Trauma Informed Training for Teens and Young Adults

I don't think the neuroscience is helpful. I think it's disempowering and distracts from solutions to the problem.  I think just teaching people about community resilience and individual level resilience is a lot better. 

Some advocates say, "you have to understand the problem to care about the solution," but other advocates have massive amounts of research showing that biology based health care messaging does NOT activate people. IT makes people feel fatalistic.

We are about to crunch some data comparing these two approaches for urban teens and young adults. 

In the meantime, Mind UK has a great "how to" report on this stuff.  https://www.mind.org.uk/media/...ient_communities.pdf

In many people's experience -- whether it's parents or youth or adults or whoever -- learning about neuroscience and other parts of ACEs science has been a real eye-opener for them. Here's just one small example:
https://acestoohigh.com/2016/0...to-parent-with-aces/

Hi, Wendie:

HopeWorks n Camden has a program by and for youth about ACEs science and trauma-informed/resilience-building practices. HopeWorks has also been in the process of becoming Sanctuary-certified.

Here's info about HopeWorks, the Youth Healing Team, and an article about the team. Dan Rhoton and Kate Daugherty are members of ACEs Connection.

Hi Wendie,
Please know our inner city Youth Voice leaders are presenting and engaging with law enforcement, probation, community based organizations, etc. with their Impacting Systems Change - Trauma Informed and Building Resilience presentation (takes about 1 1/2 hours). On April 6th, they presented with the Chief of Police and six of her staff, along with the Assistant Chief of San Diego County Probation Department. (I'm drafting a blog presently).

Please know I've attached their presentation for your consideration.

Should you want to do so, please know we could Skype with you for a think tank during Youth Voice (every Thursday from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm in the Mid-City Police Division) as we partner directly with their Juvenile Services Team.

Please share how we may be of further support. 

Wendie -- If you haven't read it yet, check out the post @Former Member wrote on what she and her task force & students at ConVal Regional HS in NH did: https://www.pacesconnection.com/...nce-abuse-prevention

She might be able to give you some info, too.

Second the suggestion to connect with HopeWorks n Camden, not only do that have youth presenting to youth, their youth also train adults.  You may also find some good information this blog on youth leadership in the ACE and resilience movement, which highlights HopeWorks as well as some other Youth oriented actions. http://marc.healthfederation.o...-resilience-movement