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Addressing the Needs of Frontline Workers
Throughout the past year, I have been struck by the degree to which attention to mental health and wellness, specifically of the impact of trauma on mental health, has entered mainstream discussion. “Frontline Workers” (FLW) who continued to show up for work despite personal risks have been...
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Implementing Trauma-Informed Care is a Journey, Not a Project
Studies show that the prevalence of trauma is ubiquitous and can create adverse health outcomes for individuals. As the first HIV/AIDS organization in Brooklyn, New York, Bridging Access to Care (BAC) works with high-needs individuals in New York City who have trouble coordinating their healthcare....
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24 Organizations Team Up in Westchester’s First Trauma-Informed Systems Change Collaborative
Exposure to traumatic stress is increasingly understood as a common denominator among children, youth, and adults across service systems. Experiences surrounding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma impact individuals everywhere. The pandemic and other recent events, nationally and...
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Trauma-Informed Care: Children in Crisis
We know that most if not all of the people we serve at the Institute for Community Living (ICL) have experienced multiple traumas in the course of their lives. This is true for every ICL program, whether in behavioral health clinics and crisis services or housing for people living with mental...
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Post-COVID Strategies to Achieve the Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health System We’ve Needed All Along
For decades, systemic racism has disproportionately routed Black and Brown children who have unmet behavioral health needs to congregate care and residential programs, and adults with these needs, to jails and prisons (Bronson & Berzofsky, 2017; National Conference of State Legislatures, 2021)....
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Utilizing Trauma-Informed Care to Address Trauma Reactions in Staff: Potential Impacts on Retention
In our current sociocultural climate, we have been hearing the term “trauma” discussed more frequently, not only in healthcare, but in a variety of environments and social circles. This shift signifies a changing of the guard, as there is now a social and professional movement toward...
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A Trauma-Informed Community Approach to Bullying
As the largest mental health clinic provider in the South Bronx, New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center (NYPCC) therapists have witnessed an influx of traumatized children struggling with bullying in city schools. Indeed, New York State Education Department statistics show that bullying is a...
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Integrating Trauma-Informed Care Into Organizations Serving Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
In recent years, there has been a large focus on understanding how trauma interacts with other factors to create unique vulnerabilities in people. Individuals who have experienced intense or frequent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) exhibit more health and behavioral difficulties throughout...
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Facilitating Trauma-Informed Organizational Change: OASAS Trauma-Informed Care Champions
Last June of 2020, Arlene González-Sánchez, LMSW, Commissioner of the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) announced a partnership with the Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care (ITTIC) at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. The goal of the...
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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Underscores the Need for Trauma-Informed Care
A traumatic experience can have long-lasting effects on a person’s physical, mental and emotional health and well-being for decades afterwards; and the more traumatic events a person experiences, the more likely they’ll have significant medical and emotional problems. For the past 18...
