For two hours, the guest speaker talked about various traumas children may experience and how they can impact a person for the rest of his or her life.
But Allison Sampson–Jackson also shared a message of hope. She stressed that those who have been abused or neglected—or have seen loved ones put in jail or struggle with substance abuse and mental health issues—can develop skills to retrain the way the brain responds.
Those traumatized don’t have to face higher incidences of suicide or poor health from risky behaviors, she said. They can develop resilience, and Wednesday night’s town hall delved into “Building a Resilient Community.”
[For more on this story by CATHY DYSON, go to http://www.fredericksburg.com/...a4-e9b7446b47e8.html]
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