While Senate Republicans battle over a national health bill that will determine access to care for millions of Americans, a Republican from Wisconsin is raising another health issue.
In a resolution introduced July 14, Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, pushed for wider use of trauma-informed care, and called for a National Trauma Awareness Month.
Trauma has been a major focus for Wisconsin's first lady, Tonette Walker. Her Fostering Futures initiative secured grant funding to get trauma training for more than 20 county and state agencies.
The training is based on the principle that when someone is having emotional, social or behavioral issues, it's because of something that has happened to them.
When teachers, mental health professionals and policy makers see through a "trauma-informed" lens, they are more likely to find and address traumas at the root of issues before punishing or blaming the individual.
[For more of this story, written by Rory Linnane, go to http://www.postcrescent.com/st...ess-month/479138001/]
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