According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), youth previously involved with the juvenile justice system had up to 23 times the firearm mortality rate of the general population. Black children accounted for 46 percent of gun deaths in 2021, even though they are only 14 percent of the U.S. under-18 population. Put more simply: Black children are five times as likely to die from gunfire as their White peers. This series will focus on how grass-roots care systems can wrap around youth and families impacted by gang and gun violence. So often, we blame gangs, and we forget that systemic racism is the root cause. Participants will hear from first responders who are not traditionally funded by systems of care and are doing the most vital work, including faith-based, mental health, substance use treatment, peer support, research, and street outreach perspectives. WHAT IS A HEART WORK SERIES? A Heart Work Series … [Read more...] about Heart Work Series Part 2 – Do you see me? How systems of care can wrap around youth and families impacted by gang and gun violence
ACEs & Trauma
Heart Work Series Part 1 – Do you see me? How systems of care can wrap around youth and families impacted by gang and gun violence
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), youth previously involved with the juvenile justice system had up to 23 times the firearm mortality rate of the general population. Black children accounted for 46 percent of gun deaths in 2021, even though they are only 14 percent of the U.S. under-18 population. Put more simply: Black children are five times as likely to die from gunfire as their White peers. This series will focus on how grass-roots care systems can wrap around youth and families impacted by gang and gun violence. So often, we blame gangs, and we forget that systemic racism is the root cause. Participants will hear from first responders who are not traditionally funded by systems of care and are doing the most vital work, including faith-based, mental health, substance use treatment, peer support, research, and street outreach perspectives. WHAT IS A HEART WORK SERIES? A Heart Work Series … [Read more...] about Heart Work Series Part 1 – Do you see me? How systems of care can wrap around youth and families impacted by gang and gun violence
Public Health State Agency Actions – Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences and Uplifting Positive Childhood Experiences
Join DeAndre Cain and Grace Morrow from the Georgia Department of Public Health, as they share information regarding adverse childhood experiences/positive childhood experiences program development and evaluation from a state agency perspective. … [Read more...] about Public Health State Agency Actions – Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences and Uplifting Positive Childhood Experiences
Summit 2023 Closing Keynote & Awards Ceremony – Trauma & Healing When Working with Adults & Children: A Developmental Relational Perspective
What do we mean when we say that someone has experienced trauma, or that trauma has affected adult or child development? Individuals experience stressful or traumatic events differently depending upon where they are in their developmental journey. How do children cope with traumatic experiences? A traumatic response might appear in the way children behave with their peers or as they transition from one activity to another. How do adults cope with traumatic experiences? When someone experiences a traumatic event, it might influence them immediately, or the impacts of the event might appear later in life. We who work with families can learn to recognize and be sensitive to the various ways that children and their adult caregivers respond to trauma. These might include behavioral challenges, or sadness and withdrawal. In this workshop, you will learn how to partner with families and caregivers to support children’s healing and the building of resilience, all in service of whole family … [Read more...] about Summit 2023 Closing Keynote & Awards Ceremony – Trauma & Healing When Working with Adults & Children: A Developmental Relational Perspective
Newton’s Law; Secondary Traumatic Stress
Between 40% and 85% of “helping professionals” develop secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, and/or high rates of traumatic symptoms. Law enforcement, victim service providers, legal providers, and medical responders experience sustained exposure to child and adolescent maltreatment, sexual assaults, and human trafficking. The resulting effects can be devastating and include substance abuse, increased rates of suicide, marital distress, depression and anxiety, and decreased physical wellness. This session will address the topics of secondary trauma and compassion fatigue and normalize the impact high stress environments have on helping professionals. Attendees will gain insight and awareness into their own levels of compassion fatigue, and gain resilience through tools and strategies to improve their personal and professional livelihoods. This session will also include organizational considerations for a supportive and healthy work environment. … [Read more...] about Newton’s Law; Secondary Traumatic Stress