Self-Healing Communities
This article by RWJF describes how addressing problems that a community is facing collectively rather than as stand-alone issues is more effective in building a community that is collaborative and hopeful.
Practice Models
Leading Social Transformations: A Case Study Update on Advancing the Common Good
This webinar follows-up on a case study published May 2021 focusing on methods for large-scale transformation in Canada’s family justice system. Four authors from the case study provide deeper context into the study’s tools and techniques and address the barriers to large-scale transformation societies face today.
Preventing Childhood Toxic Stress: Partnering With Families and Communities to Promote Relational Health
This policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics describes how relational health can be employed to build resilience and mitigate childhood toxic stress by partnering with families and communities. A paradigm shift from a problem-focused model to a solution-based approach would actively engage youth and their families in developing strategies to cope with current …
Trauma-Informed Care Implementation Resource Center
The Trauma-Informed Care Implementation Resource Center provides resources to guide health care organizations and schools in becoming trauma-informed. Some topics include the impact of racism on patient health, tips on starting conversations about trauma-informed care (TIC) with organization leadership, and TIC in the context of high-need populations. Additionally, overviews of ACEs and their impacts across …
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How One State Achieved Breakthrough Improvements in a Highly Stressed Foster Care System
This webinar discusses Restore Hope Arkansas’ work in transforming Arkansas’ foster care system and highlights the process of creating and using strategy maps as a strategic framework to align many stakeholders, leverage innovative technology, and effectively engage community partners. The recording is available on-demand.
The Legacy of Trauma: Can Experiences Leave A Biological Imprint?
NPR’s ‘Shortwave’ discusses epigenetics and their implications for potential trauma inheritance with Bianca Jones Martin and Brian Dias.
Baby courts: A proven approach to stop the multigenerational transmission of ACEs in child welfare; new efforts to establish courts nationwide
Florida’s “baby courts” use trauma-educated judges, multidisciplinary teams, and infant mental health clinicians to provide families support, strengthen relationships, and mitigate childhood trauma. Its goal is to reduce the prevalence of abuse and discharge families from the court system sooner.
ACEs and Resiliency Strategy Map
A presentation detailing an ACEs Strategy Map for how faith-based communities can be positive forces for minimizing and addressing trauma. It also shares The Basics, which is a community-wide approach to early childhood brain development.
Thriving Families Safer Children Equitable Compensation Taskforce Report
The Thriving Families Safer Children (TFSC) movement includes 22 sites nationwide as well as lived expert leaders and five national partner organizations. Inconsistent practices across sites and partner organizations in how lived expert partners are compensated have been observed (also referred to in this report as lived experience partners, individuals with lived experience, or LEX). …
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Racial Equity Tools
There are two sections on this site that focus on organizational change. The PLAN/Issues section provides the concepts and frameworks to understand the change process, examples and ways to make one’s case and include case studies of organizations at different points in their change process. In the Organizational Change Process section of ACT/Strategies, there are …