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During this Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) virtual training on Mon, Jun 17 at 9 AM - participants will explore both individual and organizational approaches to trauma-informed care frameworks. The discussions aim to equip service providers with tools for implementing Trauma-Informed Care's foundational 4 R's within the context of community violence. To register, visit https://loom.ly/uKPWezc #traumainformedcare #communityviolence

Aftercare’s crucial role! Extending Recovery Beyond Treatment  TREATMENT CATALYSES While formal treatment provides indispensable care, graduation signifies the beginning - not the end! CUSTOMISED SUPPORT Crafting individualised aftercare regiments, sustain momentum, including continued counselling, coaching, recovery groups and community reintegration. p.s. In your opinion, what aftercare support remains most overlooked? Reply with the #1 area for improvement!

Candous McGuire is back with 2 more things to consider BEFORE becoming a BCBA ✔️ For the complete list, visit our blog: https://lnkd.in/eN_VzNwa #bcba #bcbalife #careeradvice

Today, we share essential tips on effective child centered interventions. Do you know of other strategies? Please share in the comment section. #BetheDifference

Learn the skill set - learn how to ask a distraught person if they are thinking about hurting themselves and then refer to experts on interdisciplinary care team.

A refreshing way to look at the behavior of people around us (our partners, our children, our students) can be to consider what is driving the actions we see. It can help us to get curious about what is behind the behaviors we see. In this short video my colleague, Lindsay Beth Lyons and I discuss unmet needs and restorative practices that can be used to meet the needs of students in classrooms as educators. ➡ Check it out and find links to materials to use in your own classrooms. (With gratitude to Amy Fabrikant Holistic Health and Kenneth López for their collaboration in creating the chart of human needs to be used with elementary school students.) 🙏 #restorativepractice #studentengagement #socialemotionallearning #communitybuilding #studentcare #responsiveteaching #eyesopeneducation

In advocating for a cause, one must persist until detractors turn into supporters, even if it means going beyond their formal role. Your value is set by your impact; it was never in the title. While advocacy may entail personal sacrifices and strain relationships, the eventual impact can be profound. For instance, the push for de-escalation training for transit organizations, which was later mandated by the FTA, exemplifies how unwavering advocacy can lead to positive change benefiting various public servants. This story underscores the notion that perseverance in advocacy can result in substantial gains for society at large, making the sacrifices worthwhile in the end. If you thought my advocacy and promoting mental health for public servants was about me, you missed the message! #marysson #publicservant #CIT #crisisawarenessprogram #operatorsafety #crisisdeescalation

If you've been interested in learning how to use family play therapy with your child and adolescent clients, 👇 then check out my book - Attachment-Focused Family Play Therapy: An Intervention for Children and Teens After Trauma. Check out what you're colleagues are saying about it! You can buy it wherever books are sold. ~ Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training rhplaytherapytraining.com #playtherapy #expressivearts #childrensmentalhealth

Guelph Police Service Chief Cobey Why is your service so inept at caring for its members? How many more officers need to go off work with unprocessed or undiagnosed traumatic injuries before you act? An overreaction is justifiable. An underreaction is inexcusable. *** This issue is not unique to the Guelph Police Service.*** However, after having worked there for 30 years, after witnessing the impact of that lack of care and leadership in this regard (mental wellbeing), I feel this is where I can best affect change now, and I see firsthand that it’s needed now. Why do I believe it is needed? Because I continue to speak to officers that are currently off work with Post Traumatic Stress Injuries, or who have recently retired from the Guelph Police Service, with that (lack of care) being a factor in their retirement decision. It was for me. I do this while I continue to advocate for change on a broader scale, as I do recognize that there is a huge need for more education, more skills, and national training standards for our officers.

When colleagues ask me why I am so passionate about restorative justice I tell them: to support all student's individual success (esp with trauma/on IEPs), we need to extend understanding while holding upcommunity standards https://lnkd.in/eiaQtUXS #Schoolchange #Schoolleadership #Teachersoflinkedin #Restorativejustice