Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

ACEs, Adversity's Impact 

• 'My daughter didn't want a parent,' says a foster mom of kids exposed to meth, trauma
• Childhood abuse, complex trauma and epigenetics
• The highly sensitive person in an emotionally neglectful family
• Grandparents: Raising their children's children, they get the job done
• Children with JIA have higher rate of adverse childhood experiences
• Where does listening fit in the medical model of disease?
• Bad childhood experiences increase burnout among student nurses
• On reservation, hope remains despite grim statistics
• How childhood stress contributes to anxiety, depression
• Violence in childhood leads to accelerated aging, study finds
• AAP policy opposes corporal punishment, draws on recent evidence
• Spanking is still really common and still really bad for kids
• American Indians and Alaska Natives must be included in research on adverse childhood experiences (childtrends.org)
• The 5 ways trauma might change you, based on your personality
• Traumatic childhood could increase heart disease risk in adulthood

Brain and Biology

• New brain region that suppresses fear identified
• Studies raise questions over how epigenetic information is inherited
• Children who experience violence early in life develop faster
• Adolescent brain development impacts mental health, substance use
• Studies highlight lasting effects of early life stress on the genome, gut, and brain

Bullying

Bullying 'follows' LGB people from school to work

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

• Philadelphia just won $1 million to create a trauma-informed hub for juvenile justice services [generocity.org]
• Greater access to education reduces rates of incarceration [poverty.ucdavis.edu]
• New report shows prison can block access to education for life

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

An update on postraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents

Resilience

• Compassion Resilience Toolkit
• She testified against Larry Nassar. Now this survivor is fighting for change
• We need an epidemic of empathy [jacksonville.com]
• What would a society designed for well-being look like?
• Strengthening self-regulation in childhood may improve resiliency later in life
• Online program helps prevent teen depression
• Apply lessons from tragedies to promote resilience in LGBTQ patients
• Connection and co-regulation in psychotherapy-Dr. Arielle Schwartz
• The power for forgiveness in family recovery
• Touchstones of hope - toolkit

Schools

• An imperative for those in "towers" to connect with the realities of trauma in schools
• Trauma-informed practices may lower rate of school suspensions

Substance Use Disorder

Impact of opioid epidemic on children varies by state

Trainings

• Introduction to the seven essential ingredients (7ei) of trauma-informed care
• Mandt training

Trauma-Informed Care

• What does it take to become trauma-informed? Lessons from early adopters
• This town adopted trauma-informed care - and saw a decrease in crime and suspension rates
• Avoiding retraumatization: Why you shouldn't "friend" your patients on social media
• Vancouver therapist helps first responders rethink trauma
• Clinician's Trauma Update Online -  Issue 12(5), October 2018

Violence

Domestic violence is widely accepted in most developing countries, new study reveals

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