February 2021

By Danilo Trisi and Matt Saenz, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 28, 2021 Our success as a nation depends on whether all people, regardless of race or ethnicity, have the opportunity to thrive. Economic security programs such as Social Security, food assistance, tax credits, and housing assistance can help provide opportunity by ameliorating short-term poverty and hardship and, by doing so, improving children’s long-term outcomes. Over the last half-century, these assistance...

By Abby Ellin, The New York Times, January 26, 2021 Dr. Michelle Thompson knows a lot about self-care. A family medicine physician in Vienna, Ohio, she specializes in lifestyle and integrative care, using both conventional and alternative therapies to help her patients heal. She also teaches medical personnel how to prevent and treat burnout. But despite what she recommends to others, taking care of her own emotional well-being hasn’t been easy during the pandemic. When the pandemic hit in...

You can find the recording link to January's CTIPP CAN call on Universities Becoming Trauma-Informed here . Additionally, if you would like to see prior CTIPP CAN calls, you can view them on our YouTube channel here . First, a representative from Southern Oregon University will describe how, rather than just teaching a course or two on trauma science, it is integrating trauma science into every course so that every student who graduates is knowledgeable in trauma science. Then,...

Photo credit: Andrew Harnik/AP Two of the most compelling reports of how members of Congress experienced the trauma of the January 6 insurrection and its aftermath are found in the reports in the Washington Post “Ocasio-Cortez recounts ‘trauma’ of Capitol riot” by Jaclyn Peiser and in Slate “ After the Attack: Jan. 6 was a terrifying day for members of Congress. Weeks later, they are dealing with the trauma” by Christina Cauterucci . The Post story includes a clip from a live Instagram...

Twenty years of research have established the connection between adverse childhood experiences and long-term health. Now researchers are looking for ways to measure the biology behind the correlation and try to reverse it.

Topics include: Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy; Early Attachment Injuries; Adult Children of Alcoholics; Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP); Journey through Trauma; Hope; Emotional Abuse; Addiction Recovery; Impact of Psychological Trauma; and Healing Depression

Across the United States, communities are coming together to understand the impact that childhood trauma can have in adulthood and to create environments where children are free from harm. The Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) podcast series features leaders from cross-sector networks that are moving this approach forward on a broad scale. “Networks are so effective at addressing trauma in communities because they harness the power of organized people, resources, and ideas.

Many people with #ACE’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences) are finding that the early #trauma and sense of unsafety they endured growing up are being re-triggered during these fear-laden times, amidst the #Covid #pandemic, political upheaval, and feeling isolated. Stress and uncertainty can trigger old, sticky feelings of fear, anxiety, or loss from long ago and bring up new, painful negative thoughts and physical symptoms. This can be true even when we’ve worked really hard to resolve our...

WHYY photo credit[/caption] My school district announced that four more schools will be closed at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. This devastating news prompted me to write this letter that will be combined with other school staff, families, and students to ask our state and national leaders to SAVE OUR SCHOOLS. This is my twentieth year as a school nurse serving the students, families, and staff of the Camden City School District. My first twelve years were spent at Cooper’s...

By Jessica Dym Bartlett and Brandon Stratford, Child Trends, January 28, 2021 The social, emotional, and behavioral well-being of children and youth is a critical aspect of human development that lays the foundation for lifelong health and well-being. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, as many as one in five children had a diagnosed mental health disorder . While research on the pandemic’s effects on mental health is still in the early stages, current evidence shows a surge in anxiety and...

By Sarah Fowler, The Lily, January 29, 2021 Two weeks to the day before newly sworn in Vice President Harris walked through the halls of the U.S. Capitol — robed in bright purple, making history as the first woman, the first Black American and the first Indian American in the role — another female lawmaker of color hid in the dark, barricaded against a violent pro-Trump mob that had breached the building. They were mere feet from her door. On Jan. 6, after the last of the rioters trickled...

By Adam Grant, The New York Times, January 31, 2021 A few years ago, I made the mistake of having an argument with the most stubborn person I know. R., whose initial I’m using to protect his privacy, is a longtime friend, and when his family came to visit, he mentioned that his children had never been vaccinated — and never would be. I’m no proponent of blindly giving every vaccination to every newborn, but I was concerned for his children’s safety, so I started debunking some common vaccine...