Do you read the Press Democrat or the North Bay Business Journal? If yes, you may have seen Prevent Child Abuse Sonoma County's special newspaper insert. This colorful and helpful resource guide offered stories, tips, resources and tools for helping to strengthen families and reduce child abuse.
Page 7 featured an article about "Trauma Informed Care" and included a pocket card folks could use as a tool for letting doctors, dentists, and other care providers they might need some extra care to avoid feeling triggered or uncomfortable. (Check out the attachment to see the article and pocket card for yourself.)
Within a day, we received this positive feedback from a community member:
"I want to thank you for your part in the informational insert in last Sunday's PD. The section on communicating with care givers in particular was a godsend for me. I have intense anxiety in almost every medical/dental/optometry examination/situation due to childhood trauma, and yet, I cannot articulate this well when I am in the situation. I now have the article and card provided in this publication tucked into my wallet to pull out whenever this happens again. Thank you! My only wish is that ALL providers were more educated about how to identify and manage this difficult issue."
Thanks to Kansas City ACES Connection for sharing the pocket card resource with us!
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