Videos
Videos: First Spouse Profile: Tracey Quillen Carney
In this first video in our series of spotlights featuring the Steering Committee members, Ms. Quillen Carney shares her personal childhood experience with trauma and how it motivated her work to break down silos and address trauma in Delaware and throughout the nation. Ms. Quillen Carney leads First Chance Delaware, aimed at ending childhood hunger; promoting early language skills; and advancing effective recognition of, and response to, childhood trauma. In the video, the First Lady is interviewed by Alonna Berry, Pathways to Resilience Advisory Committee member and Delaware’s Statewide Trauma-Informed Care Coordinator.
Videos: Engaging Experts: Dr. Roy Wade, Jr. on How to Address the Impact of Racism on Health
In the first of a new series of videos engaging national experts on resilience strategies, Dr. Roy Wade Jr., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Pediatrician, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses opportunities for clinicians to improve communications with their patients to address trauma and prevent toxic stress.
Videos: Pathways Learning Network Highlights: Trauma-Responsive Approaches to Promoting Resilience
In the first Pathways Learning Network session, Dave Ellis, Melissa Merrick, and Ricky Robertson shared valuable insights about how to prevent and address trauma, support healing, and create change at the state and local levels.
Videos: First Spouse Profile: Lauren Baker
In the second video in our series featuring Steering Committee members, Lauren Baker, the First Lady of Massachusetts, speaks with Erin Murphy Rafferty, CEO of the Wonderfund about how this non-profit organization engaged with the Department of Children and Families to create trauma-responsive programs, and how these efforts that have now expanded across several government agencies in Massachusetts.
Videos: Dr. Bruce Perry: How the Neurosequential Model Can Be Used to Meet Children Where They Are
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.
Videos: First Spouse Profile: Donna Edwards
In the third video in our series featuring Pathways Steering Committee members, Donna Edwards, the First Lady of Louisiana, discusses how the Louisiana First Foundation promotes child wellbeing through initiatives focused on teaching music, arts and movement in schools; supporting partnerships with government to support foster children and their caregivers; and preventing human trafficking. The Louisiana First Foundation is an organization she established upon becoming First Lady.
Videos: Engaging Experts: Jasmine Allen on the Benefits of Trauma-Informed Yoga
Hear from Jasmine Allen, trauma-informed yoga instructor, trainer, writer, and owner of Soul Haum Yoga, as she discusses the benefits of trauma-informed yoga and how its accessibility, inclusivity, and healing focus can help individuals who have experienced trauma to feel greater personal agency, increased safety within their bodies, and improved nervous system regulation.
Videos: Handle with Care: A Partnership between Law Enforcement and Educators
During this session, hear from Andrea Darr, the founder of Handle With Care; Becky Haas, an experienced law enforcement trainer; Teri Lawler, who is leading the work in trauma-informed practices and social emotional learning at the Delaware Department of Education; and Zoe Lyons, who has implemented Handle With Care as Director of the Jackson County Office of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Each will share insights about how the program has become a promising cross-sector and trauma-responsive practice in their state.
Videos: Engaging Experts: Dr. Rachel Gilgoff on the Stress Response
Dr. Rachel Gilgoff talks about implications of toxic stress, which is the prolonged activation of the stress response system. She explains how the repeated activation of the stress response system can impact both the body and mind and increase the risk of serious health conditions.
Videos: How States Can Effectively Engage People with Lived Experience
Cherene Caraco often says “Help isn’t help if it isn’t helpful.” The Pathways Learning Network convened on November 30 to learn how to meaningfully engage trauma survivors and develop policies that support them at the state and local levels. In this session, participants learned about concrete and actionable strategies to effectively involve people with lived experience in policymaking and program implementation.
