Tagged With "Building a System"

Re: Building a System of Trauma-Informed Care within the Community

The juvenile justice system is a complex web of services with intent to reform and rehabilitate. It plays a crucial role in addressing the needs of young offenders while simultaneously considering their age, development, and potential for rehabilitation. However, concerns have been raised over the disproportionate representation of certain demographics, young black males and those with behavioral or mental health disorders, within the system. Poor minorities often receive harsher treatment...

Beyond Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), our members seek to deeply understand strengths-based insights embedded in the remaining ACEs quadrant: Adverse Community Environments, Adverse Climate Experiences, and Atrocious Cultural Experiences.

As we head into our full CRC curriculum this January, we invite current and future CRC Accelerator participants to join us with collective care and self care in mind.

New data presented by the CDC on Adverse Childhood Experiences ( https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html ) as well as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) ( https://www.samhsa.gov/child-trauma/understanding-child-trauma ) converge in acknowledgement of the urgency in developing a sustainable coordinated system care to support identified high-risk families with complex health and behavioral health care needs. Utilizing integrated data from multiple...

Part II In Part I of this blog post we explored and laid the foundation for Parts II and III by looking at the effects of ACEs including toxic stress, atypical brain development, and behavioral implications. In Part II we will be looking at different proactive strategies we can implement on a societal level to ensure that children’s needs are met in the early years, including implementation of paid maternity and paternity leave, continuation and improvement of home visit programs, and access...