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Novermber Event - Hanna center

Experiences in life can affect the person you are; not the person you were meant to be. This belief has helped us to change the life of every boy who has come to Hanna Boys Center, since we opened our doors in 1945. It takes work. Good things don’t come easily. But good things do happen. At Hanna, we’re here to help. With a lot of support, a lot of understanding, and a lot of guidance.

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Novermber Event - Hanna center

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  1. Trauma and Adversity:Turning Hurt into Hope Brian Farragher, MSW, MBA Executive Director, Hanna Boys Center September 22, 2015

  2. The healthy development of all children benefits all of society by providing a solid foundation for responsible citizenship, economic productivity, lifelong physical and mental health, strong communities, and sustainable democracy and prosperity.

  3. What We Know About Brain Development • Brains are built over time, shaped by the interaction between genetics and experience. • Social, emotional, and cognitive development are highly interrelated. • Brain architecture and skills are built in a hierarchical “bottom-up” sequence. • Brain plasticity and the ability to change behavior decrease over time.

  4. Relationships Are The “Active Ingredients” Of Early Experience • Nurturing and responsive relationships build healthy brain architecture that provides a strong foundation for learning, behavior, and health. • When protective relationships are not provided, elevated levels of stress hormones (i.e., cortisol) disrupt brain architecture by impairing cell growth and interfering with the formation of healthy neural circuits.

  5. Hanna Boys ACE Scores 3 N = 105 8 7 20 10 11 12 13 15 5 1

  6. Other Adversities 13 42 28 24 62 37 60 42

  7. Incidents of Physical Abuse by a Family Member ACE Study: 28% Sonoma County 33,019 Sonoma Valley 2,240 Greater Bay Area 448,000 California 2,492,971 US 20,093,920

  8. Incidents of Sexual Abuse by Anyone ACE Study: 21% Sonoma County 24,764 Sonoma Valley 1,680 Greater Bay Area 336,000 California 1,869,000 US 15,070,440

  9. Children with ACE Scoreof 4 or more ACE Study: 16% Sonoma County 18,868 Sonoma Valley 1,280 Greater Bay Area 256,000 California 1,424,000 US 11,482,240

  10. ACEs In Spokane Elementary School Data from research conducted by Chris Blodgett, University of Washington

  11. Hanna’s Future • Linked to What we Know About Neurodevelopment, Trauma and Recovery • Building Recognition and Understanding of the Issue in the Region • Being a Laboratory for Innovation • Disseminating Leading Edge Intervention • Building Healthier Communities

  12. Now… Our Feature Presentation!!!

  13. What Does This Mean For Schools? • We need to become trauma-informed. • Think about how childhood adversity might have shaped kids’ behavior & your choices. • Your kids – and their families – are not sick or bad… they are injured. • The question is not “What is wrong with you?“ but “What happened to you?” • The way out is not the same as the way in… Pain-based interventions do not work.

  14. What Does This Mean For Schools? • Kids are doing the best they can, most days. They lack the skills they need. • Things change when you change things. • Kids need hopeful, optimistic, positive, caring people in their lives. • We are doing life and death work. • Visit the ACE Website: www.acestudy.org

  15. So, What Can I Do? • Take nothing personally / Never mirror negative behavior or affect. • Remain calm and supportive… staff with a heart rate of 100 cannot help kids with a heart rate of 100. • Make and practice emergency management plans. • Process, Pattern Recognition, Feelings Drive Behavior, Integration. • Take it at 45… not head on.

  16. So, What Else Can I Do? • Calm the heart… yours and theirs. • Identify reenactments - riveting on threat, encourages reenactment. • Be creative, be crazy creative… Change is risky business – take some risks. • Sometimes do the opposite of what feels right. • Discipline is important… love, attachment, relationship is the secret sauce. Way more important.

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