“When someone is in my yoga class, I like to continually give them reminders that everything is their choice; it’s their body. They don’t have to do anything to perform for me or anyone else in the class. And my hope is that they take that practice off of their mat and into their daily lives.” – Jasmine Allen, MA
“If you understand trauma, you don’t need details. All you need are these three words: Handle With Care.” — Andrea Darr, Founder, Handle With Care Law enforcement is called to the scene of a domestic violence incident where children are present. Mom receives medical attention and her partner leaves in the back of the police car. The children arrive at
On September 20, 2022, Pathways to Resilience hosted a State Policy Roundtable (Roundtable) in Denver, Colorado with leaders from nearly 20 states. The Roundtable convened 35 leaders in health, justice, early childhood, education, and social services to discuss cross-sector approaches for preventing and addressing trauma and promoting healing. In addition to sharing lessons learned, participants identified gaps in policy and
On October 13, the New York Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council met for the first time to begin developing a plan to cut child poverty in half over the next ten years. Authorized through the Child Poverty Reduction Act, which Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law on December 1, 2021, the Advisory Council is charged with conducting data analyses, developing
“Working in schools, I experienced first-hand the critical role teachers play in children’s lives – and as one of the people children interact with most, our teachers can help identify and address the impact of trauma in real ways.” – Donna Edwards, Louisiana Donna Edwards, the First Lady of Louisiana, serves on the Pathways to Resilience Steering Committee, comprised of seven
On September 21, Bruce Perry, MD, PhD, was joined by Amy Meyertholen, MSW with the Arizona Council of Human Service Providers and Dr. Elaine Rankin with the Cottonwood Oak Creek School District to discuss how the Neurosequential Model can help people respond to and care for children in developmentally appropriate ways in different settings. The Neurosequential Model The Neurosequential Model,
“People really just want to be seen and heard. They want people to know what challenges they’ve made it through and overcome and how they’ve gotten to where they are. When you start asking about those things, and have those deep, meaningful conversations, it can really enrich that patient provider relationship.” – Dr. Rachel Gilgoff Rachel Gilgoff, MD, is a child abuse
On July 20th, Pathways to Resilience hosted a Learning Network Session on “Exposure to Racism and Discrimination as Sources of Trauma and Toxic Stress” with Roy Wade, Jr., MD, PhD, MPH, MSHP. Dr. Wade discussed his work on the Philadelphia Expanded Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, which explored additional community-level adversities not covered in the original ACE study, such as
“The changes that you make to become trauma informed are not hard and they’re not huge. But the impact of changing your perspective is enormous and you can see it immediately.” – Lauren Baker, First Lady of Massachusetts Lauren Baker, the First Lady of Massachusetts, serves on the Pathways to Resilience Steering Committee, comprised of seven Governors’ First Spouses who support
“Using a public health approach, states can implement a continuum of formal and informal community-based prevention and intervention strategies to reach all children and families that need support.” – ZERO to THREE ZERO TO THREE recently released a new report, Strengthening Families with Infants and Toddlers: A Policy Framework for States, which highlights a continuum of prevention and intervention approaches