Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

ACEs, Adversity's Impact 

• ACEs and toxic stress: Frequently asked questions
• >60 percent of adults report adverse childhood experiences
• Reading the future how adverse childhood experiences play out: ACEs infographic Center for Disease Control 2018
• Traumatic childhood experiences can cause addiction, obesity and ADHD experts claim
• Is trauma driving some eating disorders?
• When neglected children become adolescents
• Childhood poverty may have lasting effects on cognitive skills in old age
• Unconscious racial bias adds to the pain of Milwaukee's trauma epidemic

Brain and Biology

• 5 nuts and bolts of the traumatized brain (Part 1)
• 5 nuts and bolts of the traumatized brain (Part 2)
• In depression the brain region for stress control is larger
• Marker in brain associated with aggression in children identified

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

• Can we improve outcomes for justice-involved youth by keeping them closer to home?
• Better screening plus beefed up rehabilitation services squeeze our recidivism rate
• CityViews: Addressing trauma is key to stopping violence on Rikers and in the jails that will replace it

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• Mitigating stress, PTSD risk in warfighters
• At the intersection of autism and trauma

Resilience

• Teaching kids to understand self regulation and responsibility
• You've heard of post-traumatic stress, but what about post-traumatic growth?

Schools

• How to help teenagers embrace stress
• ‘Teachers must look for physical signs of trauma’

Substance Use Disorder

• Drug overdose epidemic has been growing exponentially for decades
• Wisconsin man forms group to combat heroin addiction
• Webinar: Substance use, trauma and domestic violence: Critical issues, promising approaches
• Webinar: Remaining optimistic when treating OUD: Burnout challenges and stressors for clinicians and physicians
• Webinar: This is your brain on drugs. This is your brain on trauma

Trauma-Informed Care

• Yoga instructors learn techniques to empower survivors of trauma
• On eve of three-day conference: 'We have a goal to make Milwaukee the most trauma-informed city in the country.'
• Contraceptive pearl: Trauma-informed pelvic exams

Violence

• Media violence, impulsivity and family conflict tied to aggressive behaviors in teenagers
• Military sexual trauma against veterans

Do not reply directly to this email message. If you have a question, email Scott Webb. Visit the DHS website for more information on trauma-informed care.