Childhood Trauma Task Force

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James is a thirteen-year old Caucasian child who is being physically and verbally abused in his home by his two parents. James suffers from multiple disorders that have not been diagnosed by a doctor. He has been removed from his home that he shares with his two younger sisters. James presently is in his Uncle Patrick’s kinship foster care where he is living. James’s case seems that he is suffering from three of the 12 core concepts. Working with children who suffer with more stress related trauma is a more challenging case for the social workers. Sometimes these cases affect the social worker, and they experience vicarious trauma. A social worker works closely with their patients and form a significant relationship

In recent years’ police departments around the country have been brought into the public eye. Due to their actions towards African Americans many have become suspicious about the criminal justice system and the amount of trust that can be bestow upon them. The public has only focused on police but fail to realize that this goes deeper into the system itself. There have been many court cases where African Americans have received harsher punishments than Whites for very similar crimes. This shows that it may not only be one part of the system that are treating African Americans badly. There are multiple areas that misuse their power against them and this didn’t just start to occur recently this had been occurring for years.

In previous sections, the report described trauma, trauma-specific services, and trauma symptoms on a broad basis. Additionally, it's important to explicate what a trauma-informed organization (TIO) looks like. At their core, TIOs demonstrate a commitment to having every facet of their organization, including all personnel, executing services through a trauma-informed lens. In TIOs, all staff have a basic knowledge about trauma and its complexities, broadly understand how trauma makes their clients vulnerable, how to provide services that avoid retraumatization, and deliver services that facilitate client participation.1 Trauma-informed organizations typically share five key characteristics: cultural competency, client-centric services and

The nature of early childhood adversity and trauma can be emotional, physical or sexual, with sexual abuse being the most commonly identified factor in almost all cases of people who have been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (du Plessis & Vesser, 2014; Sar & Ozturk, 2012). Furthermore , the sexual abuse if often incestuous which is also displayed in the case of one of the characters of the movie(Rose) that this discussion focused on, who was often sexually and physically abused by her brother Dale. However, as Spira(1996 cited in Harrison,n.d) notes, this is not the case in all instances of dissociative identity disorder, even if sexual abuse may be present in some cases, it is not always committed by a family member. Other

It is clear that Mr. Martinez has experienced a significant number of traumatic events in his lifetime. The repeated abuse as a child coupled with the trauma he experienced as an adult would most certainly make Mr. Martinez susceptible to Complex PTSD. Although this synopsis doesn't detail Martinez's response to the traumas I assume that the events in his early childhood would have instilled feelings of fear and helplessness. I believe he would have had similar feelings from the combat-related trauma, torture by law enforcement, and the experience of being on death row. It is likely that the PTSD lead Martinez to commit acts that lead to his incarceration.

“Instead of feeling protected by police, many African Americans are intimidated and live in daily fear that their children will face abuse, arrest, and death at the hands of police officers who may be acting on implicit biases or institutional policies based on stereotypes and assumptions of black criminality.”

After reading, it is logical and makes sense that higher the amount of exposure to childhood trauma would affect someone later in life. These experiences have the ability to cause greater health issues because of it (Stevens, 2014). This aligns with my working knowledge of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) research which I have learned from my mentor. This topic is big for her as she works with children and families in our communities for a living. She is aware of my past of being in foster care and has educated me how ACE research pertains to me. A while back she started naming off experiences, asking if I had them in my life, with the goal of educating me about how high my ACE score is and that it makes sense that I got cancer three years

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) was stablished by Congress in 2000 and brings a comprehensive focus to childhood trauma. This network raises the average standard of care and improves access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States. The NCTSN defines trauma‑focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF‑CBT) as an evidence‑based treatment approach that is shown to help children, adolescents, and their caregivers overcome trauma‑related difficulties. It is designed to reduce negative emotional and behavioral responses following a traumatic event. The treatment addresses distorted beliefs related to the abuse and provides a supportive environment so the individual can talk about their traumatic experience. TF‑CBT also helps parents cope with their own emotional issues and develop skills to support their children.

A person's childhood will ultimately determine the course of the rest of their lives. Statistically, children who are born into poor locations are more likely to commit robberies and to engage in gang-related criminality. The people who are most at-risk are African American youth, particularly males from single-parent households (Wheelock & Ugeen 2006, page 2). Within low-income areas, there are many associated hardships including lack of educational opportunities, health care, potential employment, and an influx of

Your introduction is very engaging and emphasizes the important role of communication after experiencing trauma. I believe your topic is very relatable because there is a sense of denial, seclusion, and dissociation that correlates with trauma and loss that many of us have experienced. Open communication within a family unit provides opportunities to express thoughts and feelings and develop appropriate coping strategies (Zambianchi & Bitti, 2014). In your intro you stated, "The impact childhood trauma has on our society and on children." As a suggestion, maybe you could expand on this statement or state specific impacts childhood trauma has on our society or on children. I love your examples of evidenced based interventions and how

The article I chose to appraise is titled Tranexamic acid administration to pediatric trauma patients in a combat setting: The pediatric trauma and tranexamic acid study (PED-TRAX). It is a retrospective review of all the pediatric trauma admissions to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Role 3 Hospital, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Patients were treated between 2008 and 2012. They used the Joint Theater Trauma Registry which is a data collection of US coalition and civilian trauma casualty data which has been gathered from recent/ongoing military conflicts (Eckert, et. al., 2014). This registry is designed to facilitate advances in combat care.

When I decided to take the trauma course, I was hesitant at first to take it. I did not know what to expect nor felt I would be prepare listen to stories about traumatic occurrences, despite of the number of years I have worked in the field of community mental health. Therefore, now that we are in week eight, I am delighted to have taken this course. The impression I had at first, has changed my insight concerning what is trauma, as for many years, I did not understand why a person in many instances, could not process their trauma. In a quote by Chang stated, “The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening; the smaller the doubt, the smaller the awakening. No doubt, no awakening” (Van Der Kolk, 2014, p. 22). The goes in congruence with my understanding on trauma and how it has changed during this course. As a result, I feel I am awakening when acquiring more about trauma.

When considering if Rind et al. should have been more measured in their conclusions I say no. After reading that article it appeared to me that they covered and analyzed a lot of important material. In the study they compared gender, intensity, and pervasiveness in college students. For anyone who does a study that involves numerous statistical analysis it is hard to accurately measure everyone and everything, especially for something like childhood sexual trauma. Child sexual trauma, or CSA is something that is extremely difficult to study for many reasons and Rind explained some of those challenges. The major challenge is doing research on this is one, there is no one clear definition on what constitutes CSA and two, there are numerous other

“American Psychiatric Association defines trauma as an event that represents a threat to life or personal integrity. Trauma can also be experienced when children are faced with a caregiver who acts erratically, emotional and /or physical neglect, and exploitation” (Maltby, L., & Hall, T. 2012. p. 304). Trauma comes in many different forms including: war, rape, kidnapping, abuse, sudden injury, and