Nonprofit & Faith-Based Communities
Nonprofit organizations and communities of faith are natural connectors and teachers, helping the residents of Steuben County to share wisdom and forge deep connections with the people around us. This influence is critical to sharing the message of Healing Steuben as widely as possible, and you will find on this site tools to help you articulate to your communities the healing power of trauma-informed care and service.
Resources
Building Trauma Responsive Healing Communities
This slideshow outlines specific strategies for building a trauma responsive community based on the research of Robin E. Donaldson, founder and CEO of Collective Impact Training and Consulting. Community members are encouraged to share this with anyone interested in learning more about building a trauma-responsive community in Steuben County.
Agency Self-Assessment
This tool is intended to help you measure your organization’s readiness to implement a trauma-informed approach with customers and clients. Honest and candid staff responses can benefit your organization by helping to identify opportunities for program and environmental change, assist in professional development planning, and informing policy changes within your organization.
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime
Nadine Burke Harris
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer. An impassioned plea for pediatric medicine to confront the prevention and treatment of trauma, head-on.
Documentary films that explore trauma & make space for healing
Almudena Toral
Through documentary films following survivors of trauma, TED Fellow Almudena Toral makes invisible psychological scars seen. She shares the heartbreaking story of Adayanci Pérez, a six-year-old girl from Guatemala suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to her encounter with US immigration enforcement. A powerful call to give voice to those who are silenced -- and pressure governments to change their course of action.
How are the Children
Narrated by Wesley Williams, II - Westat Senior Project Director
The traditional greeting of the Maasai people in Africa asks after the well-being of the children. Our narrator was introduced to this custom many years ago and often uses it to set the context for educator quality meetings, forums, conferences, and sessions. The meaning behind the response, “All the children are well,” highlights the importance of efforts that improve children’s well-being. Westat has now partnered this important message to a vibrant and dynamic video.
Drowning in Empathy
The Cost of Vicarious Trauma - Amy Cunningham
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a health issue most people are familiar with, but what about those individuals who dedicate their lives to caring for the traumatized? What is the cost to them? Every day, police officers, firefighters, doctors, teachers, therapists, nurses, and others selflessly serve traumatized patients and victims. However, research has shown it comes at an extreme cost. The empathetic nature of caring professionals exposes them to an increased risk of vicarious trauma, or Compassion Fatigue, where the helper during a crisis can also become personally affected without personally experiencing the trauma.
Breaking the Silence about Childhood Trauma
Dani Bostick
Most discussions of PTSD focus on veterans to the extent that many people who suffer from PTSD are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, especially among our children. Since PTSD can masquerade as ADHD, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and even extreme stoicism, many people suffer without access to effective treatment modalities.
Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Be Connectors to Joy
Martha Londagin
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect millions of people in regard to their adult relationships, physical well being, and mental health. Martha’s change in attitude toward her childhood experiences led her to see the joy in her life today, due to the connectors those ACEs created. These relationships today bless and enrich her life, and she no longer wishes that Mike and Carol Brady had been her parents.
Want to learn more?
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