I am so excited to have started some blogs on my business website which is dedicated to Trauma and Resilience work. I wanted to share my most recent blog here ... hope you all will check it out and give me comments and feedback. So excited to share. This site has been a while in the making. Trauma and Addiction Blog Link Integration Solutions, Inc. BLOG Page

Follow the Summit Excitement at #ResilientRVA August 3 & 4 of 2016 marked the first ever ACEs and Resilience Summit in Virginia. Offered by the City of Richmond's Department of Social Services in co-sponsorship with the Greater Richmond United Way .... Close to 400 youth, parents, caregivers and professionals across all systems of care joined together to talk about ACEs as a public health issue that affects all of us and requires all of us to get involved in solutions. Local and national...

I do a lot of training and consulting in the area of trauma. I have a list of all the SAMHSA approved trauma screenings for adults and children and all the work from the NCTSN as well in terms of trauma screenings. Most of these screen for PTSD events or symptoms (especially in the adult arena). I am not a believer in using the ACE short version as a "screening tool" (i.e. just asking if any of those 10 events have happened with a client during a intake process). I like the NEAR approach in...

I wanted to share I Ted Talk I just did in Richmond, VA on Tedex Talk RVA. I would so appreciate where appropriate you might share this link with others ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HG8H4n2j9I I continue to be grateful for staying connected and learning from this community ... and want to contribute to the awareness we all wish to raise and the conversations we are all having with our communities about ACEs and all of our role in building community resilience. I would love feedback...