Tagged With "Disrupted"
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Hutchinson takes the plunge to become a trauma-informed community!
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
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!
Thanks for posting, Rebecca! Congratulations, Hutchinson and Reno County!!
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Re: Trauma Informed- Hutchinson (KS) Forging Ahead
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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Re: Trauma Informed- Hutchinson (KS) Forging Ahead
There was incredible energy in the room and people are plugged in. I am so excited to watch this unfold.
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Re: Trauma Informed- Hutchinson (KS) Forging Ahead
HI Rick- I wonder if you can share any tips or the outline of how you structured the book study? Thank you!
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Re: Trauma Informed- Hutchinson (KS) Forging Ahead
Hi, Gail. We selected 4 questions from chapter 1-3 with assistance from the author. The "extra" question was for attendees to share anything gleaned from the reading which they deemed was relevant to their particular organizations. We allowed about 45 minutes for discussion and gave time updates every 10-15 minutes to keep groups on task. Each table group captured their most important ideas on chart paper. At the end a representative of each table shared their "big idea". I took snapshots of...