A huge thank you to The Boys and Girls Club of Reno County for allowing us to present the Brain Architecture Game to them. We had 27 staff members attend and participate in discussion!

We were very blessed to receive the following: Resilience Reno County, $5,840 x 3 years – Resilience Reno County 3.0 : First year of a three-year grant for an AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) position to strengthen this collaborative effort to equip community members and organizations with resources on healing from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Ultimately, Resilience Reno County aims to create a trauma-informed community that is more empathetic and able to connect...

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...

Speakers and guests at the SAMSHA Forum included (l-r) Mary Rolando of the Department of Children's Services; Chrissy Haslam, First Lady of Tennessee; Dr. Joan Gillece, SAMSHA Center for Trauma Informed Care; Dr. Andi Clements, East Tennessee State University; Becky Haas, Johnson City Police Department; Carey Sipp, ACEs Connection, and Robin Crumley, Boys & Girls Club of Johnson City/Washington County. It was easy to be both inspired and a bit overwhelmed at the Substance Abuse and...

Tufts University medical professor Dr. Robert Sege directs the Center for Community-Engaged Medicine and is nationally known for his research on effective health systems approaches that address social determinants of health. He is also the principal investigator for the HOPE framework (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences).The HOPE framework is based on research that shows how positive childhood experiences can mitigate the effects of adverse childhood experiences. Sege and colleagues...

Tufts University medical professor Dr. Robert Sege directs the Center for Community-Engaged Medicine and is nationally known for his research on effective health systems approaches that address social determinants of health. He is also the principal investigator for the HOPE framework (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences).The HOPE framework is based on research that shows how positive childhood experiences can mitigate the effects of adverse childhood experiences. Sege and colleagues...

Kained (verb)- to have Lara Kain come to your community and create a roadmap to implement trauma practices. On October 10th, 2018, Lara Kain and graphic artist Stephanie Steigerwaldt traveled to Hutchinson (KS) to assist Resilience Reno County in developing a longer range vision. It was an outstanding day attended by more than 50 people over 2 sessions. Lara and Stephanie were able to facilitate deep thinking as those in attendance all participated in related activities. As the graphic...

I am not even sure where to start. But, I know I need to write about this. I need to give this to the world. Perhaps to another mother who is facing the darkness and can’t see her way out. Perhaps she is watching her children caught in the cyclone that is her life. I think she is who I am writing this for. And maybe for me too. I am doing some amazing work with a community that is fast becoming dear to my heart. I look at the people who keep showing up that are trying to wrap their heads...

Learning collaborative teams made significant progress on their work. Here are some examples. Our group is now called Resilience Reno County. Motto: Healing for all with all. Mission: Increasing the understanding of ACEs- Empowering people to create hope. The accompanying logo will be developed. The first draft of an introduction to trauma was created. “Adverse experiences are an event or series of events which are physically or emotionally harmful that have a lasting negative effects on the...

Thanks for posting, Rebecca! Congratulations, Hutchinson and Reno County!!