Announcements
Journalists across the nation have noticed the positive impact that Trauma Smart can bring to their communities.
United Way Announces New Community Impact 100 Partners
United Way of Greater Kansas City announced the selection of this year's Impact 100 partners, and Crittenton Children's Center was included. This annual list is comprised of the hundred most vital health and human service organizations that United Way will invest and partner with to bring real-time solutions to our community.
The full list of selected organizations can be found here.
Trauma Smart participates in Leadership EDIT Summit 2023
Team members provided Trauma Smart resources and information at the Leadership EDIT 2023 Conference to support its goal of creating a cohort of building and district leadership who are focused on creating equitable and trauma-informed systems.
How do we keep “trauma-informed” the focus of leadership?
Original Source: Missouri Children's Trauma Network
Our team member Jeanie Thurston presented at the 2023 Missouri Children's Trauma Network Training Summit on how to maintain a trauma informed focus as leaders. One way to keep that focus is to model a trauma-informed approach in their interactions with all staff. A trauma-informed approach considers not only the impact of trauma for individuals served, but also the lives of staff. Using a trauma-informed approach in the work environment may lead to an increase of skills and resiliency with staff.
Read MoreTrauma Smart program supports youth who’ve experienced adversity.
Original Source: Robin LaBarbera
Recent research published in the journal Psychological Trauma about the intervention Trauma Smart points to the effectiveness of the training school staff in trauma-informed approaches. Data from the evaluation indicated that participants were satisfied with the training, they scored higher on the knowledge assessments, and staff attitudes became more favorable to trauma-informed approaches from before to after implementing the training program.
Read MoreCenter School District staff take on Trauma Smart training
Original Source: KMBC
Staff at Center School District learn how to help children impacted by trauma and violence through a program developed by Saint Luke's Crittenton Children's Center. Watch KMBC's story on the special Trauma Smart training as students head back to school.
Read MoreTrauma Smart Supports Shawnee Mission School District’s Impact Institute for Educators
Original Source: SMSD.org
Trauma Smart manager Britt Visser presented at SMSD's Impact Institute for Educators on the impact of trauma and the role that educators can play in helping children cope and recover. She was one of many speakers to support the even that hosted over 400 educators.
Read MoreTrauma Smart Program Changes Approach to Kids Who Act Out
Original Source: News 12 The Bronx
The Administration of Children’s Services is trying what they call a “holistic” approach to addressing children who act out. EarlyLearn NYC programs, such as the one taught at Bronx Community College, provide child care to families in the city, but the “Trauma Smart” program includes emotional education.
Read MoreNYC Learning Program Changes Classroom Behavior
Original Source: NBC New York 4
A city program called Trauma SMART, launched three years ago, is working like magic to help parents, caregivers and teachers better support children who may experience adversity.
Read More3 Hickman Mills Students Were Shot and Killed This Year. How Will the Community Respond?
Original Source: The Kansas City Star
Five students in the Hickman Mills School District have been fatally shot or injured by gunfire since 2016.
At least three students were shot and killed this year alone, including 9 year old Dominic Young Jr. On Dec. 4, 16-year-old Marquise Ellinburg was found with gunshot wounds outside a home on Corrington Avenue. He later died at a hospital.
Violence has taken a serious toll on the Hickman Mills School District. But the trauma affects the entire community. School officials can only do so much to support students and their families. It takes a broad-based effort to deal with the far-reaching consequences of violent crime.
School district officials have implemented services to address trauma and conflict resolution in an effort to help students cope with the loss of a classmate or family member and prevent future violence.
Read MorePreschool Trauma Program In Kansas City Getting National Attention
Original Source: KCUR-FM
A program started in Kansas City, Kan., offers teachers and parents an alternate way to deal with intense emotions and potentially avoid the long-term impact of trauma. The program has been spreading in recent months, even getting national attention.
Read MoreTeaching Children to Calm Themselves
Original Source: New York Times
When Luke gets angry, he tries to remember to look at his bracelet. It reminds him of what he can do to calm himself: stop, take a deep breath, count to four, give yourself a hug and, if necessary, ask an adult for help.
Read MoreSchool Program Works to Help Kids in Kansas and Missouri Deal with Home Trauma
Original Source: KMBC-TV
A school program that helps young children who have experienced traumatic events is getting national attention.
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