Tagged With "preventing trauma"
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2 New Communities Join ACEs Connection: January of 2020
Please welcome these two new community initiatives from Idaho and Virginia to ACEs Connection . More information about each one of them is below. Caroline Virginia Community Resilience Network: Our local community network is newly formed in the Richmond, Va region and have a ton of support from local agencies, sheriff, Superintendent of Schools, and faith leaders who are passionate about changing the culture and trajectory of our community one family at a time. You are welcome to join the...
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ACEs Connection Info- ALL HERE!
ACEs Connection Welcome Tour What you get What you can do ACEs Connection How-Tos Directory How-To post a blog How-To add a picture How-To change your email settings And more ACEs Connection Roadmap to Resilience Toolkit Directory Assets mapping Logic model MOUs And more ACEs Connection Network Overview ACEsConnection.com and ACEsTooHigh.com ACEs, trauma-informed, and resilience-building Collective impact community of practice And more ACEs 101 FAQ ACEs, toxic stress, and epigenetics...
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Alive and Well: Moving Missouri Toward Grass-Roots and System-Wide Change
On the eastern edge of Missouri, leaders of the Alive and Well network had generated a robust media campaign to help people understand the impact of trauma and toxic stress on health and well-being. There was a monthly column in an African-American newspaper, spots about toxic stress and resilience on urban radio stations and weekly public service features on the NBC affiliate, with physicians, clergy and teachers advocating ways to “be alive and well.” Two hundred and fifty miles to the...
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Building Community Resilience Model
Check out this video about actualizing a trauma-informed community through a community health model. "Health systems can truly be partners in not just the delivery of healthcare, but the fostering of a culture of health." https://youtu.be/FbrQu_UXq6o
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Two January programs: Complex trauma, January 11 & Assessing risk for violence with juveniles, January 26
TWO programs in January: Complex trauma and Assessing risk for violence with juveniles
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FACT Issue Brief - Trauma-Informed Schools
Go to THIS LINK to find the recent Family and Children's Trust (FACT) Fund issue brief on Trauma-Informed Schools. The TICN Schools Committee is highlighted!
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Free Webinar: Trauma-Sensitive Language
http://go.reliaslearning.com/WBN2017-04-20UsingTraumaSensitiveLanguage_RegistrationPage.html Be Attentive: All Language Matters! Using Trauma Sensitive Language Thursday, April 20th at 2pm EST Join the upcoming webinar to learn the basics of trauma and how to use trauma-sensitive language verbally and in writing to support recovery while still meeting the deficit-based requirements of most insurance companies. Learn more about the urgent need for all individuals working in behavior health...
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From Sanctuary Sunday to Self-Care Saturday, GRTICN lays the groundwork for Resilience Week VA 2020
The Greater Richmond TICN (GRTICN) has rallied around the message of Resilience Week, strengthening community connections even in the era of physical distancing. Staff from Greater Richmond SCAN , the backbone organization of the GRTICN, and Sacred Heart Center have filmed Virtual Storytimes in Spanish and English. GRTICN members Connie Honsinger from Chesterfield Pubic Schools and Keith Cartwright of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services facilitated two virtual ACE...
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Funding Trauma-Informed Community Networks - We are #TraumaInformedVA
“I know from personal experience that trauma can be life-changing, but I didn’t know that talking about trauma could change my life. And the lives of others,” said Theresa Caldwell, member of the Southside (TICN) Trauma-Informed Community Network , which is supported by the Crater Health District under the leadership of Dr. Alton Hart and Brian Little. The Network works to foster healthy communities through disease prevention and control, health promotion, environmental protection, and...
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Governor Declares May 3-9 Resilience Week in Virginia
As Greater Richmond SCAN , in collaboration with members from the Greater Richmond Trauma-Informed Community Network and the 26 Trauma-Informed Community Networks across the state , began planning for the first annual Resilience Week Virginia, we certainly did not imagine we would be celebrating in the midst of a global pandemic. We worked to adapt activities and events to be done virtually as it became clear that the week, May 3-9, would take place in the midst of these strange new...
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Greater Richmond TICN Meeting Minutes 2.2.18!
Please find meeting minutes HERE from our 2.2.18 meeting. TICN member, Nina Marino, presented about ARC Reflections and TST-FC: two new trauma-responsive skill building curricula for foster/adoptive and kinship families (PPT and links are in the meeting minutes). There were 52 people in attendance at this meeting! Trauma Informed Community Network (TICN) Meeting Minutes 2.2.18 In attendance: Lisa Wright (GRSCAN), Fred Orelove (VCU/GRSCAN), Jeanine Harper (GRSCAN), Brittany Armentrout (Poplar...
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Help Support Trauma-Informed Policy by Sending a Letter to the VA Commission on Youth
Our partners, Voices for Virginia's Children, have sent out a call for organizations and individuals to respond to several recommendations being considered on state-level trauma made following the September 20 Virginia Commission on Youth meeting. You can review the list of recommendations that COY will consider at the Nov. 7 th meeting here . Attached is a document from Voices for Virginia's Children containing talking points and a sample draft letter. We ask you to consider editing the...
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Job Posting! GRSCAN CAC is seeking a full time bilingual trauma-focused treatment program therapist
Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) Child Advocacy Center (CAC) Trauma-Focused Treatment Program Bilingual Therapist Job Description General Description The Bilingual (fluent in both Spanish and English) CAC TFT Program Therapist is responsible for providing trauma-informed therapy services for children who have experienced abuse and for their non-offending family members. These services include: trauma based crisis intervention, assessments and psychotherapy in both English and...
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Job Posting: SCAN Seeks Boys and Girls Club Trauma Informed Specialist
Greater Richmond SCAN (in collaboration with The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond) seeks a qualified individual to fill a full-time position. The Trauma Informed Specialist performs work promoting resilience and trauma informed practice within the clubs to include providing on-site training, consultation, and support for staff; identifying trauma symptoms and assisting with collaborative referrals or direct support for members with a history of trauma as needed. The Trauma Informed...
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Latest ACEs science research from PubMed, February 12, 2019
Hair cortisol in the perinatal period mediates associations between maternal adversity and disrupted maternal interaction in early infancy. Nyström-Hansen M, Andersen MS, Khoury JE, Davidsen K, Gumley A, Lyons-Ruth K, MacBeth A, Harder S. Dev Psychobiol . 2019 Feb 12. doi: 10.1002/dev.21833. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30747450 elect item 3074 Child maltreatment is mediating long-term consequences of household dysfunction in a population representative sample. Clemens V, Berthold O, Witt A,...
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New Study Shows Communities Can Reduce the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences [Mathematica Policy Research]
[ Ed. note: Following is a media release published yesterday by Mathematica Policy Research. This follows on the heals of the report, "Self-Healing Communities" that Laura Porter, Dr. Robert Anda and WHO wrote for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Both reports and executive summaries are attached to this blog post. Both reports are significant, because they show that community ACEs initiatives -- with "modest investments and limited staff" -- are solving some of our most intractable...
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Pandemic Parenting: Brain Science, Help and Hope
For families, from families! This session offers first-hand perspectives on why our COVID-19 reality is so challenging for parents and caregivers, and what we can do to promote resilient responses in ourselves and our children. We are all working to manage school, work and home during this crisis. Get practical parenting tips- informed by brain science and come away from this presentation empowered and confident to know your family will get through these challenging times. Presented by Jenna...
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Petersburg Beyond ACEs: Building Community Resilience Summit - Registration Now Open
Download the Summit Flyer here . The summit’s schedule-at-a-glance is provided below. Full details of the summit are provided in the Summit Packet . Events which are free are denoted with an asterisk (*). Thursday, June 1, 2017 Tabernacle Baptist Church Family Life Center 7:30am – 8:30am: Registration 8:30am – 3:15pm: Workshops on Building Trauma Sensitive Schools and Building Trauma Sensitive Clinical and Support Services 4:15pm – 4:45pm: Meet and Greet 4:45pm – 5:30pm: Dinner and Music...
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PTSD sufferer creates service to help veterans (Richmond, VI) [Richmond.com]
http://www.richmond.com/news/special-report/making-a-difference/making-a-difference-karen-w-henderson/article_5bf01368-631d-5af5-add1-dc4ad5445e7e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
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Recap- Virginia Summit On Childhood Trauma And Resilience 4/25/19
On Thursday April 25, 2019 Voices hosted over 950 attendees at the Virginia Summit on Childhood Trauma and Resilience . The goal of the Summit was to connect child-serving professionals and advocates across the Commonwealth to best practices to prevent, and better address, the impacts of childhood adversity. California’s first Surgeon General and well-known ACEs expert, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, provided the keynote address. Both Governor Northam and First Lady Pamela Northam addressed the...
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Register Now: Trauma and Resilience Basics Training - October 11
There are still a few spots left in the October 11 Trauma and Resilience Basics Training. It will be held at UMFS Charter School Campus from 8:45am - 11:45am There is no cost to attend. Register Now! Training content will cover: understanding trauma and ACES (adverse childhood experiences), trauma’s impact on the brain and development, trauma’s impact on at-risk health behaviors and strategies for building individual & community resilience
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Roanoke Valley Trauma Summit
The Roanoke Valley Trauma Summit was held last Thursday, 11.16.17. Approximately 50 Summit participants from over 20 Roanoke Valley agencies watched the film Resilience, listened to a presentation about trauma-informed practice and learned about efforts of the Greater Richmond TICN. At the end of the Summit, attendees unanimously voted to begin a Roanoke Valley Trauma-Informed Community Network. We are so excited for this new initiative!! (In the pic: Judge Frank Rogers, Lisa Wright, Janice...
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Surviving and Thriving: Trauma and Resilience Basics workshop on April 3rd 6pm
Please share the workshop information. There is limited space, so RSVP is required. See attached flyer. -John
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Systems of Trauma: Racial Trauma Issue Brief
Family And Children's Trust (FACT) Fund of Virginia just released their latest issue brief! SYSTEMS OF TRAUMA : Racial Trauma explores how racial trauma intersects and exacerbates trauma caused by family violence. In order to do so effectively, the brief will review issues of structurally embedded inequalities, individual actions that cause racial trauma, the effects of racial trauma on communities of color, and strategies for individuals, communities, professionals and organizations to...
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The Future of Virginia Starts Today: 2017 Election Guide
Voices for Virginia’s Children has put together a 2017 Election Guide, which is a useful resource to highlight policy decisions that will impact children. As you are aware, the 2017 election is incredibly important in Virginia; one where we will vote for a new Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and all 100 House of Delegates seats. The guide includes the KIDS COUNT report on the well-being of Virginia's children and 8 "cheat sheets" with infographics and questions that you can use to...
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The Journey to being Trauma-Informed
Ran across this great infographic. Will be posting it in our copyroom at the office for folks to ponder.
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TICN 3.31.17 Meeting!
Attached are meeting minutes from our 3.31.17 meeting! See our picture with Delegate Carr and the TICN copy of Resolution 653 to recognize TICNs across the state.
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TICN Meeting Minutes from 5.25.18
Please find meeting minutes at THIS LINK (and attached). We had an amazing guest speaker and great turnout on a holiday weekend!
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Trauma and Resilience: Building a Network to Strengthen Communities [IdeaStations.org]
A growing number of organizations in Greater Richmond are working to educate the community about the impact of trauma on children and families. The effort involves service providers, educators, government agencies and community groups. In the first of an ongoing series on Trauma and Resilience, WCVE’s Catherine Komp has more for Virginia Currents . Learn More: Find information about the Greater Richmond Trauma Informed Community Network and follow ChildSavers to learn about upcoming...
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Trauma Informed Care -- Workforce training framework
A colleague of mine -- here in New Zealand!! -- recently passed the attached PDF, from Scotland, onto me. It concerns a relatively recent, and still developing, proposed trauma training framework. This might be helpful to others wishing to go further in introducing TIC in their own services. It includes a consideration of ACEs. Naturally, it needs to incorporate culture-specific additions or modifications to suit your local conditions. The document as it is likely has broad application.
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Trauma-Informed Community Advocacy Day! 1/30/17
January 30, 2017 Trauma informed community advocacy Day Educate your legislators at the Virginia General Assembly on the successes of trauma-informed practice and building resilient communities. Make an appointment to meet with your legislator that day and be recognized for your work by the General Assembly.
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Trauma-Informed Journey with a local Department of Social Services
Our Trauma-Informed journey began with the Henrico Department of Social Services (DSS) in the fall of 2012 when we approached their leadership with a proposal to partner with the Greater Richmond Trauma-Informed Community Network (TICN) to create a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare System. We began by developing a TIMELINE of activities (please note we set out to complete things in one year - little did we realize at the time that the process is always ongoing!). The first step on the timeline...
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Trauma Webinar
Our friends from the Southside TICN Betty Hobbs, Valerie Liggins, Dr. Alton Hart, and Theresa Caldwell will be doing a webinar on their work in trauma and resilience in Petersburg on Monday Feb 26th. Please register for VAIRS Webinar: Trauma and Resilience in the Community on Feb 26, 2018 10:00 AM EST at: Info: Trauma can occur as a result of violence, abuse, neglect, loss, and other emotionally harmful experiences. Resilience refers to the ability of an individual, family, or community to...
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VA TICNs eNote Special Edition Vol. 8 [grscan.com]
Worker Wellness & Managing Stress University of California-San Francisco has a Resilience and Emotional Well-Being Video Series , including Self-Compassion for Stress Reduction and How to Prioritize Your Own Well-Being for Health Care Workers - though many of these strategies can be applied to other professions! Key Ingredients for Building Trust While Working Remotely from The Engine Room covers strategies for building trusting relationships with colleagues in the virtual environment.
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Virginia statewide Trauma-Informed Community Networks
On 9.19.17, the Greater Richmond TICN convened a statewide meeting for Trauma-Informed Community Networks in Virginia. There are currently nine TICNs at various stages of development. Summaries from six of these networks (Fairfax, Greater Charlottesville, Greater Piedmont, Greater Richmond, Harrison burg & Southside) are in the attached document. We are SUPER excited to be connected with so many amazing people who are working to build a more resilient Virginia.
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Webinar: Peer Mentoring, Crisis Response & Resilience-building: NJ DCF's Worker2Worker Program
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) Webinar: Peer Mentoring, Crisis Response & Resilience-building: NJ DCF's Worker2Worker Program When : National Webinar: Wednesday, April 12, 2017, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm EDT Learning Exchange: Wednesday, April 19, 2017, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm EDT What: Vicarious trauma, burnout, and lack of self-care can challenge all first responders, including child welfare professionals. First responders who care for others often need peer counseling,...
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Welcome to our group!
Welcome to the Greater Richmond (VA) Trauma-Informed Community (TICN) Network ACEs Connection Group! It is with great excitement that we launch our ACEs Connection group site. The Greater Richmond TICN formed in the fall of 2012 with 7 professionals and, through a Collective Impact framework, has grown to 127 members strong. We are dedicated to supporting and advocating for trauma-informed care for all children, families and professionals in the Greater Richmond Virginia area. Read more...
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What Lies Beneath Behavior? Introducing Echo's New Infographic!
A nice article on the ACEsConnection main site. Worth a look. Maybe post the Infographic on your office message board. At ChildSavers we use the copy room wall as a bulletin board for trauma and resilience learning. http://www.acesconnection.com/blog/what-lies-beneath-behavior-introducing-echo-s-new-infographic
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What would community resilience look like in Richmond?
Although Richmond is a thriving city, it has a traumatic past. For some communities this trauma is still present. How do communities heal or become resilient? What progress has Richmond made in regard to healing and how can it improve? This post will offer an initiative that may help Richmond to frame its ongoing road to resiliency. 100 Resilient Communities is an initiative that seeks to build resilience in urban communities through resilience frameworks and support. The initiative focuses...
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Re: Greater Richmond TICN Meeting Minutes 2.2.18!
Hi Lisa: I wasn't able to open the Word doc that was linked to. Did anyone else have an issue. I'd love to see the trauma-responsive skill building curricula and share it in Parenting with ACEs as well, if possible. Cissy
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Re: Virginia statewide Trauma-Informed Community Networks
Hi, Cristy: I was able to open it in Word. The whole thing is embedded below: Summary of Virginia TICNs from 9.19.17 VA Statewide TICN Meeting Fairfax TICN # of members, # organizations, examples of organizations represented: The Fairfax TICN is a network of over 75 individuals representing over 25 partner organizations to include Fairfax County Public Schools, the faith community, private and non-profit providers, and county government human services agencies (courts, social services,...
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Re: Virginia statewide Trauma-Informed Community Networks
This is all really exciting. Having only been in Virginia for a little over a year, I'm impressed with how developed the TICNs are here. I'm looking forward to getting more involved and thinking about how I can share best practices with groups in Montana, where I was most recently involved with trauma-informed work.
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VA TICNs eNote June 15 2020 [grscan.com]
Supporting Black LGBTQ Mental Health via the Trevor Project - also comes in a printable PDF . 32 Black-Led Queer & Trans Organizations to Support from the Audre Lorde Project to the Trans Women of Color Collective . Organization Development for Social Change: An Integrated Approach to Community Transformation via Racial Equity Tools includes information for sustainability when doing this long-term work. Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice; in partnership with...
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Virginia Trauma-Informed Community Networks eNote June 29 2020
Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience: A Framework for Addressing and Preventing Community Trauma , from the Prevention Institute, outlines specific strategies to address and prevent community trauma—and foster resilience—using techniques from those living in affected areas. Surviving Oppression/Healing Oppression describes trauma responses from those who are targets and agents of oppression and the need for trauma-responsive strategies. Everyday Democracy created an interactive slide...
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VA TICNs eNote July 13 2020 [grscan.com]
Visit the Voices for Virginia's Children blog to learn more about the upcoming Racial Truth and Reconciliation Week! Artists and activists are encouraged to submit pieces that address cultural, historical, and racial trauma in addition to the embedded themes of community resilience, truth, reconciliation, and justice. Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities is increasingly called upon to help schools, businesses, and communities across Virginia achieve success through inclusion. Take a...