The following blog post was written by: Bergen B. Nelson, MD, MS, FAAP Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Medical Director, Reach Out And Read Virginia . “When families [go] through stressful times, when they experience a perceived threat of danger, when they are practicing social distancing and must remain in their homes, children still look to their parents and the other adults who care for them to help them feel loved and protected. Continuing to...

We hope you are participating in and enjoying the first annual #ResilienceWeekVA! Trauma-Informed Community Networks (TICNs) across Virginia are engaging their communities through a variety of resilience-building activities, events, and trainings! Today, we are spotlighting the Alexandria TICN: Resilience Alexandria: Inform Support Elevate (RAISE) , one of the 26 TICNs across Virginia participating in Resilience Week VA, and the many ways they are connecting and collaborating to build...