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Hutchinson ACEs Connection (KS)

Educating people in Hutchinson about Adverse Childhood Experiences and the effects of toxic stress. The goal is for the community to integrate trauma-informed and resilience-building practices into individual, family, work, and community lives.

Tagged With "Donna Nakazawa"

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Hutchinson takes the plunge to become a trauma-informed community!

Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz ·
Thirty-seven Reno County community members took the first step in the commitment of becoming a trauma-informed community. District 308 and ESSDACK drew people towards the pioneering conversation of building a resilient and trauma-informed Hutchinson. This all stems from the district bringing in two national trauma-informed leaders, Heather T. Forbes, author of Help for Billy and Jim Sporleder, the principal in the documentary Paper Tigers, to Hutchinson to help the district begin the journey...
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Trauma Informed- Hutchinson (KS) Forging Ahead

Rick Kraus ·
After having 37 individuals at its first two meetings, there was a huge turnout for the first of three meetings targeting a study of the book Childhood Disrupted by Donna Jackson Nakazawa. Fifty-three community members, representing more than 20 agencies spent their lunch hours going deeper. Conversations about the impacts of childhood trauma were wide spread, but as one shared "in chapter three we are already talking about solutions." These meetings have lead to new connections being built...
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Re: Hutchinson takes the plunge to become a trauma-informed community!

Jane Stevens ·
Thanks for posting, Rebecca! Congratulations, Hutchinson and Reno County!!
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Re: Trauma Informed- Hutchinson (KS) Forging Ahead

Gail Kennedy ·
thanks Rick! Great to you connected with Donna Jackson Nakazawa about questions - I bet that made for an even richer discussions! This is a nice model for that other communities may want to replicate.
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