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Children & Youth Exposed to Violence: Trauma Informed Practices for Schools

Children & Youth Exposed to Violence: Trauma Informed Practices for Schools. Erin Fairchild, MSW Defending Childhood Initiative Coord. Mult. Co. DV Coordination Office 503-988-4995 Erin.fairchild@multco.us. Questions?.

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Children & Youth Exposed to Violence: Trauma Informed Practices for Schools

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  1. Children & Youth Exposed to Violence: Trauma Informed Practices for Schools Erin Fairchild, MSW Defending Childhood Initiative Coord. Mult. Co. DV Coordination Office 503-988-4995 Erin.fairchild@multco.us

  2. Questions? Please write up to 3 questions on a note card throughout the entire training. We will answer all questions and post the document on our webpage. Thanks!

  3. Where Did I Come From? Mentor/tutor/college prep in middle schools (which meant all the “behavior kids” were sent out of the classroom to me). Motivation to work with children & youth who weren’t being served well in traditional settings (ie “troubled youth”). Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative

  4. DOJ’s Defending Childhood Website justice.gov/defendingchildhood Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative 4

  5. Why On Earth Do We Do This Work?! Aside from the riches, glamour, job stability, relaxing workloads, and accolades – what gets us out of bed, allows us to bring our emotional presence and energy? Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative

  6. WARM UP Think about a child or youth you’ve known in your work who was/is impacted by violence. In pairs: spend 3 minutes discussing why this child sticks with you. What did you love about this child? What was hard? Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative

  7. Hold that child with you today, with a sense of possibility for him or her. We are here in service to the 60 children we collectively hold with us today. Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative

  8. A note about content New Review Refresh Reconsider Share Speak the same language Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative

  9. “None of us is as smart as all of us.” Japanese Proverb Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative

  10. Early Childhood Adolescence Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative

  11. Remember: Many children are exposed to trauma, yet most aren’t traumatized. Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative

  12. Children’s Exposure to Violence (CEV): The Scope of the Problem Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative

  13. Range of Childhood Violence Exposure

  14. DCI Community Needs Assessment (2011) identified 4 forms of most prevalent CEV in Mult. Co.: • DV / IPV / WPV • Bullying • Teen dating violence / relationship violence • Child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect) NOTE: gang-related violence disproportionately impacts communities of color – STRYVE/Health Dept.

  15. National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV, Finkelhor, Turner, Ormrod, & Hamby, 2009) • Telephone survey conducted January 2008- May 2008 • Nationally representative sample of 4549 children age 1 month-17 2454 caregivers of children age 0-9 2095 youth age 10-17 • More than 40 types of victimization assessed Mult. Co. DVCO Defending Childhood Initiative

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