison employees equals that of war veterans
• Understanding the role of shame in complex posttraumatic stress
  

Resilience

• Video: How can Mindfulness support early childhood development
• Can compassion heal?
• Amid staggering maternal and infant mortality rates, Native communities revive traditional concepts of support [rewire.news]
• This is what kept the Thai boys calm while trapped in a cave
• Vicarious resilience and healthy helping professionals
• Finding joy in service: Exploring compassionate curiosity with Dr.Gabor Maté
• Native American healing traditions (18 pages).pdf
• Strong social networks may mitigate the effects of childhood adversity
• Reconnecting with self, part 1: Untangling early life adaptations
• Empowering kids in an anxious world [NPR.org]
• Former foster youth's inspiring story [4 min - The Storyboard Project]

Schools

• To understand your students, use 'Compassionate Curiosity'
• Teacher turned 'kid whisperer' aims to help adults better handle some child behavioral issues
  

Substance Use Disorder

• SAMHSA Webcasts: The power of perceptions and understanding: Changing how we deliver treatment and recovery services
• Integrating peers into hospital settings to address substance use: Q&A with a Peer Navigator

Trainings

• Empowering the Transition into Adulthood
• From trauma to resilience: Comprehensive trauma-informed care training
• Now is the Time Conference

Trauma-Informed Care

• Prioritizing opportunities to advance the filed of trauma-informed care
• Trauma-informed care in action profiles
• New Spirits program offers support, not blame, for pregnant women suffering addiction (nativenews.net)
• These healers want to ensure trauma victims aren't treated like 'just another black kid in a hospital'
• SAMHSA: Join the Recovery LIVE! virtual event: Supervision of peer workers: Experiences from the field

Violence

• What is the role of the physician when a patient discloses intimate partner violence perpetration?
• Male couples report as much domestic violence as straight couples
• Intimate partner violence doesn't end with the relationship

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