Call for Proposals
The Third Annual Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference: Promoting Equitable Access to High Quality Services for Vulnerable Children and Families, is scheduled for July 29-Aug. 1 at the Thomas Jefferson University’s East Falls Philadelphia campus. This training conference will provide an intensive, collaborative and engaging experience to providers, educators and leaders across health, education and social service disciplines, as well as to community advocates promoting the health of their families, neighborhoods and cities.
The conference planning committee is requesting submissions for 90-minute workshop sessions, as well as poster submissions. Submit a workshop or poster proposal by the March 1 deadline.
Workshop proposals should focus on promoting equitable access to high-quality services for vulnerable children and families through: community engagement, clinical application and/or policy and advocacy.
Sessions must be congruent with the conference theme and have implications for community-based, trauma-focused work. The conference aims to enhance competencies in interprofessional practice ‒ sessions with an interprofessional focus are strongly encouraged. Presenters should identify if their workshop proposal best fits programming for: 1) providers seeking advanced trauma competencies and knowledge, 2) participants seeking foundational trauma training or 3) community and family members.
Poster guidelines will be sent to accepted submitters upon acceptance.
Conference
The 2019 Trauma-Informed Pediatric Provider Course: Addressing Childhood Adversity and Building Resilience, will be held March 2-5 at The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas. Hotel early-bird registration deadline is Feb. 1. For more information: registration@aap.org
This training will assist health care providers and those working in or with child service agencies to identify children who have experienced adversity, trauma and toxic stress. Experts in the field will present recent science, evidence-base and treatments of adversity, resiliency and toxic stress. American Academy of Pediatrics President, Dr. Colleen Kraft, will deliver the keynote presentation “Pediatricians as Leaders in Addressing Toxic Stress and Trauma in Children.”
Download the course brochure HERE.
Lecture Series
The Anderson Institute will begin its program for Black History Month with the fourth talk in this academic year's "Plain Talk on Race and Ethnicity" series.
"Taking West Rock: The Removal of Little Rock's Westernmost Black Suburb" Dr. Brian K. Mitchell Assistant Professor of History Noon, February 5 UA - Little Rock, Ottenheimer Library 202 .
Founded in 1906, West Rock provided affordable housing and accessibility to an array of domestic, service, and labor jobs for its African American residents. Nestled in what is now Riverdale, which is downhill from Pulaski Heights and one of the city’s most exclusive communities, West Rock was a short distance from the Rock Island train station, lumberyards, a country club, warehouses and Field Farm. West Rock’s community lived symbiotically with their wealthy and industrial neighbors, with proximity making West Rock ideal for its wealthy neighbors uphill. Domestic workers and chauffeurs were a short walk from their places of employment. However, by the 1950s, the Civil Rights movement caused the Height’s residents to view the community more as a burden. This talk examines the lifespan of the community from its development to its removal as a result of Slum Clearance. The story of West Rock embodies the narrative of race and urban development in America and the role that planning and local government played in maintaining segregated communities. All are welcome to attend this expert discussion of historical trauma.
Resources
New Video Explores “What is Trauma-Informed Care?”
How do our experiences as children shape our health as adults? What does it mean to be trauma-informed, and what does trauma-informed care look like in a health care setting? In this new animated video, meet “Dr. Cruz,” the character shares what she has learned about caring for patients with exposure to trauma, including abuse, neglect and violence. Learn about the lifelong impact of trauma on health, and how trauma-informed care can create a more welcoming environment for patients, providers and staff. The video offers practical steps for integrating trauma-informed care principles into everyday clinical practices. “What is Trauma-Informed Care?” was created through Advancing Trauma-Informed Care, a national initiative led by CHCS through support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Watch this video.
Journal Articles
Riem MME and Karreman A. Childhood Adversity and Adult Health: The Role of Developmental Timing and Associations with Accelerated Aging. Child Maltreat. (2019). DOI: 10.1177/1077559518795058. Childhood adversity has been associated with poor adult health. However, it is unclear whether timing of adversity matters in this association and whether adversity is related to poorer age-related physical health status. A representative sample of the adult Dutch population (N = 3,586, age M = 54.94, age range = 18-92) completed surveys on health and diagnoses of age-related diseases. Information about weight and fat percentage was collected using weighing scales and childhood experiences were assessed retrospectively. Adversity was associated with higher body mass index and fat percentage, more physical problems, and high cholesterol, and this association was most pronounced in individuals with experiences of adversity during early adolescence. In addition, individuals with adversity more often reported physical problems or a medical diagnosis at a younger age. This study indicates that (1) timing of exposure to adversity matters in the relationship between experienced childhood adversity and health and (2) adversity is associated with a higher prevalence of age-related diseases at earlier ages.
Fava NM et al. Childhood adversity, externalizing behavior, and substance use in adolescence: Mediating effects of anterior cingulate cortex activation during inhibitory errors, Development and Psychopathology (2018). DOI: 10.1017/S0954579418001025. A new study led by Florida International University researchers at the Center for Children and Families found that traumatic childhood experiences like domestic violence, abuse and parental incarceration impact brain functioning and increase the risk of substance use during adolescence. The researchers found that the negative childhood experiences may disrupt functioning of brain regions associated with impulse control. The children’s difficulties in regulating their impulses leads to increased deviant behaviors, such as stealing and aggression, in early adolescence, which in turn increases alcohol, cigarette, and drug use in late adolescence.
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