What helped Sonoma health center staffers navigate one catastrophe after another was what they had learned about trauma in the Resilient Beginnings Collaborative.
Interested SF Bay Area safety net organizations can apply for funding to participate in this three-year program on resilience and trauma-informed care.
CYW has also expanded its model for healing families and communities facing childhood trauma.
To understand the science behind the assessment, one can start by reading the landmark CDC-Kaiser Permanente ACE study.
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Don't worry that chores are too stressful for kids with ACEs, says trauma researcher Bob Sege, MD. “You don’t want to coddle them,” Sege said, “because the message they will get is that they are damaged goods. They need to know that the adversity they suffered is only one part of them; it’s not all of them.”
Research shows that the right kind of support and care can mitigate the impact of toxic stress in children and help them bounce back.
