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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
We have been hard at work this summer sharing strategies to prevent and address childhood adversity and trauma through our Pathways Learning Network, ever-expanding Resource Library, and the addition of new training workshops and service offerings from the Pathways team. Read on for highlights of the topics we’ve focused on over the past few months, along with related resources that