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Preparing the Ground

Recognizing and Addressing Trauma in Infants, Young Children and Their Families - Georgetown University's Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation online education module. It covers simple and complex trauma, brain research, signs of trauma and provides tools for educators and mental health consultants who may be brought in to assist.

This is a resource in the Education section of this site.  I shared it last week as a free in-service training opportunity with the managers of at least 300 childcare programs.  The mandatory training period ends June 30 and many caregivers need to pick up a few hours.  I offered it as 1 in service credit.  I received positive feedback about the resource.  This is stuff the caregiver can implement now and they like that.

 

Today, I shared the Sesame Street new resource for helping children cope with an Incarcerated Parent (sesamestreet.org) as a free in service training opportunity.  I am counting on the procrastinators.  Since 1 in 20 children in care will have to cope with this ACE the caregivers will appreciate this resource. 

 

Next, I am presenting a short power point on ACEs to our re forming Infant Mental Health group.  I am building my knowledge base.  As we say, you learn as much preparing a training as attending a training. 

All this is just preparing the ground before I sow the seed of trauma informed practice in our local childcare community.  We probably won't invent anything but we are going to use the heck out of everything out there to help children and their families affected by ACE.

 

Next, I am preparing and presenting a training on ACE and Trauma Informed Practices in Child Care to my coworkers and then at a local child care conference (if they accept me).  I am no expert but I am venturing out anyway.  I am on a mission. 

 

What do you think?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Loren, This is the nasty side of things; in this case the world of the privatized for-profit prison run systems that the U.S. returned to in 1984. It ends up creating a free/cheap labor force for industry. There is obviously incentive for more inmates. It's disgusting that Sesame Street has partnered w/ this firm to "normalize" having parents in prisons and private prisons that are seeking a free labor force are disgusting, too. Yes, vets are at risk of becoming prisoners b/c we don't have social programs in place and the VA doesn't want to pay benefits for PTSD which is a NORMAL reaction to war. The VA has done much to minimize treatment for PTSD. I wrote about this problem w/ cited sources in this book discussion here.

Chris, Donna ... why is the contractor supporting the program ... returning vets in both the US and England are one of the fastest growing numbers in the prison population .. in one of our Washington prisons they were collecting names so that they could start a veterans unit ... 350 beds ... out of a prison population of 2000. According to Dr. Cantrell (http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/name/Bridget_C_Cantrell_PhD,NCC,CTS_Bellingham_Washington_116406) we have not even come close to seeing the worst of the problem !!!

Donna, I'd love to visit with you about the childcare issues in our area. When can we go to lunch? I've a lot of years in childcare. In OK I ran a therapeutic child care for over 25 years. I have a lot of experience working with children with high ACEs. 

I also severed on the Child Care Advisory for the state of OK. I chaired many committees that wrote regs for childcare, daycare homes, afterschool care, etc. I worked closely with the Department of Human Services which oversees childcare in OK. 

Message me on FB. :) Like the work you are doing. 

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