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 […]
How Often Do You Use “Just” in your Communication?
Here is a little food for thought with an invitation to notice how often and why you use the word “just” when communicating with others and even with yourself. I have had a few conversations about this with colleagues and we commented on how including “just” in our wording seems to be a part of […]
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, […]
How to Replicate our Organization’s Professional Impact on Students
I was in a casual meeting today speaking to someone for the first time about all the varied aspects of Lakeside. We discussed the thousands of students to whom we provide academic and clinical services. We talked about our training to 5,800 professionals. We referenced the hundreds of staff that have come together to help […]
Do You Pay Attention to Your Inner Dialogue?
In my last blog I invited readers to notice the extent to which they use You-messages versus the much healthier form of communication, I-messages. Shifting from You-messages to I-messages places the responsibility for whatever is being said on the speaker instead of being accusatory, attacking, or blaming the other person. When people use I-messages, there […]
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. […]
Does Your Organization Have Intuitive Growth?
In Philadelphia, there is huge momentum and excitement about the Phillies! After over a decade of not being in contention, the Phillies are in the World Series! The entire city and region is celebrating and there is an outrageous sense of anticipation! One fan recently said, ”It has become real when you feel it!” This […]
Why You Shouldn’t Say “You Made Me So Angry!”
Recently someone was describing a family relative and told me how they made her so angry sometimes. We probably heard people say that as well as things like, “You made me feel so sad,” “You drive me crazy!” or “You make me feel responsible for your struggles.” When we state that another person has the […]
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 […]
The Tragedy of Violence
We at Lakeside have the privilege of working with students who have had a great deal of adversity in their lives. We recognize that some of our students come from communities where there are situations that are high risk. We feel good that we can provide them with stability and consistent relationships, and help them […]
