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
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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
Oklahoma’s Family, Youth, & Young Adult Developed Measure of Family Dynamics & Functioning
Oklahoma Systems of Care (OKSOC) provides services to children, youth, and young adults experiencing serious emotional disturbance. Evaluation is an integral part of the Systems of Care movement in Oklahoma and provides information on program effectiveness for children and families. OKSOC engages families and youths in the evaluation in multiple ways—including developing assessment questions and interpreting data. The OKSOC State Family Coordinator, Gerri Mullendore, and the OKSOC evaluators with the E-TEAM at the University of Oklahoma worked with several family members and youth, as well as family advocacy organizations, to develop the OKSOC Family Assessment, a 10-item survey with family members, youth, and young adults as an integral driver in the process. The OKSOC Family Assessment is administered at baseline and every 6-months during enrollment to measure caregiver and youths/young adult perceptions of various family dynamics. Only youths aged 9 and above are asked to complete … [Read more...] about Oklahoma’s Family, Youth, & Young Adult Developed Measure of Family Dynamics & Functioning
Youth Justice in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons, Strategies, and Pathways Forward
The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated that we can drastically reduce the population of incarcerated young people and move towards a Systems of Care approach that improves outcomes by centering families’ voice and choice. In this session, featured panelists from Justice for Families, Justice Policy Institute, National Juvenile Justice Network, and Center for Children’s Law and Policy will share new insights on this topic from their 2022 collaborative study, which brought together participants from justice-impacted families and youth, practitioners, policymakers, and advocates from across the US. The speakers will highlight lessons learned, ongoing challenges, and future pathways for policy and practice changes implemented during the pandemic, diving deep into the following topics: Cross Practitioner Lessons Learned from COVID-19. Panelists will share how youth justice practitioners from 3 jurisdictions across the US moved away from incarceration, created virtual connections, and found … [Read more...] about Youth Justice in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons, Strategies, and Pathways Forward
Advancing Systems and Societies of Care in Tribal Nations and Communities
System of Care is not a new concept to tribal communities, but has existed as a way of life for surviving and thriving together for centuries. When the values and principles of System of Care were formally published, they were easily accepted by many tribal communities because they embody indigenous societal ways of working together for the good of the collective, sharing resources, and listening to the voices of elders and youth. Attempts to colonize indigenous peoples resulted in major shifts away from this way of life. One of the results was forced systems that were fragmented, disconnected, and being driven by the top with little to no guidance from the community. These broken tribal systems are a reflection of broken mainstream systems with the added burden of continued institutionalized racism and discrimination that maintain the ongoing disparities and inadequate funding and resources Tribal Nations face. As Tribal Nations began applying for and being awarded the SAMHSA System … [Read more...] about Advancing Systems and Societies of Care in Tribal Nations and Communities