Making History - Akron Children's Hospital

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planned giving Endowing values Your personal values are demonstrated when you create and fund a named endowment with Akron Children’s Hospital. This is so much more than endowing a program, facilities, or even part of our operational budget. Your commitment to our mission and ideals will be carried into the future at Akron Children’s for generations to come through your gift. Many generous donors use endowments as tools to pass their values on to future generations. If you’d like to find out about the endowment program at Akron Children’s Hospital, please contact Gretchen Corp Jones, JD, director of principal giving at Akron Children’s Hospital, at 330-543-4167 or visit akronchildrens.org/giving. Consider for a moment your grandchildren and their children. Future generations will not have known you, though they will know what was important to you through the endowment. Imagine the effect this will have on your family. They will have insight into your generosity, your values. And it could influence them to add to your endowment or perhaps create one of their own. An endowment doesn’t necessarily require a lump sum gift or even a large sum of money. Some are surprised to learn that an endowment can be started right away, build up over time, or even receive funding through your estate. We work to help you set reasonable objectives for your endowment and to make it convenient. Are you interested in learning more about how to leave a planned gift to Akron Children’s Hospital? Be sure to visit the Akron Children’s Hospital planned giving site at akronchildrens. org/plannedgiving or scan the tag above. 22 CHILDREN’S PROGRESS | SPRING 2013
grants The team launching the Center for the Treatment and Study of Adverse Childhood Events includes (left to right): Patricia Seifert, PhD; Robin Tener, PhD; Sumru Bilge- Johnson, MD; Sarah Ostrowski, PhD; Melissa Peace, MSSA, LISW-S; and Norman Christopher, MD. Supporting children, families touched by trauma As adults, we are shocked and saddened by scenes of violence and devastation in the news – the recent shooting in Newtown, Conn., the destruction caused by super storm Sandy and stories of political upheaval from around the world. But what about our children? How do they process these events? How can we help them cope? With the launch of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Adverse Childhood Events, Akron Children’s is shedding light on these questions. Thanks to a four-year, $1.6-million federal grant, we will provide services and support to children and families who have experienced psychological trauma. “Tragic shootings in Copley, Chardon and now Connecticut reinforce the importance of trauma training for teachers, doctors, nurses and others who work with children,” said Norm Christopher, MD, chair of the Department of Pediatrics and author of numerous studies on childhood trauma. “This grant will also enable us to deliver ageappropriate and research-based responses to the death of a high school student, the chronic illness of a sibling, or domestic violence, as they can be equally devastating for loved ones.” The goal of the center is to provide leadership, training and consultative services for childhood traumatic stress for northeast Ohio. It will create a trauma-focused network of care, which will improve access to treatment and help identify children who have been exposed to adverse events. The grant also allows Akron Children’s to join the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). Established by Congress in 2000, NCTSN includes more than 150 child trauma centers that provide care and resources for a wide range of traumatic experiences. Melissa Peace, a social worker who spent 10 years leading the Summit County Children Who Witness Violence Program, will serve as project director. According to Peace, her team will begin by creating a community trauma advisory council and rolling out trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy for clinical staff, community mental health providers and school personnel. This evidence-based approach helps children create and share “trauma narratives” to cope with their emotions. The grant also has a research component, led by pediatric psychologist Sarah Ostrowski, PhD, research program director for the NeuroDevelopmental Science Center. “As a member of the network, we will have a direct connection to the experts and most current research in childhood traumatic stress,” said Ostrowski, who will serve as principal investigator. “Through our own research, we will be contributing to that body of knowledge as well.” AKRONCHILDRENS.ORG/GIVING 23
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