ACEs Science is Changing Lives and Making Headlines!
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ACEs Stories & Champions
A Culture of Kindness – the A B C’s of Creating a Trauma Informed System of Care
Statistics recently released from the Tennessee Department of Health offer a grim reminder that 1,631 Tennesseans died from drug overdoses in 2016, which is the highest annual number of such deaths ever recorded in state history. This is an increase from the 1,451 overdose deaths recorded among Tennessee residents in 2015. “Each of these numbers represents a person, with family and friends who are now facing the loss of someone dear to them to a cause that is preventable,” said TDH...
A Little Bit of TIC
JOHNSON CITY – A behavioral approach called trauma-informed care (TIC) emphasizes compassion and incorporates the belief that every person has value and should be treated with dignity, as well as the understanding that negative behaviors and other problems may be typical responses to past traumatic experiences. Now, a researcher from East Tennessee State University will investigate the effectiveness of TIC for reducing the effects of toxic stress among at-risk children and their caregivers.
Trauma Informed Care concept growing with research grant, coalition training. [Johnson City Press Release December 14, 2016]
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,...
Researcher to study how a new mindset may reduce toxic stress in children. [Johnson City Press Release November 5, 2016]
A behavioral approach called trauma-informed care emphasizes compassion and incorporates the belief that every person has value and should be treated with dignity, as well as the understanding that negative behaviors and other problems may be typical responses to past traumatic experiences. Now, a researcher from East Tennessee State University will investigate the effectiveness of TIC for reducing the effects of toxic stress among at-risk children and their caregivers. The project,...
Groups build coalition to help people impacted by trauma in Johnson City area. [JohnsonCityPress.com - June 29, 2016]
Becky Haas firmly believes the majority of poor decisions that lead to jail time derive from a traumatic life event. While certainly not an excuse to commit a crime or become a drug addict, the Targeted Community Crime Reduction Project director knows every situation is unique. Haas is an advocate for trauma-informed care services, which includes understanding and supporting certain people who’ve dealt with traumatic situations in their life, and sometimes making an assumption that something...
Local organizations learn different way to approach traumatization. [JohnsonCityPress.com - June 1, 2016]
“What if all along ... kindness was the cure?” Becky Haas, director of the Targeted Community Crime Reduction Project at the Johnson City Police Department, recalls asking Police Chief Mark Sirois that about solving homelessness. While the simple phrase came out a bit jocular during a seminar on Wednesday morning, sincerity lingered in Haas’ voice. Haas and Dr. Andi Clements, psychology professor and assistant chair at East Tennessee State University, tag-teamed a 4.5-hour long free seminar...