Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

ACEs, Adversity's Impact 

• Podcast: What happened to you? (Part 1)
• Podcast: What happened to you? (Part 2)
• Podcast: What happened to you? (Part 3)
• Family dynamics may influence suicidal thoughts in children
• Fawning: The fourth trauma response we don't talk about
• FPs are best equipped to tackle adverse childhood experiences
• New study reveals annual cost of childhood adversity in California is approximately $113 billion
• Signs your child may be struggling from an adverse childhood experience
• Targeting childhood trauma through deep public data dives
• Parent with ACEs: Is it time to change your parenting playbook?
• Preventing childhood trauma and reducing its long-term effects
• 5 things to know as California starts screening children for toxic stress
• Air pollution, plus early life stress may lead to cognitive difficulties in children
• This is what teens say on social media when they're depressed
• Embracing trauma survivors: A psychiatrist's story
• Adverse childhood events tied to dementia
• Boys with an incarcerated family member more likely to have diabetes as adults
• Children's fingertip injuries could signal abuse

Brain and Biology

• Podcast: Toxic Stress: Protecting the Foundation
• Neuroscience study finds the brain's response to emotional conflict predicts antidepressant treatment outcomes
• The neuroscience behind why we feel stressed - and what to do about it
• Challenging behaviors: Why we shouldn't expect kids to self-regulate too soon
• Focus on context diminishes memory of negative events, researchers report
• Stress in small children separated from their parents may alter genes

Bullying

• Cyberbullying linked to increased depression and PTSD
• When low rates of bullying increase risks for those for those who are bullied
• Getting to the root of cyberbullying

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

• From jail to jobs: How a pod in the Hamilton County Justice Center is changing inmates' lives
• Column: I went through the juvenile justice system. It isn't working
• Working to break 'school to prison pipeline' for black and brown girls
• Ex-inmate to society: How many more ways can we apologize?

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• Trauma-focused CBT lessens post-traumatic stress, grief in orphaned children
• New study highlights prevalence of PTSD among obstetricians and gynecologists
• PTSD Monthly Update - January 2020
• Commander of ill-fated Fitzgerald among veterans with PTSD helped by innovative writing and arts program

Resilience

• Relationships are important. How do we build them effectively with kids?
• Historical trauma to historical wisdom
• Video Trailer: A Created Life, a journey to empowerment
• Trauma, self-regulation, and expressive arts therapy
• Treating mothers' trauma as a way to prevent youth violence
• Love matters: How parents' love shapes children's lives

Schools

• A de-escalation exercise for upset students
• Students tackle life's challenges together
• Trauma, challenging behavior and restrictive practice in schools
• Play is disappearing from kindergarten. It's hurting kids
• Why mindfulness and trauma-informed teaching don't always go together
• The power of positive attention

Substance Use Disorder

• Early life adversity and opioid addiction
• Alcoholism in the family affects how your brain switches between active and resting states
• Preventing mental health disorders may be key to thwarting the opioid crisis
• Helping a child whose parent is struggling with addiction

Trainings

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

Trauma-Informed Care

• Podcast: Trauma-informed police interview effectiveness
• Resource: Creating cultures of care: Supporting the whole child through trauma-informed practice
• To improve youth mental health, La Crosse project teaches community about the impact of trauma
• Treating childhood trauma in Chicago
• McFarland police upgrade interview room to make trauma victims feel safe and comfortable
• Why psychiatric hospitals are taking a 'trauma-informed' approach to care

Violence

• Unhealthy and unhappy: Mental toll of troubled relationships
• Social worker: Solution to youth violence starts with addressing 'generational trauma,' racism

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.