Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

ACEs, Adversity's Impact 

• Interparental aggression often co-occurs with aggression toward kids
• New childhood anxiety treatment focuses on the parents
• Addressing intergenerational male trauma
• My father's final act of trauma
• Announcing the first comprehensive study on child removal in Native communities
• Why the solution for homelessness won't be a one-size-fits all fix
• How trauma and dissociation disrupt your ability to form memories
• Stress-related disorders linked to heightened risk of cardiovascular disease
• Free teleconference call: Whispers from the beloved mother
• Here's just how much poverty can hold kids back

Brain and Biology

• Poverty leaves a mark on our genes
• Childhood trauma has lasting effect on brain connectivity in patients with depression
• An EEG to assess a baby's developmental risk?
• Neurodevelopment of 2-month-old infants shows effect of maternal stress
• Can a biomarker for childhood trauma predict severe psychiatric disease in adulthood?
• Train your brain, change your brain
• Toddlers, meltdowns and brain development: Why parents need to ditch traditional disciplineToddlers, meltdowns and brain development: Why parents need to ditch traditional discipline
• A child's brain develops faster with exposure to music education

Bullying

• Who can help fight bullying and protect kids' mental health? Other kids.
• Parental behavior affects the involvement of children in cyberbullying
• March Quandary: My client is being bullied and her school won't help!
• How some Wisconsin school districts are fighting bullying with restorative approaches

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

• From restorative justice skeptic to advocate in 2 weeks
• Getting educated on trauma-informed policing
• Jailtime does not heal the physically and mentally traumatized
• Youth corrections officials launch campaign to shut all youth prisons
• Restorative practices require power be redistributed to black and brown children
• Collaborating for successful reentry: A practical guide to support justice-involved young people returning to the community

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• Device-guided breathing lowers heart rate, sympathetic activity in people with PTSD
• Psychedelic drug MDMA may reawaken 'critical period' in brain to help treat PTSD
• Parkland, PTSD, and suicide
• After success in Florida, the use of virtual reality to treat PTSD is expanding
• New federal action plan aims to lower stigma around PTSI
• New study advances treatment options for PTSD

Resilience

• Relationship benefits can be seen in your eyes
• Healthy relationships matter more than we think
• Video: Emotional and spiritual maturity: Gabor Mate and Adyashanti
• Empathy is the secret ingredient that makes cooperation - and civilization - possible

Schools

• New Publication: After a school tragedy...readiness, response, recovery, and resources
• Challenges in schools require next generation solutions
• Educators at Jefferson Lincoln create new 'sensory hallway'
• Helping teachers manage the weight of trauma

Substance Use Disorder

Opioid epidemic is increasing rates of some infectious diseases

Trainings

• Introduction to the Seven Essential Ingredients (7ei) of Trauma Informed Care
• Trauma Informed Care Train the Trainer
• Introduction to the Seven Essential Ingredients (7ei) of Trauma Sensitive Schools
• Trauma Sensitive Schools Train the Trainer

Trauma-Informed Care

• Mitigating the effects of trauma among young children of immigrants and refugees: The role of early childhood programs
• Support network for traumatised children helps over 2300 in 3 years
• Trauma Informed Symposium Wisconsin
• From trauma to resilience: One doctor's journey to transform trauma-informed care
• SAMHSA TIP 61: Behavioral Health Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives
• Local therapist launches free video course to address racialized trauma

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