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What is the impact of historical trauma on a particular client population? How can Trauma Informed principals be used to reduce the impact of historical trauma on specific clients?

Jane is a nine year old girl who has been brought in to therapy by her mother for stealing, being destructive, lying, behaving aggressively toward her younger siblings, and acting cruelly to animals. Jane has also been acting clingy and affectionate toward strangers.

I. Theoretical and Research Basis for Treatment While working with Precious it has become clear that she has gone through a number of traumas as a child and up until her young adulthood. Precious, dealing with both sexual and physical abuse, has come a long way in wanting to seek treatment and actually wanting to move past her previous traumas. Relevant treatment choices for Precious would be Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Trauma focused cognitive behavior therapy Exposure therapy Cognitive Processing Therapy Integrative treatment of complex trauma for adolescents.

It will be important to conduct the trauma based assessment as early as possible. However, it is vital that a therapeutic rapport be established with the client before proceeding in asking questions regarding the trauma. It takes time for a traumatized individual to trust and be willing to disclose their experiences. When it is felt that the client is ready it is important to let the client know that they have the right to not answer questions. It is important to discuss why we are asking the questions and ensuring the client that we have their best interests in mind and can provide them with a safe and secure location to work through the trauma.

An apartment complex in Denver, Colorado is testing out a new approach to addressing homelessness by introducing trauma-informed care principles into housing.

In the third case study, Sarah suffered from sexual assault when a stranger broke into her home. Like physical abuse, sexual abuse is an interpersonal trauma, which causes the most severe outcomes because the trauma is intentional. Sarah feels ashamed and guilty about the assault. She questions whether she should have resisted the attacker more when he began advancing at her. She also feels as though it is her fault for playing her music to loud which caused her to not be able to hear the intruder. After the attack, she has felt stupid and dirty and she has begun withdrawing from others including her husband and children. She thinks about the event constantly and imagines different scenarios happening. She has started experiencing intrusive

Anyone who deals regularly with victims of trauma or is exposed to graphic pictures or text of trauma, can experience the effects of secondary or vicarious trauma. Vicarious trauma (VT) will affect thinking, while secondary traumatic stress (STS), or compassion fatigue, affects feelings and behavior of the counselor. The purpose of this paper is to discuss man-made or natural disasters as well as personal trauma, and the counselor’s role in these situations. Skills to help the counselor deal with the effects of vicarious trauma will also be discussed in this assignment.

Studies and surveys have shown that upper-extremity injuries are a common result of pitching through youth, high school, and collegiate baseball leagues. There have been surveys taken to show the relation of elbow and shoulder injuries and pitching. Statistics taken describe (1) the proportion of pitchers with a history of pitching related upper-extremity injury (2) proportion of pitchers with w history of pitching related elbow and shoulder injury that was treated through surgery (3)types of upper-extremity injuries sustained by pitchers and (4) types of upper extremity injuries sustained by a certain age category around the same time of injury.

On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at about 1541 hours while represent at Brooklyn Special Victim Unit, located at 653 Grand Ave, Brooklyn, Sgt. Smolarsky, SVU and I interviewed Ms. Ryan-Mary Roberts. The following is a detail description of what transpired;

As you may recall, a new cumulative trauma claim was filed on behalf of the applicant, based on the deposition testimony given by the applicant on January 11, 2016. The new cumulative trauma claim alleges an injury to applicant’s head, eye, neck and shoulder spanning from June 1, 2007 through September 1, 2010. The cumulative trauma claim has been alleged against Butler Manufacturing, also known as Bluescope Steel North America. The case number for this claim is ADJ10645627. A denial letter was sent on November 14, 2016 by Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., on behalf of Bluescope Steel North America.

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

Rob lives in Barrow on his own, Robs usual daily routine is getting up and dressed and going for his daily paper he then nips to the betting office, Rob then goes to his local pub Wetherspoons for a big breakfast. Rob likes to sit and read his paper and do his crosswords. He will usually stay and have his lunch there as well. Rob will then head home and have a afternoon nap before going back out and catching up with his friends in bars close by. Rob is keen to return home, but was recently admitted to FGH with a perforated leg ulcer which required surgery, this has impacted on Robs mobility and he will need some time to get back to he routine again once back home.

Officer went to contact a subject on a bicycle who fled on the bike. Officer followed the suspect in his police unit and collided with the fleeing bicyclist. Suspect was complaining of pain to his left leg, left wrist and had visible scrapes to his left leg. Suspect was transported to PVCH for treatment and will be booked for 148 PC. MAIT was notified and is

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.

Thompson and colleagues (2009): Physical and sexual abuse was moderately positively correlated with positive symptom severity (especially grandiosity) among ethnic minority participants (N=17), while general trauma was positively correlated with affective symptoms among Caucasian participants (N=13).