The Summer 2013 issue of IMPACT features the second part of Conversations about Historical Trauma (the first was in the Spring 2013 issue):
For African Americans who are descendants of enslaved Africans, the dynamics of slavery itself; the institutionalized segregation and violence that followed emancipation; and ongoing struggles for racial justice continue to affect African American life. We spoke with several Network members and a nationally known expert to further understand these impacts and the implications for clinicians who work with childrenand families.
The second big feature, Creating Secondary Traumatic Stress-Informed Organizations: Part One, Essential Elements of STS-Informed Approaches, focuses on the question: How do child-serving organizations create this supportive, STS-informed workplace?
Our new series, conceptualized by Leslie Ross, PsyD, and Ginny Sprang, PhD, Co-Chairs of the NCTSN’s Secondary Traumatic Stress Committee, was generated to address this question. Part One explores three essential elements in the creation of STS-informed organizations: acknowledging the impact of STS; planning policies and proceduresto ensure the physical and psychological safety of the workforce; and integrating STS-informed policies into the fabric of the organization.
Impact is the quarterly publication of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
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