Tagged With "survival strategies"

https://soundcloud.com/jane-mulcahy/firkin-crane-event-towards-an-ace-aware-trauma-responsive-ireland This event was an open discussion with survivors of childhood trauma and professionals working in the Early Years sector, education, health, addiction and homeless services about the desirability of raising public and political awareness of the prevalence and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ireland and the need for a collaborative cross sector trauma-responsive approach for...

In this unedited "How to talk policy and influence people" interview interview with Angi Yoder Maina, Executive Director of the Green String Network (GSN) in Kenya, we discuss peacebuilding and how trauma is often a root cause of inter and trans-generational violence. We talk about GSN's healing-centred approach to renegotiating collective and individual wounds through story-telling, art and peer support, where people are acknowledged as being the experts of their own lives and histories. We...

Sign up, sign up! There are still places on my planned 8-week online adult ed course on "Childhood Trauma, Consequences and Essential Responses". It will kick off on Monday the 4th of October at 19:00 Irish time (if ten people sign up!). ALL are welcome. I'd especially be delighted if some trauma survivors join, as well as curious parents, doctors, early years practitioners, teachers, social workers, police, lawyers, judges, addiction counsellors, receptionists - and everyone in between.