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Handout for Trauma, The Developing Brain, Healing and Emotional Regulation Seminars Karina A. Forrest-‐Perkins MHR LADC, 2011 dissemination of knowledge and to the stimulation of policy, program and service initiatives that seek to reduce traumatic stressors and their immediate and long-‐term consequences. ISTSS 60 Revere Drive, Suite 500 Northbrook, Illinois 60062 USA (847) 480-‐9028 Fax: (847) 480-‐9282 http://www.istss.org National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges The National Council's began in 1937 when a group of leading judges sought to bring together judicial officers working with in Juvenile and Family Courts. The purpose was two-‐fold: to focus attention on the concept of a separate tribunal for children and to encourage the development of essential treatment programs for children with special needs. Juvenile law has changed dramatically since then, and so, too, has the National Council. Increased awareness and sensitivity to children's issues have given the Council the insight to provide meaningful assistance to judges, court administrators and related professionals in whose care the concerns of children and their families have been entrusted. Consequently, the Council is not only the nation's oldest judicial membership organization, it is also the largest. NCJFCJ P.O. Box 8970 Reno, NV 89507 (702) 784-‐6628 (702) 784-‐4858 Fax http://www.ncjfcj.unr.edu/ National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) is a non-‐profit professional membership organization dedicated to quality representation and protection of children in the legal system. The purpose of the NACC is to assist attorneys and other professionals in their work with children in the legal system. At the same time, the NACC carries out a Policy Agenda designed to improve the legal system for children. NACC 1825 Marion Street, Suite 340 Denver, CO 80218 888/828-‐NACC advocate@NACCchildlaw.org http://naccchildlaw.org/ ABA Center on Children and the Law 16
Handout for Trauma, The Developing Brain, Healing and Emotional Regulation Seminars Karina A. Forrest-‐Perkins MHR LADC, 2011 Established in 1978, the ABA Center on Children and the Law's mission is to improve children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice, and public policy. Its work includes: • Strengthening laws, policies, and judicial procedures affecting children • Researching and disseminating information on laws, policies, and practices affecting children/families • Enhancing skills and competence of legal professionals in children's proceedings • Educating non-‐attorneys on child-‐related law and its impact on their work • Increasing public awareness of law and justice related to children • Stimulating and assisting activities and projects on children and the law Center on Children and the Law 740 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 (202) 662-‐1720 (202) 662-‐1755 Fax http://www.abanet.org/child/home.html This page on the their website is particularly useful as a resource. http://www.abanet.org/child/links.html What Exactly Is Trauma? A trauma is a psychologically distressing event that is outside the range of usual human experience. Trauma often involves a sense of intense fear, terror, and helplessness. Trauma should not be confused with stress. As we will learn later, stress is an inevitable component of everyone's life. Trauma is an experience that induces an abnormally intense and prolonged stress response. Simply by signing up for this course, you have expressed an interest in childhood trauma and perhaps count yourself or someone you love among the statistics cited above. Maybe you know a child who is a victim of childhood trauma, or are an adult still grappling with your own experience. No matter what brings you here, take a moment now and identify someone or some event in your life or work that makes this issue real. While you take this course, your own experiences with traumatic events and with children or families impacted by trauma will provide the true context for learning. 17
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