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I began riding the “trauma-informed care” wave three years prior to realizing I was part of something bigger than my own vision to bust open the conversation on trauma. When my life as a writer, editor, and advocate for parenting survivors of childhood abuse collided with my professional life as a mental health care manager, I knew the universe was trying to tell me something. Having long ago succumbed to the realization that everything really does happen for a reason, I started to see my...

New briefs show impact of intentionally embedding brain science Briefs feature lessons learned, site-specific examples Through the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities' two-year Change in Mind initiative, a cohort of 10 U.S. and five Canadian organizations have demonstrated the impact of intentionally infusing brain science and evidence into programs and organizations. It also has identified new insights into the longer-term opportunities and challenges of facilitating and...

Tear Down the Juvenile Jails; They Make Bad Situations Worse [JJIE.org] By: Judge Steven Teske| July 10, 2017 Summary and Analysis by: Julius Patterson| July 30, 2017 This article really hits home for me. Judge Steven Teske talks about how Juvenile prisons need to be torn down. This article also focuses on how there’s a difference between being unruly and being a criminal. Jail is not always the answer for these young men and women. Statistics show that youth that have been incarcerated are...

Please join us for a three -part learning series hosted by the California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity and ACEs Connection . We'll hear from states that are making great strides towards adopting trauma-informed policies and practices. Three-Part Learning Series: Webinar 1: Overview of State Level Efforts to Address Childhood Adversity and Highlights from Oregon, Tennessee, and Wisconsin Date: January 10th, 10AM PST (1:00 PM EST) Speakers: Elizabeth Prewitt, Policy Analyst, ACEs...

What if there was one New Year’s Resolution that had the inherent ability to completely transform our lives? Most of us operate in a perpetual state of disconnection to who we really are: aka higher self, source self, true self or whatever you may call it . Many of the challenges and issues in our lives could be resolved by simply getting connected and staying connected. Of course, we wouldn’t be alive if we weren’t connected at some level, but there is a big difference between minimal...

Although, the hashtag gained viral popularity by actress, Alyssa Milano, the campaign was originally created in 1997 by activist, Tarana Burke . The motivation behind this movement was to help survivors in under privileged communities—where rape crisis centers and counseling services were unavailable—heal from one another. The viral sensation of the #MeToo campaign and the continued number of survivors coming forward in the news shows the prevalence of this issue and demands that sexual...

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the profession’s accreditation body, is rethinking its blueprint for training social workers for future generations. Social work’s role in healthcare is a key focus as new trends are developing such as the utilization of interprofessional collaborations; recognition of the importance of prevention, trauma, and social determinants; and the reliance on the provision of services outside traditional delivery systems. According to the Bureau of Labor...

Excerpt from piece in Mad in America written by Zenobia Morrill : Read more .

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The ACEs and Resilience movement is now across the US and worldwide, focusing on increasing awareness of how trauma impacts children and adults. There are now calls for more programs, projects, training and research on trauma from a baby's perspective. Recent programs highlight Trauma Informed Parenting , Maternal Health and ACEs , and Pediatrics and ACEs , but none of these approaches include the first 9 months of life, even though data clearly shows that the baby's experience of the womb...

I remember perfectly the warm wave of hope and relief I felt when my parents told me they were getting a divorce. I was seven. My dad kneeled down in the hallway with me as he was leaving, his suitcase on the floor next to him, and promised it wasn’t my fault. I pretended I needed to hear this, but I knew perfectly well it was the two of them who had caused all the trouble. They had screamed and and threatened and abandoned each other off and on for as long as I had memories. There were many...

I am not even sure where to start. But, I know I need to write about this. I need to give this to the world. Perhaps to another mother who is facing the darkness and can’t see her way out. Perhaps she is watching her children caught in the cyclone that is her life. I think she is who I am writing this for. And maybe for me too. I am doing some amazing work with a community that is fast becoming dear to my heart. I look at the people who keep showing up that are trying to wrap their heads...