Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

September is Recovery Month Governor Tony Evers has proclaimed the month of September 2019 as Recovery Month in Wisconsin. It is a time to celebrate the thousands of Wisconsin residents who are in recovery from mental illnesses and substance use disorders and their supporters.  Share our new public service announcements. "Building Recovery" (English | Spanish) "Post Your Recovery" (English | Spanish) The Rally for Recovery is Saturday, September 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Madison.

ACEs, Adversity's Impact 

• Kids from disadvantaged neighborhoods more likely to be obese as adults
• Understanding connection between poverty, childhood trauma and heart disease
• Parenting stress may affect mother's and child's ability to tune into each other
• Association between adverse childhood experiences and diseases in older adults: A comparative cross-sectional study in Japan and Finland
• Generational study looks for biological links between adverse childhood experiences and self-harm
• Food insecurity in toddler years linked to poor health, but not obesity
• Adverse reaction: Childhood trauma can have long-lasting repercussions-even for businesses-foundation head says
• Positive childhood experiences and adult mental health and relational health in a statewide sample: Associations across adverse childhood experiences levels

Brain and Biology

• Receptor protein in brain promotes resilience to stress
• How stress can weaken defenses

Bullying

"The Kindness Bucket Brigade" aims to stop cyberbullying through the power of positivity and social media

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

• Incarcerated parents learn to stay in contact with children
• How homelessness, mental illness, substance use and the criminal justice system collided in Little Five Points
• Adults with childhood incarceration at risk for depression, anxiety, PTSD

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• PTSD Monthly Update - August 2019
• Cannabis holds promise to treat PTSD but evidence lags behind use
• Brain spotting: A body-based treatment for PTSD
• Which instruments are most commonly used to assess traumatic event exposure and posttraumatic effects?: A survey of traumatic stress professionals
• Can trauma be reversed?

Resilience

Finding meaning in tragedy: Addiction, trauma, and activism

Schools

• Mindfulness for middle school students
• Aaron Shneyer: On school discipline, we know a better way exists. It's intention, not detention
• School officials to consider 'adverse childhood experiences' before discipline

Substance Use Disorder

'Clear link' between childhood trauma and substance abuse, addiction doctor says'

Trainings

• Introduction to the Seven Essential Ingredients (7ei) of Trauma Informed Care
• Trauma Sensitive Schools Coaching to Universal Implementation

Trauma-Informed Care

• Preparing for trauma-informed care in LTC
• Moving towards healing centered engagement: What trauma-informed care can teach us about burnout and healing in the workplace

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