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By Ashley Robinson, Regina Leader-Post, July 8, 2021 Trauma is at the nature of addiction, according to Dr. Gabor Mate. “Addiction is only a symptom, it’s not the fundamental problem. The fundamental problem is trauma,” said Mate. Mate was in Regina on Wednesday to speak at the sixth International Training Symposium on Innovative Approaches to Justice: Where Justice and Treatment Meet. The conference started Tuesday and runs until Friday at the Hotel Saskatchewan. Judges, lawyers,...

When presented strategically, data can help tell an important story about childhood trauma. Here are a few tips for presenting numbers in ways that advance efforts to reduce adversity, promote resilience, and improve health outcomes.

Please welcome these six new communities to the PACEsConnection.com network! Louisiana First Foundation PACEs Connection PACEs in East Africa and the Horn PACEs Thailand PACEs & Trauma Informed Community Malaysia Project PACEs at PSS (NJ) Trauma Informed Health Care Education and Research (TIHCER) Collaborative Details about each of them are below as is information about starting and growing your community initiatives and joining the Cooperative of Communities . Louisiana First...

Over the past year since leaving an administrative position in healthcare as a Trauma Informed Administrator to launch as a full time consultant and advocate, I've been educating professionals around the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Positive Childhood Experiences, and in using a Trauma Informed Approach to service delivery. In my journey, I've encountered two wonderful surprises. Along with the joys of training professionals such as childcare leaders in two states; police...

By Lois Beckett, The Guardian, July 9, 2021 Gun homicides surged across the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, in the same year that Americans bought a record-breaking number of guns . But some of America’s leading gun violence researchers have concluded that what might seem like an obvious cause-and-effect – a surge in gun buying leads to a surge in gun violence – is not supported by the data. Through July of last year, there was no clear association between the increase in...

By Sydney Boyles, WJCT, July 9, 2021 More than 1-in-4 students in Jacksonville schools has what’s considered a high level of trauma, according to state data. To help teachers address the symptoms of that trauma in their classrooms, the Jacksonville Public Education Fund is looking to build out a training program the district is piloting with a nonprofit organization called Hope Street. “Trauma causes emotional dysregulation and sensory dysfunction,” said Hope Street founder Callie Lackey.

By Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat, July 8, 2021 Mackee Mason says families choose his Austin, Texas charter high school because it’s safe, with little bullying or fighting. Mason, the school’s principal and football coach, credits its ethnic studies courses. The two classes, which students take in ninth and then 11th grade, feature discussion and instruction in LGBTQ history, colonialism, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, police brutality, and exclusionary immigration policies. That allows students, who are...

By Danielle Kurtzleben, National Public Radio, July 11, 2021 NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with professor Lilliana Mason about a recent study she co-authored entitled " Activating Animus: The Uniquely Social Roots of Trump Support ." DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, HOST: Discussions about Donald Trump's voter base and what motivated them is a beloved topic among pundits. But as time goes on, we're getting more and more data that sheds light on what some of those motivations are. A recent study...

The Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) is excited to announce the four agencies participating in the first-of-its-kind Pilot Trauma-Informed Care Learning Collaborative for Organizations Serving Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). The Pilot Learning Collaborative is a 16-month initiative where organizations will work intensively together to implement TSI’s Whole-System Change Model with the goal of transforming their organizational cultures to ones that are...

From Futures Without Violence, July 2021 This event is hosted by the National Health Collaborative on Violence and Abuse, American College of Obstetricians, March of Dimes, and Futures Without Violence in conjunction with Representative Gwen Moore. As Congress addresses the threats to Black maternal health, it is important to also discuss the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on maternal mortality. The briefing will highlight the leading causes of pregnancy-associated deaths...

From National Overdose Prevention Network, July 2021 Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, are shown to increase the risk of chronic health conditions including substance use disorder. These ACES, frequently experienced as “trauma” in early childhood, can have a profound impact on one’s health. Fortunately, there is growing recognition that a trauma-informed approach can help individuals, organizations and systems better serve those living with addiction. Join us for a conversation with a...

July 12, 2021 No one should ever look at their complex trauma and be grateful for it, and no one has the right to tell you to do so. Stating that it would be like asking someone to be thankful because they had cancer or some other horrific disease. The statement is insensitive and wrong. However, many therapists will ask you what did you learn from your experiences? Did you learn resilience? Did you learn compassion? Did you learn how strong you indeed are? What did you learn? By asking...