Publications
Publications: Engaging Experts: Becky Haas on Becoming Trauma-Informed and Responsive
It is important for employers to train and equip their staff to recognize trauma behaviors. In a school setting, this might mean educators are able to distinguish between a child’s survival behavior as opposed to willful misbehaving. In the justice setting — where the population served is likely to have experienced trauma — this might entail judges, chiefs, and officers receiving training in trauma-informed approaches in the court or corrections setting.
Publications: Spotlight: Promise Resource Network Elevates the Voice of People with Lived Experience
Survivors of trauma have long relied on their peers as part of their journey toward recovery and wellness. Talking about shared experiences can help foster a deep sense of empathy, compassion, and community – factors that contribute to resilience and empowerment. In 2007, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recognized peer support models as an emerging best practice as part of the Medicaid program, following in the footsteps of Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and other countries with peer-led behavioral health care models. Peer-led care models promote mutual and reciprocal healing through the giving and receiving of help and support based on shared experiences. Throughout the United States, peers are embedded into a variety of settings as paid employees and there are several organizations focused exclusively on the peer support model.
Publications: New Opportunities for Trauma Responsive Policies and Programs in 2023: Overview of...
Pathways to Resilience kicked off the new year with a Pathways Learning Network Session on opportunities for promoting healing-centered and trauma-responsive policies and programs in 2023 – at both the federal and state levels. To provide context for the session, Pathways to Resilience co-director Tanya Schwartz discussed the priorities of the nine new Governors.
Publications: Trauma-Responsive Policies and Programs in 2023: State and Federal Actions
Pathways to Resilience kicked off the new year with a Learning Network Session on opportunities to promote healing-centered trauma-responsive policies and programs at the federal and state levels. During the session, we first heard about the federal landscape from Jesse Kohler and Jen Curt from the Campaign for Trauma Informed Policies and Practices (CTIPP). Tia Hartsock from Hawai’i’s Office of Wellness and Resilience and Rob Reed from Pennsylvania’s Office of the Attorney General and the HEAL PA Criminal Justice Action Team then discussed their state offices’ priorities, successes, and opportunities. Following is a summary of key takeaways from the session.
Publications: Trauma-Informed Courts: Florida’s Work to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families
To optimize the impact of trauma-informed policies and programs, states should engage all three branches of government to achieve shared goals. States like Tennessee have implemented coordinated three branch initiatives, and others are beginning to explore strategies to address trauma and promote healing by working across the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Because so many individuals who interact with the justice system have experienced significant traumatic events, the judicial branch is well-positioned to address and interrupt the cycle of trauma. Focusing on making court policies, programs, design, and training more trauma-responsive provides an opportunity to both prevent re-traumatization and coordinate across sectors to better serve children and families.
Publications: Engaging Experts: Dr. Rachel Gilgoff on Seven Strategies for Healing
Dr. Gilgoff is a child abuse pediatrician and serves as a member of the Pathways to Resilience Expert Advisory Committee. She has been a clinical advisor to the California ACEs Aware initiative since 2020. Dr. Gilgoff has worked at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital & Research Center and helped develop and implement the Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events (PEARLS) study as a co-investigator with the Bay Area Research Consortium. Her work now focuses on prevention efforts and program development and aims to incorporate trauma interventions into routine pediatric clinical practice.
Publications: Primary Prevention in Human Services: Moving from Crisis Response to Crisis Prevention
On March 9, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of Human Service Policy in the federal Department of Health and Human Services released findings from their 2022 convening on primary prevention. The Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Convening Findings highlights the importance of moving from tertiary and secondary prevention strategies – like crisis management and escalation prevention – to primary and primordial prevention strategies, including programs and policies that prevent adverse outcomes from occurring, such as providing families with economic and/or housing supports, programs to support healthy family relationships, and positive school culture efforts. This approach is designed to reduce risk factors and strengthen protective factors while also addressing social, economic, and structural policies that affect health and well-being. The report suggests that shifting from crisis response to crisis prevention is a critical step in the pursuit of a healthy, resilient nation.
Publications: Addressing Child Abuse and Neglect Through Cross-Sector Collaboration: Spotlight on...
One in seven children in the United States experiences child abuse and/or neglect each year, resulting in an array of adverse outcomes, including chronic pain, psychological concerns (anxiety, anger and aggression, depression, and suicidal thoughts or ideation), and poor or delayed social and behavioral development. There are a variety of risk factors surrounding child abuse and neglect including poverty, violence within the community, exposure to racism and discrimination, substance abuse, social isolation, and having caregivers who also experienced childhood adversity. Further, the trauma from these experiences can contribute to an intergenerational cycle of continued abuse and neglect. Child abuse and neglect has an estimated lifetime economic burden of over $590 billion nationwide – including short- and long-term health care and child welfare costs, criminal justice processes, special education costs, and lost productivity.
Publications: Addressing Child Abuse and Neglect Through Cross-Sector Collaboration: Spotlight on...
One in seven children in the United States experiences child abuse and/or neglect each year, resulting in an array of adverse outcomes, including chronic pain, psychological concerns (anxiety, anger and aggression, depression, and suicidal thoughts or ideation), and poor or delayed social and behavioral development. There are a variety of risk factors surrounding child abuse and neglect including poverty, violence within the community, exposure to racism and discrimination, substance abuse, social isolation, and having caregivers who also experienced childhood adversity. Further, the trauma from these experiences can contribute to an intergenerational cycle of continued abuse and neglect. Child abuse and neglect has an estimated lifetime economic burden of over $590 billion nationwide – including short- and long-term health care and child welfare costs, criminal justice processes, special education costs, and lost productivity.
Publications: Spotlight: Reach Out and Read Supports Healthy Child Development and Relational Health...
Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national nonprofit organization that trains clinicians in supporting, coaching, and modeling for parents shared reading with their children, and provides books to families at pediatric well-child visits. Pathways to Resilience Expert Advisory Committee member Dr. Dipesh Navsaria has been engaged with ROR for over 25 years and has worked to expand the program in Wisconsin, where he lives and works. In the last few years, he was named to the national ROR Board of Directors, and is currently the Board Chair. Dr. Navsaria describes ROR as “a scalable, evidence-based, feasible way to help parents connect with their children through shared reading.” He considers ROR an essential part of primary care pediatric practice.
