By Pioneer Center, May 11, 2020, Daily Herald.
Pioneer Center employees are observing Illinois Trauma Informed Awareness Day on Friday, May 15, by providing Adverse Childhood Experience training sessions to staff. The training, approximately 90 minutes, is being offered twice on a live webinar. Pioneer Center in Woodstock continues to be in the forefront by providing our employees with the most updated information and lessons on trauma informed care.
ACEs are potentially traumatic occurrences during childhood. A child's environment can undermine their sense of safety, stability and bonding. ACEs can have lasting, negative effects on health, well-being and opportunities throughout a person's life. ACEs are linked to chronic health problems, mental illness and substance misuse in adulthood.
Pioneer Center's Director of Behavioral Health Erin Brumfield Grima explains, "This year, with Trauma Informed Awareness Day falling amidst the COVID-19 crisis, it is more apparent than ever that so many people can be impacted by adverse childhood experiences."
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