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Trauma Resources

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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

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OUR MISSION is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.

Trauma Types

Bullying

Bullying is a deliberate and unsolicited action that occurs with the intent of inflicting social, emotional, physical, and/or psychological harm to someone who often is perceived as being less powerful.

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Disasters

Natural disasters include hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, tsunamis, and floods, as well as extreme weather events such as blizzards, droughts, extreme heat, and wind storms.

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Refugee Trauma

Many refugees, especially children, have experienced trauma related to war or persecution that may affect their mental and physical health long after the events have occurred.

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Traumatic Grief

While many children adjust well after a death, other children have ongoing difficulties that interfere with everyday life and make it difficult to recall positive memories of their loved ones.

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Trauma Treatments

Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention

CFTSI is a brief (5‐8 session), evidence‐based early intervention for children 7 to 18 years old that reduces traumatic stress reactions and the onset of PTSD. CFTSI is implemented within 30-45 days following a traumatic event or the disclosure of physical or sexual abuse.

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Trauma Systems Therapy for Refugees

TST-R is a comprehensive method for treating traumatic stress in children and adolescents that adds to individually-based approaches by specifically addressing social environmental/ system-of-care factors that are believed to be driving a child’s traumatic stress problems.

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Trauma-Informed Care

Schools

Children's reactions to trauma can interfere considerably with learning and behavior at school. Schools serve as a critical system of support for children who have experienced trauma.

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Justice

Children who come to the attention of the juvenile justice system are a challenging and underserved population, with high rates of exposure to trauma.

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Culture and Trauma

Trauma intersects in many different ways with culture, history, race, gender, location, and language. Trauma-informed systems acknowledge the compounding impact of structural inequity and are responsive to the unique needs of diverse communities.

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Families and Trauma

All families experience trauma differently. Some factors such as a child’s age or the family’s culture or ethnicity may influence how the family copes and recovers from a traumatic event. Trauma changes families as they work to survive and adapt to their circumstances and environment.

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NCTSN Resources

Rosie Remembers Mommy: Forever in Her Heart Video

Brings to life the story of Rosie, a young girl who is struggling after the death of her mother. This video walks you through Rosie's story and illustrates how a parent can provide solace and support to a child after the death of a loved one.

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Adolescent Trauma and Substance Abuse Online

Provides training and materials for mental health clinicians and substance abuse treatment providers on the complex intersections between psychological trauma and co-occurring substance abuse and dependency.

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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

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CFTSI is a brief (5‐8 session), evidence‐based early intervention for children 7 to 18 years old that reduces traumatic stress reactions and the onset of PTSD. CFTSI is implemented within 30-45 days following a traumatic event or the disclosure of physical or sexual abuse.

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Early Childhood Mental Health (can be for all)

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Early Childhood Mental Health (can be for all)

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Many resources specific to trauma and a helpful overview.

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What is Trauma?

Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or threatening and that can have lasting adverse effects on the individual's functioning and physical, social, emotional well-being.

There are three main types of trauma are acute, chronic, or complex.

Acute trauma results from a single incident.

Chronic trauma is repeated and prolonged such as domestic violence or abuse.

Complex trauma is exposure to varied and multiple traumatic events, often of an invasive, interpersonal nature.

Early childhood trauma generally refers to the traumatic experiences that occur to children ages 0-6. Children can experience various types of trauma including:

Natural disasters

Sexual Abuse

Physical Abuse

Domestic Violence

Medical Injury, illness, or procedures

Community violence

Neglect, deprivation

Traumatic grief

Victim of crime

Kidnapping

Accidents

School violence

Loss

Trauma and Brain Development

Research has shown that children are particularly vulnerable to trauma because of their rapidly developing brain. During traumatic experiences, a child's brain is in heightened state of stress and fear-related hormones are activated. Although, stress is a normal part of life, when a child is exposed to chronic trauma, like abuse or neglect, the child's brain remains in this heightened pattern. Remaining in this heightened state can change the emotional, behavioral and cognitive functioning of the child in order to maintain and promote survival. Over time, these traumatic experiences can have a significant impact on a child's future behavior, emotional development, mental and physical health.

The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University discusses the impact of toxic stress on the developing brain. Click here to learn about toxic stress

Fact Sheets on Trauma and Brain Development:

Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development, Child Welfare Information Gateway. November 2009.

Burgess Chamberlain, Linda. The Amazing Brain: Trauma and the Potential for Healing", 2008.

Perry, B.D. Traumatized children: How childhood trauma influences brain development. In: The Journal of the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill 11:1, 48-51, 2000

InBrief: The Impact of Early Adversity on Children's Development, outlines basic concepts from the research on the biology of stress which show that major adversity can weaken developing brain architecture and permanently set the body's stress response system on high alert.

Working Paper #3, Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Developing Brain, New research suggests that exceptionally stressful experiences early in life may have long-term consequences for a child's learning, behavior, and both physical and mental health. Some types of "positive stress" in a child's life-overcoming the challenges and frustrations of learning a new, difficult task, for instance-can be beneficial.

Adverse Childhood Experiences Study

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE) underscores the impact of trauma on physical and mental health over time.

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is one of the largest investigations ever conducted to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being. The study is collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente's Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego. More than 17,000 Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) members who underwent a comprehensive physical examination chose to provide detailed information about their childhood experience of abuse, neglect, and family dysfunction.

The study uses the ACE score, which is a total count of the number of adverse childhood experiences reported by respondents to assess the total amount of stress during childhood. The greater the number of ACEs the greater the risk for the following problems later in life including alcoholism, depression, multiple sexual partners, suicide attempts, smoking and liver disease among other negative health related issues.

For more information on the ACE Study, visit The Centers for Disease Control.

Information on Assessing and Treating Children who have Experienced Trauma

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network notes that, "children suffering from traumatic stress symptoms generally have difficultly regulating their behaviors and emotions. They may be clingy and fearful of new situations, easily frightened, difficult to console, and/or aggressive or impulsive. They many have difficulty sleeping, lose recently acquired developmental skills, and show regression in functioning and behavior."

Find more information on possible reactions of children 0-6 exposed to traumatic stress.

It is essential that children who have suffered trauma be identified and treated. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has resources for mental health professionals, early childhood providers, and primary care physicians to help identify, assess, and treat children who have suffer traumatic stress.

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What is Trauma? Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or threatening and that can have lasting adverse effects on the individual's functioning and physical, social, emotional well-being.

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Explore the main Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully website

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WELCOME!

Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully (COSEM) is an educator-led

501c3 nonprofit that supports school communities by connecting them with mentors, trainings, and resources for mindfulness-based social, emotional and cognitive learning. We empower educators to explore, personally practice and then culitvate a culture of mindfulness in their school communities. By joining forces and assisting each other as we implement holistic approaches to education , we equip the world's youth with skills to thrive and create a more compassionate world!

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MENTORING

It's free to become a member of our Coalition of Schools and we are similar to a PTA in that 'you are already a member'! We'll host free webinars and special conversation series and share interviews with leading-edge educators and researchers in mindful education. By joining, you will get our newsletters and can join our online Forum to meet, share ideas with, and support others who are also passionate about mindfulness in education.

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Home | Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully

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Join us for our annual Educating Mindfully Summit (online) and Conference (in-person), both providing mentorship and resources for holistic approaches to education. Our mission is to support school communities as they integrate mindfulness into their classrooms, schools, and daily lives.

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Breathe for Change (Yoga Teacher Training for Educators)

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Breathe for Change (Yoga Teacher Training for Educators)

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There are free resources to use online through the Changemaker Program--just add your email for access.

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We know that teaching and leading via Zoom is new (and challenging) for many of us! In an effort to help make your virtual classroom and team meetings a little more fun and inspiring, we've created free downloadable custom Zoom backgrounds for you!

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Free resources on yoga, mindfulness and social-emotional learning for educators and teachers. - Breathe For Change

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We know that teaching and leading via Zoom is new (and challenging) for many of us! In an effort to help make your virtual classroom and team meetings a little more fun and inspiring, we've created free downloadable custom Zoom backgrounds for you!

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WELCOME to Yoga With Adriene! Our mission is to connect as many people as possible through high-quality free yoga videos. We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, all souls!
If you’re brand-new to yoga, check out my Yoga For Beginners and Foundations of Yoga series. These are designed to giv…

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Podcast

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In this episode of RISE for Educators, we discuss the R in RISE, which stands for Reset the body. We also talk about the Vagus Nerve and it's role in changing your position on the Polyvagal ladder. Finally, we describe and demonstrate a breathing tool designed to alter your state on the ladder by either releasing or gathering energy.

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The RISE for Educators is a podcast with Julie and Holly Lannert, sister-in-laws and instructional coaches, who have taken their conversations out of the corner of their family gatherings and put them into a podcast. Listen weekly for research-based strategies related to empowerment, self-care and all things education.

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Facebook Group

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Family Isolation / Lockdown Activities & Support Group (Worldwide)

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Based on recent events, it seems we may be looking at self or forced isolation due to the caronavirus. Everyone seems to be concerned about stockpiling home essentials, but my thoughts went to "how...

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Unique Videos for the "School of Life" that offers insights for life (including mindfulness)

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Unique Videos for the "School of Life" that offers insights for life (including mindfulness)

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Self-understanding, calm and emotional maturity. All our content is available on our app and website: www.theschooloflife.com We offer online psychotherapy: www.theschooloflife.com/therapy We publish one film a week, on Wednesdays at 14.00hrs GMT.

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Is this online MBSR course really, truly, 100% free? The short answer is "yes". There is no catch: no fees, no spam, you don't even need to identify yourself or give an email address. I receive no income personally from the site, not even indirectly.

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Mindful Practices (Carla Tantillo) YouTube Channel-FREE

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Mindful Practices (Carla Tantillo) YouTube Channel-FREE

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Empowering teachers & students through Social-Emotional Learning, yoga & wellness to create a more equitable educational environment

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Dr. Bruce Perry is sharing free sessions during COVID-19 about trauma and how our would is changing.

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stress, distress and trauma. Free resource

NN COVID-19 Stress, Distress & Trauma Series

The videos in this series with Dr. Bruce Perry are provided to view and share. We have closed captioned each video. To change captions from English to another language, select "settings" (cog at bottom right), select "Subtitles/CC" then select "Auto-translate" and finally select the language of your choice.

In this brief (20 min) video, Dr. Bruce Perry discusses 'emotional contagion' and talks about the power of calm. The concept of power differential is discussed in context of human interactions and discusses the importance of calm, regulated leadership in times of stress and distress.

This brief (25 min) video discusses elaborates on the importance of the "pattern" of stress and stress activation with a focus on the concept of 'dosing.' What is considered a "moderate" dose of stress - why is this important in building resilience? And what is the power of the moment? This video presents some important background for understanding the importance of small but powerful relational moments.

This (30 min) video provides an overview of the power of distributed leadership. The awareness of the neurobiological 'preferences' that we have for small group functioning and dynamics provides some insight to the inefficient forms of large group planning and program development that characterize our current child welfare, mental health, juvenile justice and early childhood systems.

During "office hours," Dr. Perry will be online and available to answer questions and for discussion. Feel free to join for any/all of the sessions that your schedule allows. Sessions will be recorded and links will be posted on this page.

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Previously Recorded Office Hours:

Wed. March 25, 2020: State-dependence

Fri., March 27, 2020: Emotional Contagion

Wed., April 1, 2020: Understanding Regulation

Mon., April 6, 2020: Self-care & Organizational Care
Wed., April 8, 2020: Connecting Under Duress Mon., April 13, 2020: Collaborative Problem Solving with Stuart Ablon, PhD
Fri., April 17, 2020: Maladaptive Regulation: Risk from Substance Use

Teaching Under Pressure with Steve Graner & Jessica Pfeiffer Part 1 ;

Fri., May 22, 2020: Distributed Leadership -Examining the "Original" Model of Leadership in Human Groups
Wed., June 10, 2020: Structural Racism with Habeebah Grimes - Racism in our Educational, Mental Health, Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice Systems
Anti-racism Resources
Monday, June 15, 2020: Equity, Transgenerational Trauma & Racism with Lea Denny & Stephen Bradley

COVID-19 Webinars featuring Dr. Bruce Perry

We Coach: A Conversation on Stress & Sport Dr. Bruce Perry and We Coach Founder, Megan Bartlett discuss the unique healing power of sport. Topics include strategies that coaches use to buffer stress and why coaches and sport programs would be on the front lines of supporting young people through this crisis.

Staying Sane while Parenting with Shelter-in-Place! For parents - a conversation about the challenges for parents during this COVID-19 pandemic

Bruce Perry, MD, PhD. Staying Emotionally Close In The Time of COVID19

How do we manage in the midst of COVID-19? I reached out to one of our field's most inspiring figures: @BDPerry. Thanks, Dr. Perry for joining me on The Trauma Therapist Podcast at such short notice and for sharing your guidance for these crazy times. - Guy Macpherson

Face Book discussion with Dr. Bruce Perry, Dr. Liz McIngvale and Jim "Mattress Mac" McIngvale focusing on the impact that Coronavirus has on children, families, and the community.

Leadership Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic focused on the challenges posed by the current COVID-19 pandemic as we support our health care and mental health colleagues

Mental Health First Aid for Health Care Providers

Prevent Child Abuse America - A conversation with Dr. Bruce Perry

"Hope for Mental Health Community" Kay Warren with Dr. Bruce Perry - This conversation between Kay Warren and Dr. Bruce Perry focuses on the stress and challenges of the current pandemic .

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The Butterfly Within is Lindsey's website to connect for well-being and empowerment coaching for education professionals (and resources/self-care sessions)

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My heart and mind love to create, explore, learn, and grow. This is a space for sharing experiences, opportunities, resources, and tools for life-long learning (especially with educators). To foster an understanding and value for wellness, to develop social and emotional connections, to support uncovering our authenticity, and to create a ripple for worldwide transformation.

The Butterfly Within Me sees, honors, and values the Butterfly Within You.

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The Butterfly Within shares self-care and wellness resources, strategies, and opportunities. Learn helpful tools for educators and families and discover publications including Big Change, Better You, Beautiful World; Gran cambio, mejor corazón, hermoso mundo. Sign-up for accessible and trauma-informed yoga sessions for adults and children.

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Grow Mindfully is for integrating mindfulness into schools; this is a special opportunity for adults

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In our modern society, many people, children, adolescents and adults, feel overwhelmed by the many demands in their lives.
The toxic stress they experience affects their cognitive and emotional skills, and overall well-being.

Grow Mindfully provides programs for elementary and high school students and teachers, and to their communities that help develop mindfulness skills. These programs are based on the Mindful Schools curricula which have impacted over 1.5 million children and adolescents worldwide. Through the simple and effective practices of mindfulness training, participants not only learn to cope with stress but also develop kindness and ability to take compassionate actions.

With a consistent mindfulness practice, they may ultimately thrive in multiple areas of their life.

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In our modern society, many people, children, adolescents and adults, feel overwhelmed by the many demands in their lives. The toxic stress they experience affects their cognitive and emotional skills, and overall well-being. Grow Mindfully provides programs for elementary and high school students and teachers, and to their communities that help develop mindfulness skills.

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Free: Online Mindfulness Class for Kids!

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Mindful Schools has created ten free mindfulness classes for kids (as seen on CNN). Join us online - for mindful activities, mindful movement, read-alouds - and let's have fun exploring mindfulness together. Free Online: Mindfulness Class for Kids! Sign up to receive classes and mindfulness resources in your inbox.