COOS COUNTY — Childhood trauma effects brain development.
Western Oregon Advanced Health is coordinating with an organization dedicated to studying childhood traumas and the resulting effects. Not only is WOAH involved at a local level, but it is helping spread awareness.
“Our community is a community that needs to heal itself,” said Kate Frame, the South Coast Regional Early Learning Hub’s home visiting systems coordinator and Adverse Childhood Experience interface master trainer. “We’re dealing with social factors that are adverse for everyone, such as chronic homelessness. If we can reduce adverse experiences in childhood, we can reduce all the other factors it can cause at the same time.”
To do this, WOAH has been coordinating with the Adverse Childhood Experience program and it’s Self-Healing Community Initiative.
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Photo: Kate Frame shows Laura Williams and Lisa Hendricks what is called an "oil spill" chart illustrating how traumatized children are more likely to have problems as adults.
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