Of potential interest to our group: CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (Injury Center) announces three new awards for research grants for preventing violence and violence-related injuries starting in fiscal year 2014....
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships will host its first Quarterly Conference Call (QCC) on Thursday, December 4, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. (EDT). The conference call...
This resource is from Zero to Three, a National Organization dedication to improving the welfare of all children from ages zero to three, so that all children have an equal shot in Life. The reason I am placing this resource here, is that there...
Hello Friends, Please consider joining the Trauma Informed Community on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/TraumaInformed/ Gracias, Kimberly
An important article by Baptist News Global on the role of youth ministers in responding to mental illness among adolescents. See: http://baptistnews.com/ministry/item/29461-youth-ministers-challenged-by-youth-mental-illness
DESMOND TUTU — A God of Surprises "There's no question about the reality of evil, of injustice, of suffering, but at the center of this existence is a heart beating with love." South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on how...
Please check out SAMHSA's new guideance on Trauma: http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content//SMA14-4884/SMA14-4884.pdf From the intro: "The purpose of this paper is to develop a working concept of trauma and a trauma-informed approach and...
Posted on October 23, 2014 by Linda Jacobs Many infants who live in a stressed single-parent home face attachment issues. The single parent, which could be a mom or a dad, might be in a state of shock and barely surviving. They take...
One of my responsibilities with the American Baptist Home Mission Societies is as executive editor of The Christian Citizen. I'm pleased to announce that the latest issue of our publication focusing on "Communities of Care: The Church and Mental...
8 Notes on Counseling Abused Children http://theresurgence.com/2013/02/02/8-notes-on-counseling-abused-children Bryant church helps domestic violence victims...
It was something about the phrasing that got to me. Something about the cadence of his words, the staccato of his speech. “Nobody loves me. Not even my mother who gave birth to me.” It is an odd turn of phrase,...
ACES: Building a Resilient Community Childhood trauma has affected the majority of people in our community. Specific family problems as well as child abuse and neglect (summarized as Adverse Childhood Experience, or ACEs) have been shown to...
This poem by Thich Nhat Hanh embodies the essence of what he calls "interbeing," the innerconnectedness of all things. Call Me by My True Names by Thich Nhat Hanh From: Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life...
Folks from Pastors to Priests to dharma brothers and sisters and beyond really do have the power if they become educated about adversity in childhood to really make a change for individuals and for the larger community you live in! In fact it is...
I am privileged to sit on the Board of Partners for Schools, a faith-in-action non-profit organization located in Lynden, Washington. In just a few years after its inception by local residents, Denny and Nancy McHarness, the program has found...