Tagged With "Task Force of Greater"
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Advancing a Plan for Addressing Trauma and Building Resilience within L.A. County Systems (prnewswire.com)
Center for Collective Wisdom Releases Extensive Report Outlining Research and Recommendations First 5 LA, the California Community Foundation, The California Endowment, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation along with other local, state and nationally-recognized expert organizations today released a report to advance a comprehensive trauma and resiliency-informed approach in Los Angeles County . "Trauma is a serious health concern affecting many children and...
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At "Healing our Communities” conference in LA, youth, parents work with social service providers to impact change!
More than 300 people gathered for the 4th Annual Public Safety/Re-Entry, “Healing our Communities” conference in Los Angeles. The first three conferences were for USC students in the School of Social Work and people who provide social services in the LA area. This year the conference included youth and parents served by those providers. The community safety conference highlighted re-entry initiatives and programs in Los Angeles County organized by agencies such as Homeboy Industries, Project...
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Black Youth In Los Angeles County Face An ‘Accumulation Of Disadvantage’ [scienceblog.com]
By Science Blog, October 14, 2019 Black youth in Los Angeles County face an accumulation of disadvantage, undermining their academic, social and economic success and placing them at greater risk of structural disenfranchisement — not in school, not working and ensnared in the criminal justice system, according to a new study Beyond the Schoolhouse: Overcoming Challenges & Expanding Opportunity for Black Youth in Los Angeles County, released today by researchers at the UCLA Graduate...
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Broadening Your Network and Identifying Partners for More Resilient, Healthier Communities
Who should you partner with to create lasting change through resilience in your community? The Building Community Resilience (BCR) initiative aims to address, prevent, and reduce the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adverse community environments (ACEs) on children’s health and wellbeing ( The “Pair of ACEs” ). An essential element of the successes of BCR’s five test sites around the country has been strategic collaborations. In your work to build resilience, identifying...
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Community Roundtable Launch - A rousing success!
The Los Angeles Trauma Informed Task Force launched their first Community Roundtable on Tuesday, July 14th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. A rousing success, their location was at City Council Member Mike Bonin's Westchester Field Office located at...
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Community weighs in on plans to address homelessness (latimes.com)
Community members got their first chance Wednesday to weigh in on new plans by the city and county of Los Angeles to address the region's growing problem with homelessness. During two public hearings, advocates for the homeless praised the proposals while others pointed to gaps in the plans, including a lack of strategies to help women who are forced out of their homes because of domestic violence. The county's draft, released last week, proposed spending $150 million in county and state...
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CYW releases "Children Can Thrive: A Vision for California's Response to ACEs"
The Center for Youth Wellness released a new report “Children Can Thrive: A Vision for California’s Response to ACEs”. This report is a follow up to last November’s Children Can Thrive Summit. ...
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Documentary, "Portraits of Professional CAREgivers" Airing on Public Television
CAREgivers film will be airing on most public television stations around the US beginning this month in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orlando, Cleveland, Spokane, Boise, Springfield-Holyoke, Youngstown, Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, Fairbanks, ETC. Please check your local public TV stations for future dates and times. Broadcast times will also be posted in advance whenever possible at: http://caregiversfilm.com/screenings/see-the-film/ This documentary addresses secondary trauma (aka...
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First Phase of L.A. County’s Homeless Initiative to Start June 30 (chronicleofsocialchange.org)
Almost 47,000 individuals and families are homeless in Los Angeles County, according to the 2016 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, which was conducted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) and released on May 4. That count shows a 6 percent rise in the county’s homeless population from 2015. The total in 2015 – 44,359 – showed a 12 percent surge from just two years prior. The 2015 results played a major role in pushing Los Angeles County to create a plan to address the...
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How One Connection at CYW’s ACEs Conference Sparked Awareness into Action
Origins offers a number of training and consulting services. We developed The Basics as a half-day session to provide the foundation to support trauma-informed and resilience practices across sectors and industries. The session includes an overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, the neurobiology of toxic stress, the impact of social and historical trauma, and the science of resilience. We have tested The Basics with two cross-sector audiences, in Los Angeles and Phoenix.
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Infographic from TIC Task Force of Greater LA on their evaluation survey
Created by Co-Chair of the Trauma Informed Care Task Force of Greater Los Angeles Devika Shankar, the infographic represents an evaluation survey distributed amongst the task force members in January, 2016 of their Strategic Planning Committee. Thank you Devika for capturing the survey results and creating a succinct and engaging infographic!
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L.A.'s chronic challenge: What to do with the mentally ill homeless who refuse help? (latimes.com)
Last week, at a strategy session in the offices of Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, the advocates passed around an outline calling for those who “refuse to accept the status quo” to stipulate, among other things, that “treatment is a right,” and that “to withhold treatment is cruel.” They’re aware, though, that they need to tread carefully. Celina Alvarez, executive director of the nonprofit Housing Works, said the group needs to make clear that it has no intention of abusing the rights of...
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Los Angeles County ACEs, Trauma-Informed, and Resilience-Building Assets and Opportunities Survey
Please complete the Los Angeles County ACEs, Trauma-Informed, and Resilience-Building Assets and Opportunities Survey . The survey results will be used to inform the community's ACEs, trauma-informed, and resilience-building assets and opportunities...
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LA County funding boost would let more kids enjoy local parks: Guest commentary (dailybreeze.com)
(Image: A 2013 file photo shows Little League players from Lennox running sprints during practice at Jim Thorpe park in Hawthorne.) When I was growing up in Hawthorne, there was a spot along the 105 Freeway we called “the dirt field.” The freeway cut off access to the few parks we had in our neighborhood, so my friends and I just hung out in the dirt field — nothing more than a tiny dirt vacant lot. It was our ballfield, our playground and our place to just be kids. I cherish the memories of...
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With dramatic homeless increases, Redondo Beach works to help individuals (tbrnews.com)
Homelessness in Redondo Beach has tripled since 2013, causing the city to look deep into its pockets to see where representatives can help. The most recent survey from the Greater Los Angeles Area Homeless Count in January found 216 individuals in Redondo Beach, up from 165 in 2015 and 70 in 2013. The city accounted for 83 percent of the homeless population across the beach cities and El Segundo. At the most recent Redondo Beach City Council meeting, both police and the Los Angeles County...
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Working at the intersection of violence and land use (preventioninstitute.org)
This past September, the Healthy, Equitable, Active Land Use (HEALU) Network convened a summit in Los Angeles to explore the nexus of land use and community safety, drawing nearly 100 community members, policymakers, and representatives of community-based organizations. Our new report shares key learnings from this summit and invites people working in land use, transportation, food policy, education, housing, and other areas to consider the ways their own work can support safe communities.
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100 Resilient Cities - Rockefeller Foundation
http://www.100resilientcities....ience-challenge#/-_/ Los Angeles, chosen by the Rockefeller Foundation, is one of the 100 Resilient Cities globally. With a population, geography, infrastructure, and economy comparable to those of states and...
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2nd Community Roundtable on November 10th @ 6:00 pm
Please join us! Attached, please find our Community Trauma / Community Healing Roundtable flyer. Hosted by Hillsides located at 149 Pasadena Avenue, South Pasadena 91030 on Tuesday, November 10th from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm, we look forward to...
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Self-Healing Communities [RWJF.org]
A comprehensive model of building community capacity in Washington helped make dramatic reductions in rates of health issues and social problems. The Issue In the early 1990’s, Washington state set up a program to tackle issues like domestic violence, school dropouts, youth substance abuse, and others that impact families and children. These are issues that typically had been addressed separately, but the team in Washington focused on addressing them collectively. Key Findings Over 10 to 15...
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Study: Community Trauma from Gun Violence Results in Negative Health and Behavioral Outcomes (Violence Policy Center)
Research on trauma is frequently featured in mainstream news outlets, pointing to its connection to a range of behavioral and health outcomes. While trauma can have multiple interpretations, for the purposes of this report, it is the result of experiencing or witnessing chronic and sustained violence, or specific events that can have lasting effects on individuals. Researchers have identified 13 distinct types of trauma, including community violence. Community violence is an umbrella term...
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Survey Infographic from TIC Task Force of Greater LA
Team member Devika Shankar has a talented gift of creating surveys and infographics! Please find the Survey Results from the Trauma Informed Care Task Force of Greater Los Angeles. Thank you Devika!
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The Most Fun You'll Ever Have at a Trauma Conference
Never before have we gathered such a range of interesting, revolutionary and effective means of healing from trauma. If you don’t come for yourself, come for those you love and/or serve.
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Thousands participate in LA Homewalk to help end homelessness (dailynews.com)
Almost 12,000 people participated in Saturday’s 10th annual HomeWalk, setting a record, raising more than $1 million to help end homelessness, organizers said. Elise Buik, president and CEO of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, and Pro Football Hall of Fame member Eric Dickerson spoke before the 5- kilometer walk/run held at Grand Park for the first time. It was previously held in Exposition Park. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation matched every $5,000 a person or team raised with another...
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TIC Task Force of Greater LA messaging infographic
Created by TIC Task Force of Greater LA Co-Chair Devika Shankar, the beautiful messaging infographic reflects the grassroots team committed to creating a culture of safe communities and fostering community healing.
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Trauma-Informed Awareness Day in California (ACR 235) May 22nd, 2018
California is one step closer to becoming a trauma-informed state. ACR 235 authored by Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula of Fresno designates May 22nd, 2018 as Trauma-Informed Awareness Day to highlight the impact of trauma and the importance of prevention and community resilience through trauma-informed care. Please find attached ACR 235. Congratulations to the County of Los Angeles Trauma and Resiliency-Informed Systems Change Initiative! (context below) WHEREAS, Trauma-informed care has...
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Trauma-Informed Yoga Training (virtual online training)
Exhale to Inhale Trauma-Informed Teacher Trainings are scheduled throughout the year. They typically include 15 hours of lecture/experiential learning, a training manual, on-line community for sharing & networking, and access to videos / audio for continuing education. Students will gain tangible trauma-informed yoga tools, learning how to modify yoga to make it more sensitive to those who have experienced trauma, and inclusive to all communities. This training qualifies for Yoga...
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USC School of Social Work Hosts Paper Tigers Screening
Dulce Acosta, ACEs Connection Community Liaison, and Devika Shankar, Co-Chair of TIC Task Force of Greater Los Angeles Over two hundred individuals gathered last week at the University of Southern California's screening of the award-winning document film, Paper Tigers . Hosted by the USC School of Social Work, the screening was sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), USC Alumni, USC Career Development Department, and the Trauma Informed Care Task Force of Greater Los...
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Welcome to the TIC Education Workgroup
Welcome to the TIC Education Workgroup! For those that were unable to attend our recent community round table, the Greater LA Task Force is mobilizing through the formation of specific workgroups. These groups will inform the Task...
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What Children’s Brains Tell Us About Trauma: Invest Early
This article, written by Wendy Smith, addresses the challenges created by trauma, and why it's important to address these issues as early as possible. While the article focuses more on the role of social workers, parents, and foster care systems, this same information applies to anyone who works with children, regardless of where we have the opportunity to provide support. ~ Leisa Irwin, ACEs in Education group manager. What Children’s Brains Tell Us About Trauma: Invest Early, by Wendy...
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Why mentoring matters, and what you can do for Los Angeles-area youth: Guest commentary (svgtribune.com)
The failure to engage the needs of inner-city boys is an ongoing American tragedy. Inner-city violence is causing death and injury that resonates with all it touches while burdening entire communities with the dread of daily insecurity. One third of those murdered in Los Angeles County are African American, who comprise only 8 percent of the population. This violence kills and scars the bodies and psyche of the men and women who are subjected to it. It is a tragedy that drains billions of...
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LA Unified not directing enough money to help low-income students, report charges (edsource.org)
Despite some incremental progress, Los Angeles Unified officials continue to “evade” the requirement of the state’s education funding formula to spend substantially more on schools serving low-income children and other students who generate additional revenue for the district, authors of a study released on Tuesday wrote. In their fourth annual analysis of spending in the state’s largest school district, the United Way of Greater Los Angeles and Communities of Los Angeles Student Success, a...
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LAUSD’s homeless student population grew by 50% last year (laschoolreport.com)
The number of homeless students at LA Unified grew by 50 percent last year to 17,258 students — the highest number recorded by the district. Because of that, you might think that LA Unified would be among the school districts in the state with the highest proportion of homeless students, but it doesn’t even crack the top 10. Proportion is the keyword. While LA Unified has the largest number of homeless students of any school district in the state — and is the largest school district in the...
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Lifting Up LA’s Voice for Kids to Live Trauma-Free by 2050 (Children Now)
About Your Proposal In one sentence, please describe what your organization does. Children Now is LA County’s “whole child” non-partisan research, policy, advocacy and network building organization dedicated to improving children’s health, early development, education, and welfare. In one to three sentences, please describe your project proposal. Too many LA children experience frequent traumatic events that can be toxic and lead to a lifetime of physical and emotional challenges. Children...
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Los Angeles County Trauma and Resilience Network One Pager
Attached find a 2018 version of Los Angeles County community profile detailing information about your community ACEs initiative. This will be shared with CA legislators at the Trauma-Informed Policymaker Awareness Day on May 22nd in Sacramento. I attach it here as a PDF ready to print and share! I also have uploaded into 'Resources for Downloading' the same PDF, and an editable Word document so that you can update or otherwise improve it. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach...
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Malibu Joins LA County in Combating Rising Homelessness (malibutimes.com)
Through a program established by Los Angeles County and United Way of Greater Los Angeles’ Home For Good Funders Collaborative, Malibu and 46 other cities will receive a planning grant—ranging from $30,000 to $70,000—in response to “localized blueprints” for how each city would work with its contractors to confront rising homelessness. The program, financed by the LA County Board of Supervisors with more than $2 million, seeks to “pursue regional solutions to the homeless crisis.” “The...
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Mental Health of America of Los Angeles Selected to Strengthen Cancer Control through Community of Practice (National Council of Behavioral Health)
Individuals with a mental illness are at greater risk of receiving a late-stage cancer diagnosis due to the lack of screening options. By adopting cancer prevention and control practices, we can better support efforts to improve the overall health of people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders, said Linda Rosenberg, president and CEO of the National Council for Behavioral Health. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and operated through the National...
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Movement-Making in Buncombe County (NC): Opportunity-Based Narrative and Creation Spaces
Mobilizing action can be intimidating. Creating a movement even more so. John Hagel provides the following definition of a movement: “an organized effort mobilizing a large number of independent participants in a grassroots effort to pursue a broad agenda for change.” He indicates that there are two key ingredients in movement making: 1) compelling narratives and 2) fostering creation spaces. In Buncombe County, we are experimenting with both of these notions. Opportunity-based Narrative A...
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New Program Enlists Cities in Homelessness Fight (smmirror.com)
A new front in Los Angeles County's battle against homelessness was launched today with an innovative program aimed at encouraging cities across the region to join forces more strongly in confronting this escalating humanitarian crisis. The county and the Home for Good Funders Collaborative - a joint initiative of United Way of Greater Los Angeles are calling on cities to submit plans that would serve as a blueprint to combat homelessness both locally and regionally. If approved by the...
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Opportunity to get involved with the Trauma Informed Task Force of Greater LA
Dear community, As we take steps in envisioning a trauma informed Los Angeles we are calling on the community to join us in these efforts. We would like welcome you to gather to create dialogue , build partnerships and tap into the collective expertise and experience of our community. If you would like to learn more about the Trauma Informed Task Force and ways of getting involved, please join us March 25th for an opportunity to engage with one another and identify pathways for participation...
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Paper Tigers Screening hosted by USC on March 3, 2016
The documentary, Paper Tigers, will be screened at USC on Thursday, March 3rd! USC's School of Social Work and the Trauma Informed Care Task Force of Greater LA are co-hosting the evening event. The evening begins at 5:00 pm with an hour of networking, followed by the film. After the film, a panel of people from the community, including task force members Emily Cummins Polk and K-Rahn Vallantine, will discuss the film. Paper Tigers follows six students through a year at Lincoln High School...
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Register now: Free ACEs Connection Webinar on the Human Impact of Climate Change
A year after 85 people died in the wildfire that swept through Paradise, CA, and nearby towns, one of the town’s survivors will talk about how she and others are using resilience practices in their recovery from the trauma. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Paradise resident Kelly Doty will have a conversation with Elaine Miller-Karas, who developed the Community Resiliency Model (CRM). Doty, who lost her home in the fire, and Miller-Karas will discuss resilience education skills designed to help...
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Report Outlines New Therapeutic Approach Coming to L.A. County Juvenile Detention Facility (chronicleofsocialchange.org)
A new report outlines a roadmap and summary of the “L.A. Model,” a collection of therapeutic-based practices aimed at improving care for youth in Los Angeles County juvenile detention facilities. Using the L.A. Model, the Kilpatrick campus offers a chance to “bring L.A.’s juvenile justice system into the 21st century.” The new approach calls for a facility based on small group arrangements in a therapeutic environment with an emphasis on creating a culture of care and respect among all staff...
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Report Rates Child Well-Being in California Counties [ChronicleOfSocialChange.org]
A new report from Children Now details wide disparities in children’s well-being across California’s 58 counties. The 2016–2017 California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being looks at a series of indicators organized around the three domains of child welfare and economic well-being; health; and education. The report provides a comparison over time for each of 28 indicators, as well as a breakdown by ethnicity on each data point for every county in the state. Children Now, an advocacy...
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A half-million U.S. kids attend school in Mexico. Educators are working together across the border to help them learn (laschoolreport.com)
In recent years, an increasing number of U.S.-born students have enrolled in Mexican schools. About half a million now attend classes south of the border, and educators on both sides are pushing for greater collaboration to help meet those students’ unique needs — among them, gaining language skills, adjusting to different education levels, and adapting to new school cultures and structures. American schools have long focused on accommodating English language learners, said Patricia Gándara,...
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ACEs Connection Network Confab -- Southern California, May 10, 2016
(l to r) Sienna, one of the teens from Youth Voice from City Heights; Dana Brown, ACEs Connection Network regional facilitator and co-founder of Youth Voice; Francisco Mendoza, CEO, Mendoza Consulting; Jessica, Youth Voice; Lizette, Youth Voice; Talitha Thompson, Youth Voice co-facilitator; Joshua Aguirre, RISE Up Industries board of directors; Stephanie Linderman, Youth Voice mentor; Arturo Soriano, Youth Empowerment co-founder; (in front) Adrian, Youth Voice.
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Re: Infographic from TIC Task Force of Greater LA on their evaluation survey
This is fantastic! What program was used to create this beauty?
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Re: Infographic from TIC Task Force of Greater LA on their evaluation survey
Please know Devika Shankar shared there are a couple of free infographic templates available online. Please know I'll e-introduce you to Devika for more definitive information. Her infographics she creates are informative and beautiful.
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Re: Infographic from TIC Task Force of Greater LA on their evaluation survey
Thanks Dana and Devika! Might you post the templates here for all to reference?
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Re: Welcome to the TIC Education Workgroup
I'm a pediatrician who is interested in provider education around ACEs and resilience as well as assessment of ACEs in clinical settings in combination with screening for social needs. I recently came across a great set of education modules provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics, from the Early Brain and Child Development Section, which can be found here: https://www.aap.org/en-us/advo...ducationModules.aspx Looking forward to working with you all!
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Re: Welcome to the TIC Education Workgroup
I'm a Marriage and Family Therapist. I work in a Special Education High School for children who qualify for special ed. with "Emotional Disturbance". Our students come from regular education sites, where many red flags and warning signs might have gone unnoticed for years. More then 50% of our students have severe trauma in their history. I believe it is highly important for teachers and support staff at all levels of education to understand trauma, it's warning signs and it's effects. As...