Childhood Trauma Impacts: Selected Resources
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Trauma-Informed Public Policy
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The resources listed here are envisioned to be part of an evolving, “living” list.
Please “comment” at the bottom of the page with any questions, suggestions, additions, updates, or errors.
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What is “Trauma-Informed” ? Working Definition:
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A program, organization, or system that is “trauma-informed”
realizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands potential paths for recovery;
recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and others involved with the system; and
responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices, and seeks to actively
resists re-traumatization
(SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma-Informed )
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
http://www.samhsa.gov/nctic/trauma-interventions
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Child Traumatic Stress:
What Every Policymaker Should Know
http://www.nctsn.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/PolicyGuide_CTS2008.pdf
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SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach
https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA14-4884/SMA14-4884.pdf
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A Better Start: Child Maltreatment Prevention as a Public Health Priority
https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/phl/docs/A_Better_Start.pdf
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A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/a-science-based-framework-for-early-childhood-policy/
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Self-Healing Communities
A Transformational Process Model for Improving Intergenerational Health (Cowlitz County, Washington)
http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2016/06/self-healing-communities.html?cid=xsh_rwjf_fb
http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/reports/2016/rwjf430225
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Substance-abuse doc says: Stop chasing the drug! Focus on ACEs
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Addressing trauma in Baltimore: A Trauma-Informed Blueprint for “Healthy Baltimore 2020”
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-baltimore-trauma-20161016-story.html
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Trauma-Informed Community Development: Pittsburgh
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Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (Massachusetts) Helping Traumatized Children Learn
http://traumasensitiveschools.org/tlpi-publications/
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A DECADE OF SCIENCE INFORMING POLICY: The Story of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. The Center on Developing Child, at Harvard University
http://frameworksinstitute.org/assets/files/child_dvt_bales_shonkoff.pdf
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U.S. Attorney General’s report: “Defending Childhood”
This website, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), provides resources to stop child abuse and end child trauma. Resources include a detailed written report “Defending Childhood”.
https://www.justice.gov/defendingchildhood
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“Changing Minds” from Defending Childhood
“Attorney General Eric Holder launched a program in 2010 called Defending Childhood, and last week Holder announced the launch of “Changing Minds,” to help adults heal children exposed to trauma. The former attorney general explains further in this Guest Post:”
https://www.washingtonpost.com…ood-trauma/#comments
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Obama Bans Solitary Confinement For Juveniles In Federal Prisons
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“School to Prison Pipeline” priorities
Spending comparisons schools vs. prisons, state by state
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The Academy on Violence and Abuse (AVA)
http://www.avahealth.org/ace_study/ace_study_dvd_institutional_license/ace_study_summary_8.html (Video Link)
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Addressing Childhood Trauma in DC Schools
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Why American Schools Are Even More Unequal Than We Thought
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Safe, Healthy and Ready to Learn
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American Academy Pediatrics: Toxic, Stress-Informed Federal Policy Agenda
https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/federal-advocacy/Documents/TSSOnePager.pdf
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Tackling Toxic Stress: The Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/toxic-stress/tackling-toxic-stress/
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No School Alone: How community risks and assets contribute to school and youth success
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Change in Mind: Guide Provides Insight and Direction on using Brain Science to Inform Policy
http://alliance1.org/news/guide-provides-insight-and-direction-using-brain-science-inform-policy
http://alliance1.org/sites/default/files/PDF/designcim_science_infused_policy.finalsept272016.pdf
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Incubated in Terror: Neurodevelopmental Factors in the ‘Cycle of Violence’
https://childtrauma.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Incubated_In_Terror.pdf (pages 8-11)
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Preventing Retraumatization: A Macro Social Work Approach to Trauma-Informed Practices & Policies
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Home Visits Work: Let’s Make Them Universal
http://www.rwjf.org/en/culture-of-health/2016/11/home-visits-make-them-universal.html
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Childhood Trauma Looms Large for Older Homeless Adults
https://scienceblog.com/487224/childhood-adversity-looms-large-older-homeless-adults/
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“Anna’s Story”: Unaddressed Childhood Trauma
(Presentation with ACE slides and speaking notes)
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Can Understanding Neurobiology Provide a Better Approach to Working With Abuse Survivors?
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Acute and Chronic Childhood Trauma Public Policy Global Approaches (Theresa Betancourt ScD, MA)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4098699/
http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/11/reclaiming-childhood
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Moral perspective in Public Arena “The Germ Theory of Trauma: The Impossibility of Ethical Neutrality”
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Adverse childhood experiences and life opportunities: Shifting the narrative
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740916303449 “compared to persons with no ACEs, persons with three ACEs were 1.53 times as likely not to graduate high school and 2.4 times as likely to be unemployed. Persons with four or more ACEs compared to those with no ACEs were 2.34 times as likely not to graduate high school, 2.3 times as likely to be unemployed, and 1.6 times as likely to live in a household reporting poverty” (Table 2).
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Advancing a national cradle-to-grave-to-cradle public health agenda Sandra L. Bloom, M.D.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299732.2016.1164025
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INTEGRATION Creating Trauma-Informed Systems: Child Welfare, Education, First Responders, Health Care, Juvenile Justice
http://www.mhcc.org.au/media/25289/berkowitz-ford-ko-2008.pdf
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*** Social Media Links***
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Towards a Trauma-Informed City
Drexel University: Dornsife School of Public Health Sandra L. Bloom, M.D. Interviews: Working Toward a Trauma-Informed City: Challenges and Opportunities in Philadelphia
http://drexel.edu/dornsife/practice/center-for-public-health-practice/toward-a-trauma-informed-city/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBqhMMkD0bepMRio7POxSFg
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Zero Tolerance discipline versus Childhood Trauma School to Prison Pipeline
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A series of short vignettes about developmental trauma,“Nowhere to Hide”, on LucidWitness.com .
“Nowhere to Hide” series overview
click HERE
“Nowhere to Hide” series links
Each separate, individual article in the series focuses on a single component of the workings of developmental trauma, via real life examples in short “60 second” soundbites, akin to “Public Service Announcements” (PSAs). They are designed for sharing in social media networks to grow public awareness.
Trigger warning:
the children’s experiences in the vignettes are unvarnished. Their traumatic responses may trigger painful memories.
Nowhere to Hide: Maria; Fight, flight or freeze
Nowhere to Hide: Andre’s Fear; What are Adverse Childhood Experiences?
Nowhere to Hide: Jamar’s Hyper-arousal
Nowhere to Hide: Roberto’s Dissociation
Nowhere to Hide: Danny’s Memory
Nowhere to Hide: Ashley’s “Normal” Education? Part 1
Nowhere to Hide: Ashley’s “Normal” Education? Part 2
More to come
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“Like” us at “Trauma-Informed Pedagogy” on Facebook
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Please share a PSA link to help grow public awareness of the impacts of developmental trauma. There are so many of us who’ve never heard of the overpowering life-long impacts.
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“Peek Inside a Classroom” series overview
The second original series, “Peek Inside a Classroom”, provides much more detailed looks inside my classroom, primarily focused on specific students: Jasmine, Danny and José.
Other children are captured in broader looks at education reform concepts: “Failing Schools or Failing Paradigm?” and “Effective Education Reform”, co-authored with Sandra L. Bloom, M. D..
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“Peek Inside a Classroom” series links
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Peek Inside a Classroom: Jasmine
Peek Inside a Classroom: Danny
Peek Inside a Classroom: Failing Schools or Failing Paradigm?
Peek Inside a Classroom: Effective Education Reform (with Sandra Bloom, M.D.)
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“Click for Resources…” series overview:
“Click for Resources” posts are the theory and research behind the narrative posts in “Nowhere to Hide” and “Peek Inside a Classroom”.
Each post in “Click for Resources “ is divided in three parts:
1) general press articles,
2) Research Journals or academic papers
3) social media, often with video.
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“Click for Resources” series links:
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1. Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Studies: CLICK HERE
2. Impacts of Childhood Trauma: Overview CLICK HERE
Click for Resources: Social Media on Impacts of Childhood Trauma
Click for Resources: Journal Articles on Impacts of Developmental Trauma
3. Trauma-Informed Schools CLICK HERE
4. Trauma-Informed Social Services CLICK HERE
5. Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice CLICK HERE
6. Trauma-Informed Public Policy CLICK HERE
7. Childhood Trauma Training and Tools CLICK HERE
8. Book and Publication selections CLICK HERE
9. #800 phone numbers CLICK HERE
Developmental trauma, still “the elephant in the [class] room” for many adults.
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“Like” us at “Trauma-Informed Pedagogy” on Facebook
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The resources listed here are envisioned to be part of an evolving, “living” list.
Please “comment” below with any questions, suggestions, additions, updates, or errors.
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