With so many issues like COVID and the mental health crisis flooding our media we can easily find that we have ignored other significant issues like the prevalence of drug overdoses. Many of these overdoses are in our youth community. Statistics like this are not just numbers. They are tragedies, traumas and devastation to those […]
Happy New Year, 2023!
As we approach this coming 2023 New Year, I hope the holidays have been restful and enjoyable with your family and friends. I know for many of us the gatherings will continue through the New Year holiday and there will be much to look forward to in the coming year. For me as I lead […]
How You Can Become a Trauma-Advocate
As a country we have been watching election results and attempting to predict what we as a country might be in for in the newly elected Congress. What is true is that our government has huge impact on what happens nationally and globally. I think the funding given to Ukraine was very revealing about our […]
Trauma-Informed Architecture is Becoming a Reality
I was recently asked to speak to a group of architects about how trauma-informed care can be featured in secure youth program facilities. I presented a national lunch-and-learn which demonstrated how to bridge programmatic elements of trauma-informed care to building design for youth facilities. It is unusual to find engineers and architects who are interested […]
Do Most At-Risk Youth Have a Trauma History?
Lakeside deals with 5800 students per year. Very often I wonder about their backgrounds, their relationships, their traumatic experiences, their adverse childhood experiences and so much more. What is it that brings adolescents to a place where they cannot exist in our regular communities and families? Recently I was in a secure youth rehabilitation center. […]
How Can Trauma-Informed Care Begin at the Front Door?
When I tour facilities that are usually rehabilitation or treatment based I often am struck with “first impressions.” I recognize that funds can be limited for some organizations which makes it hard to place a great deal of energy toward our entranceways. Also I recognize that many facilities were designed with more industrial or institutional […]
Trauma-Informed Care – Sometimes it’s Complicated
The term trauma-informed care is widely used to characterize the philosophy of properly caring for individuals who are trauma-impacted. It is an approach that has a trauma lens and can enact the skills of a trained trauma professional in order to help individuals overcome the consequences of their trauma. When individuals are working within any […]
Providing Training to Pennsylvania Child Welfare Professionals
I have written significantly about our trauma training at Lakeside Global Institute. We have gradually been providing training to professionals across the state of Pennsylvania. It has been a process of slowly growing our reputation and impact over years of dedication from our training staff and administrators. While providing our training we have been researching, […]
Could a Trauma-Responsive Environment Prevented This Tragedy?
The results were just released to the parent of a 7-year-old who died of “positional asphyxia” as a result of being restrained or possibly disciplined at Brooklawn residential facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The tragic death of Ja’Ceon Terry happened in July of this year and the details of his death have just been released publicly. […]
What is Trauma-Informed verses Trauma-Responsive Care?
The term trauma-informed has been utilized as a goal, as an outcome and as an information level for most professionals and organizations that deal with trauma-impacted individuals. What is interesting about that is that there are as many definitions of being trauma-informed as there are trainings. Just like any form of therapeutic education the information […]
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