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Our newest Science and Services Spotlight,Understanding Trauma Exposure in Crossover Youth, is now live! View and download here: https://lnkd.in/eD2i5tBe Explore CTRJJ’s newest Science and Services Spotlight, a resource series for juvenile justice professionals, mental health professionals, advocates, community members, and youth and families. The goals of these Spotlights are to: - Provide brief, focused summaries of current research findings or innovative trauma-informed services, and - Increase awareness of cutting-edge information that can be used to raise awareness, enhance trainings, inform practice, and support policy change. A new Science and Service Spotlight will be added monthly. Browse all downloadable Science and Services Spotlights by clicking the link above!

Steps in the right direction 👏🏾

https://lnkd.in/eHcHsBMX How anger can impact our community and future generations. Participants will walk away with practical tools they can apply today with their families, workplaces, and communities.

When it comes to accessing mental health support, some of the most significant challenges faced by families from diverse cultural backgrounds include cross-cultural communication, understandings of health, trouble navigating health systems and marginalisation. Culturally responsive practice is about setting aside your own feelings of discomfort to create a safe space for families to express their thoughts, feelings, experiences and expertise. Through this, you can foster a mutual understanding of differing perspectives and priorities within the family. This practice course has been developed to support you in developing skills to not only recognise cultural assumptions and judgements, but also respond to children who have experienced racism and help families shape their meaning and response. By addressing your cultural biases and highlighting families’ strengths, you can help children flourish by feeling proud of their cultural identity. Log in or register at Emerging Minds Learning today. https://bit.ly/3xd3vwg

Research from NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt proposes four simple rules that might set us (and our kids) free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood. Check out this weeks blog for more, and subscribe to our blog today and be the first to receive notifications whenever we release new content https://hubs.la/Q02rKK_z0

Our deadline for conference proposals ends in just two weeks! What can families and professionals learn from your lived and/or professional experience? ✳️Ways to improve policy and enhance practices for families whose children have or are at risk of experiencing behavioral health and/or substance use challenges. ✳️Acquire skills and strategies that will improve outcomes for families and their children. ✳️Gain knowledge of best practices, and latest research in children’s mental health, substance use and related fields. ✳️Enrich understanding of different perspectives and common goals in support of all children, youth, and families Learn more: https://ow.ly/xMOE50Re8tE

TW: Mentions of residential schools As we mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, our practice stands in solidarity with Indigenous communities, honouring the survivors of residential schools and those who never returned home. Today is a reminder of the deep-rooted trauma that continues to impact generations, and the importance of collective healing. As therapists, we are committed to providing trauma-informed care that recognizes the unique experiences of Indigenous individuals. This means understanding the layers of intergenerational trauma, acknowledging the ongoing effects of colonization, and creating a safe, culturally sensitive space for healing. Decolonizing therapy is a vital step in this process. It involves challenging traditional Western models and integrating Indigenous knowledge systems, healing practices, and cultural traditions into our care. We believe that true reconciliation in mental health requires listening, learning, and adapting our practices to meet the needs of Indigenous communities with respect and humility. Today, we reflect on the importance of mental health support for those carrying the weight of historical trauma. For additional resources - https://lnkd.in/d-QvZwDZ 🧡 #truthandreconciliation #everychildmatters #decolonizingtherapy

How can we better honor our own humanity? And the humanity of others? It's okay to not be okay, but now what? Mental health stigma is a big challenge everyone, and particularly in communities of color. The Big Health team had the honor of hosting the wonderful Andrea Brown, Executive Director of the Black Mental Health Alliance for Education & Consultation, Inc. for a discussion on honoring our humanity and the humanity of others. Here are some of of the things we learned: 1. We have to see our mental health as a priority and free ourselves from the stigma. Therapy is not a bad word. It says “I am working on me.” This means being comfortable setting and enforcing our boundaries.  2. We have to be able to do the brave thing, admit when we need help, and seek it out. Dig into why we don’t feel whole through journaling, therapy, and/or conversations with our community.  3. We have to be seeing each other, honoring each others humanity, honoring our own humanity. #Sawubona means we see you, we see all of one another. This means taking the time to greet others, to actively listen and engage, and recognizing the value of the other human beings around us. Learn more and access fantastic resources to support black mental health here: https://lnkd.in/duUDhG3 #Sawubona 

March 25th is International Day of Remembrance for the Victims (Victors) and Survivors of Slavery and TransAntlantic Slave Trade. We acknowledge that racism exists at micro, mezzo and macro levels. Because many Western Psychology mental health professionals often use the DSM as the bible for mental health, some therapists are trained not to acknowledge racial and racial trauma as social determinants of health. We name racism so that victims and survivors don’t internalize the harm and hate, thinking their are the problem. By naming racism and the psychological harm that it causes , we separate the victims of racism from the problem instead of locating problems within them. When people are reminded that the problem is the problem aka oppressive systems, they are in a better position to overcome psychologically harmful situations without being reduced by them. As I always say, We can’t CBT our way out of racism and racial Truama so if you are therapist who works with racially marginalized folks and the only approach you are using is CBT, you are perpetuating harm.