A local coalition of mental health and community services officials are already seeing the positive effects of a new way to react to behavioral issues in children that are a result of exposure to traumatic experiences.

The concept, called Trauma Informed Care, is spreading through organizations in Johnson City in hopes of providing better understanding, care and options to families who have conflict due to trauma. The trauma can be things like seeing a parent arrested, witnessing drug abuse, physical abuse or some other type of abuse occurring within the home or being a victim of that abuse. That exposure can lead children to act out in ways they normally would not, and they can carry that trauma into adulthood. It can lead them down a path of continued abuse and even lead them into a life of criminal behavior.

To continue reading this article by Becky Campbell, please go to Trauma Informed Care concept growing with research grant, coalition training. [Johnson City Press Release December 14, 2016]