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In this workshop, participants will learn about the Resilience Network and the science of Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs), trauma, and toxic stress, and their impacts on health, behavior, learning, the economy, and our community. Additionally, we will touch on Adverse Community Experiences that when paired with Adverse Childhood Experiences, have been referred to as the "Pair of ACEs." The workshop defines what it means to be trauma-informed and explains the strategies to heal trauma and build resilience. Register at: https://lnkd.in/d-JMhVRc

The stories we tell about adversity, trauma, and resilience make a difference. As communicators, we need to ensure that we’re framing our messages in ways that increase understanding and grow our sense of collective responsibility. Our latest brief offers strategies to help build broad support for trauma-informed approaches in policies, programs, and public agencies. Together, we can build a better narrative about trauma and resilience. Check out the full brief here:

Anyone who find themselves in a situations that evokes a traumatic response may experience a range of reactions over short, medium, or long-term periods. These reactions can manifest in various ways including emotional distress,physical symptoms, changes in behavior, and disruptions in daily functioning. While some of us may perceive these reactions as "symptoms" indicative of a problem, it's essential to recognise them as natural and normal responses to a overwhelming experiences. As clinicians, our role is to provide support and understanding to those who have been traumatised. This involves offering information that is free from stigmatisation and instead emphasises the commonality of these responses. By normalising the reactions, we empower people to recognise that they are not alone in their experiences and that seeking help is a proactive step towards healing and recovery. Through education and compassionate guidance, we can help someone to navigate the complexities of trauma with time, resilience ,and hope🙏🏾🥰

Trauma-Informed Care is a comprehensive approach to helping people who have histories of trauma, such that every part of service delivery is organised around the recognition and acknowledgement of trauma and its prevalence, together with a cognisance and sensitivity to its nuances (Mental Health Coordinating Council, 2013). It has also been discussed as being an approach that reconceives the way that human services are delivered, whereby all aspects of service delivery are “… organised around the prevalence of trauma throughout society (particularly as complex trauma is not necessarily apparent from diverse diagnoses and client presentations)” (Kezelman & Stavropoulos, 2012, pp. 112). A commitment to responding appropriately to trauma and its effects, requires organisations to make adjustments to their practices, which for some will be significant. The changes include staff training about the knowledge and understanding of trauma, an examination of the quality of relationships between service users and staff, changes to operating policies and challenging assumptions about how services are provided. 

Prioritising prevention, Early support, Fostering healing, and Enabling reform. So much hard work in these focus areas, especially with Prevention in our current environment. Keep up the amazing work QMHC. #prevention #earlysupport #fosteringhealing

Collaboration is crucial. I believe that it’s crucially important that the developers of digital mental health products consult the end users of their products. It’s only when we work together that we will build products that work for therapists and their clients/patients. Therapists…do get in touch with Louise to share your expertise and help develop a digital mental health product that makes a difference.

While every day we work to comprehend past trauma's influence on our residents' physical and mental well-being, we are now taking the time to pay more attention to how it affects our careforce. LeadingAge Gold Partner KARE is sharing what they learned about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affecting today's careforce in part one of KARE's three-part "Trauma and Resilience" series. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3LuF1T3

Improving Family Dynamics And Communication https://lnkd.in/g2rk7rzZ Family structures can be diverse—and so can the dynamics between individuals within the unit. Every family will experience disagreements and conflicts from time to time, and none is perfect. However, some have dysfunctional patterns that can be unhealthy for them and their connections over time. Read on to learn more about different types of family dynamics, and then discover how you may be able to handle an unhealthy one.

There's power in understanding. Understanding the human spirit. Understanding resilience. But more importantly, understanding the pervasive and profound impact that trauma can have. At The Soaring Center, we're making strides in trauma-informed practices. We are laying the bedrock for a culture that acknowledges the widespread influence of trauma and shadow it casts on each of us. • It's two-fold. It's about realizing the widespread trauma in our society, its far-reaching impacts on people's lives, relationships, and decision-making. • It's about creating a safe and secure environment where people feel supported, heard, and empowered. There’s always need for reflection, a check-in with ourselves. How do we ensure our practices are trauma-informed, our spaces safe? • Respecting personal space, boundaries, and decisions to build mutual trust and collaboration. • Fostering a spirit of empowerment rather than control, encouraging autonomy, choice, and power balance. • Promoting self-care, resiliency, and an understanding of coping mechanisms, acknowledging variations in recovery paths and supporting individual narratives. • Encouraging inclusivity, bridging cultural, racial, and gender divides to ensure wholesome understanding and trauma-informed perspectives. Trauma-informed practices are not just another checkbox ticked, they're a commitment. A commitment to understanding, acceptance, and care. At #thesoaringcenter, we pledge to listen, enlighten, support, and cultivate empathy. Here, you’re not alone. We’re in this together, supporting each other every step of the way.

Join us for this Community Care Collective exclusive session: ‘PTSD - the hidden wound, and how we can manage it with kindness, despite the trauma.’ Tuesday 6th Feb, 12pm EST. Our very own CCC Nour Ghaddar will be hosting this session. Please join us as we unpack post-traumatic stress disorder (including post-traumatic rape disorder) and the ways it manifests. More importantly, we’ll be discussing what helps and what doesn’t, and how simply being told (or telling ourselves) to “just stop thinking about it so much” rarely provides comfort. So many of us deal with trauma and it’s triggers, but rarely get to speak about it. Together we can lend our voices as we normalize this topic and shine a light on community care’s transformative power. Link to join: https://lnkd.in/g8PKtvq9