Speaking with a friend recently who works at a school for the deaf, she shared her observations about how the students in her school behave as a probable result of their unresolved trauma. Over the years I have shared with her information about the nature of trauma and listening to her, she clearly has absorbed […]
The Ineffectiveness of Therapeutic Silos – Approaches to Trauma-informed Interventions
One of the first times I encountered the idea of cross-professional trauma-informed care was at a trauma conference we held in Philadelphia. The planning committee was very intentional to create cross-professional discussions. We did this by providing basic trauma training in each represented profession. We then brought all the professions together to process case studies […]
The Ineffectiveness of Therapeutic Silos – Communication
In my last post I discussed the professional silos that exist in our systems of care. So often trauma-impacted are caught between these silos. Silos that are fragmented struggle and may be incapable of addressing the real problem, which is rooted in some type of traumatic experience of their clients. Another aspect of this siloed […]
Responses to Becoming Trauma Informed
In the LGI division of Lakeside we provide dozens of trauma workshops and courses every year. There have been many interesting responses by our participants as they become more trauma-informed as a result of attending our trainings. Many of responses depend on the degrees to which a participant has some kind of a trauma history […]
The Ineffectiveness of Therapeutic Silos
Lakeside provides trauma-informed training to many systems of care in various professions and different communities. It is always quite interesting to experience the abounding opinions and receptivity to trauma-informed care. Some professionals and organizations are very open and want to learn all they can. Others do not see the need or they may have different […]
The Fast Facts of the Opioid Crisis
As I scroll through my news feeds and listen to current media sources I feel very frustrated by the amount of dissonant and polarizing stories that are political in nature. As we all probably recognize, the intensity of anger, hostility, threats and general discord is so prevalent that it feels somewhat hopeless that we as […]
Important Considerations around Promoting Self-Regulation
In her blog post from 12/2/18, What to Know Before We Teach Children Self-Regulation Skills, Mona Delahooke, Ph.D, invited her readers to learn more about teaching children to regulate their own emotions and behaviors, first citing Leah Kuypers approach The Zones of Regulation. She shares that “The Zones” is a cognitive-behavioral approach that teaches children […]
Contextualized Trauma Informed On-line Training
Lakeside Global Institute has a wide array of trauma-informed professional development courses. We offer our training in three different delivery formats. • Live – our trainers come to your location to provide training to professional staff • Broadcast – live training is offered to professional staff from our studios via the internet • On-demand – […]
“I Just Want to Fit In”
It is not unusual for students or adults who have committed an act that is destructive like drinking to excess or consuming an addictive drug to say that they do it to “fit in.” In hearing about this behavior, we might assume that this statement is some kind of excuse or a weakness of character. […]
A Trauma Flashback Story
A friend called me, his voice shaky, asking if I could help him put the brakes on the flashbacks he was having after watching the first hour of the documentary, “Leaving Neverland,” that aired on Sunday, March 4, 2019 on HBO. “It really blindsided me. I was just channel surfing and it came on. I […]
