Volunteers at the Coralville Library place plastic beads in a pouch to create a weighted blanket. The blankets are used to soothe children with autism or those who have experienced trauma. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)

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The University of Iowa Colleges of Medicine, Education, and Public Health are collaborating with multiple statewide initiatives and governmental agencies to organize an invitation-only workshop titled “Collaborating for a Resilient Iowa Through a Trauma-Informed Lens” to be held on Sept. 25-26 in Coralville.

The workshop is sponsored by the University of Iowa Office of Outreach and Engagement, the Iowa Department of Human Services (Child Protection Council), the Radisson Hotel in Coralville and the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Center. Two hundred invited attendees from the fields of health, human services, education, justice system, state/regional task forces and faith communities will focus on how our collaboration can increase resilience across Iowa through trauma-informed prevention, care and practices.

During the workshop, participants will collaborate to address the following questions: 

• How do we infuse trauma-informed care/practices into pre-professional programs for teachers, administrators, mental health and medical care professionals? 

• How do we establish a coordinated communitywide prevention and resilience focus?

To continue reading this article by Resmiye Oral and Armeda Wojciak, go to: http://www.thegazette.com/subj...ilient-iowa-20170918

Resmiye Oral is a clinical professor of pediatrics and the director of the Child Protection Program at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Armeda Stevenson Wojciak is an assistant professor and director of the Couple and Family Therapy Center at the University of Iowa College of Education.