Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Toolkit

Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Trauma Informed C re 4 Hour General Training

Rev. 5/2019

Eradicating child maltreatment in America could potentially reduce many things predicted by ACEs:  Depression  Alcoholism and drug use  Suicide  Domestic violence  The need for incarceration Why Focus on Trauma In Children?

Using ACE Information

 Do we really want to “open this can of worms?”  Original ACE study had 24/7 counselors…no one called.

Caution: ACEs are not Destiny  Some children are more susceptible than others to toxic stress  There can be other adults to serve a buffering, caring role  There is a capacity to repair across development

Healing “Neen” Video  Tonier “Neen” Cain homeless for almost two decades after a childhood of abuse and neglect (ACE score of 10).  Arrested over 80 times with 66 criminal

 Offered TIC-related program when incarcerated and pregnant in 2004.  Now she is on staff and is a national spokesperson for

the National Center for Trauma-Informed Care.

 Interventions can make a difference  What is predictable is preventable

convictions (substance abuse and prostitution).

Healing Neen

https://youtu.be/IUJPJ4eW8kQ

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