Helping children move beyond the trauma [zanesvilletimesrecorder.com]

Jenna Quinn (PACEs Connection Staff) 12/15/2112:00 PM

By Chris Crook, Photo: Chris Crook/Times Recorder, Zanesville Times Recorder, December 7, 2021

Avondale Youth Center became the first children's residential center in the state to be awarded the qualified residential treatment program certification by the federal government.

The certification focuses on trauma informed care.

"What the federal government wants to see is every child residential center is serving kids in a way that is taking into considering their trauma history," said Gary King, Avondale's director.

"If we have a child come into our care, any interaction with them, any response to them, we have to keep on the back of our minds an idea of what they have been through in their lives, and how our response may affect them," King said.

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