Resilient Wisconsin: Trauma-Informed News and Notes for November 2021

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ACEs, adversity's impact

• When bad things happen in childhood, what's the toll on your health?

• Traumatic stress alongside ADHD: 5 reasons clinicians need to consider trauma

• Victimization in childhood mediates the association between parenting quality, stressful life events, and depression in adulthood

• Dr. Burke Harris and Oprah Winfrey discuss Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) for NumberStory.org

• 'Having a sad'

• Adverse childhood relationship experiences: The most underestimated risk factor for chronic illness

• Implementing ACE screenings: How-to guide and lessons from the field

• The effect of violence in childhood on school success factors in US children

• Is the pandemic rewiring kids’ brains?

• Can we really heal from adverse childhood experiences?

• Study: People with neurological conditions often experienced childhood trauma

• New study finds predictors for grief, trauma symptoms in Black, Hispanic children

• 5 lessons I learned from surviving childhood abuse

• Cumulative risk exposure and emotional symptoms among early adolescent girls

• CA hits new milestone with over 500K people screened for Adverse Childhood Experiences

Brain and biology

• Video by Bessel van der Kolk: How to rewire your brain after trauma

• Brain connectivity is lower in adults with PTSD or a history of sexual abuse

• Brain circuitry for both positive and negative “valence” affected by trauma

• Release of chemical dopamine in infant brains may help control early social development

• Neurofeedback technology creates opportunities to retrain your brain

Bullying

• The prevalence of bullying among pediatric orthopaedic patients.

• Bullying experts advise maintaining focus in 3 areas with students back in schools

• Students who repeat a grade experience more bullying, study finds

• Emotional bullying, and sexual harassment and physical assault of women is widespread in the military

Courts, juvenile justice, corrections, and probation

• Prison is the antithesis of care: It’s time to invest in a care infrastructure instead of a carceral one

• Suspended students more likely to get caught up in juvenile justice system, and vice versa

DHS career opportunities

View all of the current career opportunities with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Posttraumatic stress disorder

• App:Mindfulness Coach mobile app

• Employees who quit have realized this 1 missing thing about their job

• 6 sneaky signs you're experiencing ongoing trauma from the pandemic

• 4 things to know about burnout

• PTSD Research Quarterly - Volume 32/NO.4

• Experts explain what it really means to be triggered

• Will we turn to psychedelics for mental health treatment after the pandemic?

• Past psychological trauma exacerbates PTSD in healthcare workers during pandemic, Oxford researchers say

• Could menstrual cycle be used to tailor PTSD treatments?

• Comorbid chronic pain and PTSD: An update on research and treatment

• Health & Wellness: Beyond PTSD: Moral injury in first responders

Resilience

• Resource: Guided meditations and exercises

• First responders' resilience masks a mounting mental health toll

• Despite understanding the concept of mindfulness, people are applying it incorrectly, research finds

• Resiliency Within Podcast: The Wisdom of Indigenous People

Schools

• Harnessing the synergy between trauma-informed teaching and SEL

• The ‘how’ of building deeper relationships with students

• 5 trauma-informed strategies for supporting refugee students

• Learning Policy Institute outlines strategies to improve equity through restorative justice practices

Trainings

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

• The launch of Heal Trauma Global: Culturally attuned trauma training

Trauma-informed care

• Peer respite: Why it should be everyone’s concern

• Painful Gynecologist visits can be traumatic instead of healing

• What is birth trauma? Distress during childbirth can have lasting effects—Here's how to manage them

• What is trauma-informed yoga? And could it actually help us process complex emotions such as grief? Here's what you need to know

Violence

Sexual violence can lead to poor mental, cardiovascular health in women

If you have a question, email Scott Webb. Visit the DHS website for more information on Resilient Wisconsin.