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What does it mean to be “trauma-informed,” and why should organizations make their workplace more trauma-informed? How can it improve a team member’s (and the organization’s!) well-being, safety, productivity, fulfillment, and growth? How do you build, implement, and sustainably maintain trauma-informed workplaces? Who is responsible for such endeavors within the organization? How do I get started?

Organizations supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), especially those serving children, rely heavily on interventions rooted in applied behavior analysis (ABA) to manage severe problem behavior. Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) often play critical roles as consultants or leaders in these organizations. Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) is an increasingly common job role in IDD organizations. But a reckoning is happening in the ABA field over what many...

A joyous celebration on Friday, February 10, 2023 honoring the leadership of Area Superintendent Lindsay Reese , Principal Amanda Clark, and all staff members with San Diego Workforce Innovation High Schools’ Chula Vista, Linda Vista and National City Learning Centers! Area Superintendent Reese reflected on the TREC Accreditation and shared, "Trauma Resilient Educational Communities provide a safe and supportive environment for students to heal from their past traumas, while also equipping...

By Sophia Kianni and Jad Daley, Photo: Screenshot from video in article, TIME, January 23, 2023 T he climate movement has reached a pivotal juncture. We have an array of constructed and natural climate solutions with proven potential to reduce greenhouse gases and foster climate resilience, from renewable energy and electric vehicles to reforestation and climate-smart agriculture . There is just one catch: To avoid the worst of climate change, we must deploy these solutions much faster than...

By Brooke Anderson, Photo: Brooke Anderson, Teen Vogue, April 11, 2023 Lizbeth Ibarra, 18, grew up in the shadow of the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California. She was eight years old when the refinery exploded, sending 15,000 people to area hospitals with breathing troubles. Later, her grandmother, who worked nights as a janitor at the refinery, got cancer. Her dad developed asthma, as did many of Ibarra’s childhood friends. “Still, growing up, we’d talk about Chevron in a good way. They...

A cinnamon-colored brown bear sow fishing in the Chilkoot River, Alaska. Photo credit: Harvey Hergett/USDA Forest Service By Nirali Shah, The National Wildlife Federation Blog, April 12, 2023 Imagine 500 acres of rural Alaskan wilderness transformed into the extraction grounds for 180,000 barrels of oil every single day – a horrific image, right? That image is one step closer to being our reality with ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project, which was just approved this month by President Biden’s...

By Ulrika Modéer and Veronica Winja Otieno, Photo: Shutterstock, United Nations Development Programme, August 12, 2022 Today, our world is 1.1°C warmer than it was in the pre-industrial era, and failure to act urgently could possibly result in increases of 1.5°C-2°C between 2026 and 2042 . Climate change poses a serious risk to the fundamental rights of people of every age. Extreme weather such as droughts, floods and heatwaves, and their effects of food and water insecurity, livelihood...

From University of Nevada, Reno, Photo: From article, University of Nevada, Reno The conversation about protecting the environment is broad in scope: Pollution, climate change and natural resource depletion are all important topics that urgently need to be addressed. Activists taking the initiative to drive change often inspire these discussions. For example, assistant professor Jennifer Willett from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Social Work utilized a grant from the Corporation...

Social worker and PACEs Connection supporter Becky Green hiking with her partner, Kerry Toner (l) and good friend Paul Gerlitz (r). The number of donors giving to PACEs Connection with a monthly gift is increasing. “While we’ve added about 16 new monthly donors recently, and we are grateful for them, it would be good to see more of our members -- and visitors -- supporting our work to prevent and heal trauma," said Ingrid Cockhren, PACEs Connection CEO. With more than 58,000 members of this...

By Laura Gallant, 4/13/2023, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Thank you to everyone who came to the 3 rd Annual HOPE Summit and participated in our Week of HOPE from Monday, March 27 to Friday, March 31. We talked with folks from many diverse sectors of child and family service who shared their experiences with HOPE in their unique community settings. We left the Summit feeling inspired by all of the amazing work people around the world are doing to bring positive childhood...

Stanley Lynch, chief medical officer of United Healthcare Community Plan, Mimi Graham, director of the Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy, Jim Clark, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at Florida State University. BY: MARK BLACKWELL THOMAS | PUBLISHED: MARCH 30, 2023 | Mimi Graham, director of the Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy (CPEIP) at Florida State University, is the winner of the 2023 Lawton Chiles Advocacy Award. Through 34...

The Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) has released a new free toolkit to support team members (I.E., defined as employees, staff, workers, interns, fellows, C-suite leadership, human resources and administrative professionals, volunteers, committee and board members, etc.) in advocating for more trauma-informed workplaces.