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http://sur-sys.com/cgi-bin/rws5.pl?FORM=Holistic_Session_26While there is growing awareness of the connection between developmental trauma, neglect, attachment disruptions, and other related childhood adversity and the increase risk for school suspension, expulsion, seclusion, and restraint, there is limited acknowledgment of the impact of exposure to historical and racial trauma over multiple generations. For justice advocates from marginalized communities based on gender, orientation, race, and socioeconomic status, personal/professional lines are often blurred by the trauma that results from adverse community environments both in the office and in the community. Additionally, without a fundamental understanding of how repeated exposure to trauma during childhood affects the growth and development of children; how the risk of such exposure to traumatic situations increases in adverse community environments (violence, discrimination, lack of opportunity); and how the availability/absence of protective factors (parental protection, nurturing neighbors, school support) can mitigate/aggravate the impact of such exposure, such practitioners unknowingly contribute to the adverse childhood experiences that their dedication and commitment hope to overcome. This Innovative Lab session will identify the need to address second hand trauma to better support a stable, healthy workforce for everyone.
