Hello - I am excited to share about the Health Starts at Home initiative FamilyCare Health Centers in Charleston, WV, has undertaken. We have began screening pre-natal and pediatric patients at three of our health centers and will be adding two school-based health clinics to that number in November. Patients or caregivers who score a four or higher are offered a referral to our community resource specialist who provides additional education about toxic stress and protective factors and...

Thought you all might be interested in this model of trauma informed response to children going through incidents involving law enforcement being implemented in West Virginia. If a law enforcement officer encounters a child during a call, that child’s name and three words, HANDLE WITH CARE , are forwarded to the school/child care agency before the school bell rings the next day. The school implements individual, class and whole school trauma-sensitive curricula so that traumatized children...