Center on Trauma and Adversity

We are so excited to be a part of this exciting program!!

! Survivor Link has been selected as a grantee! Thanks to AmeriCorps + CDC funding, we'll be engaging 99 AmeriCorps members to support public health initiatives to address domestic violence by:

✅ building capacity in public health agencies
✅ promoting evidence-based interventions
✅ educating communities about intimate partner violence

We have service opportunities in 11 states at 14 university partner sites! Tag someone who should apply to serve with us!

University at Albany, SUNY Ball State University UNC Chapel Hill NC State University University of Pittsburgh University of Pennsylvania Simmons University University of Louisville University of Central Florida The University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Austin Case Western Reserve University Center on Trauma and Adversity Kansas State University Arizona State University AmeriCorps

There is so much trauma occurring right now that is going to leaving an impact for generations. Check in with those who have family and friends in Ukraine and Russia. Offer support and kindness. Trauma community, our work continues as we reach for healing.

Picture of “LOVE” by Ukrainian artist Alexander Milov.

This is a great graphic by to help explain vs. developmental . While it does become more complex overtime, we would love to see a third graph with added healthy relationships and . Tell us what it would look like.

Our students return to in person classes on Tuesday. We have prepared a little welcome back card for them that includes a calm strip () and a micropractice by to helping sooth their body.

Remember, self-care doesn’t have to take hours to be effective. The therapeutic dose for activity to soothe the stress response is only seconds or minutes. 🙌🏼 Dosing yourself throughout the day can be a highly effective way to create a more flexible and adaptive pattern of nervous system response.

The Center on Trauma and Adversity is honored to serve as a partner for this important event. Register for the to hear Cleveland Mayoral Candidates and discuss questions from community organizations and leaders on the issues impacting the health, education, and well-being of Cleveland’s children. Link to register in bio.

From everyone at the Center on Trauma and Adverstiy, we send you a heartfelt thank you for engaging in the content of the institute. We loved learning along side you, deepening our knowledge about the role of the nervous system in healing from individual, intergenerational, and collective trauma.

What were your favorite parts? What are your biggest takeaways? What will stay with you? Tell us in the comments!

What might a community centered around healing look like? What wounds need tended to? Calling all helpers, organizers, activists, movers, and shakers in Northeast Ohio. Join us in visioning a Healing Centered Cleveland, a facilitated discussion led by following the keynote address by Dr. Shawn Ginwright on Friday October 8.

Register for the Healing Centered Cleveland Facilitated Discussion option on the Registration page and get access to the full week of keynote addresses, discussions, and regulation activities in addition to this dialogue. Link to register in bio.

Register today! Our Expanding the Toolkit: Trauma-Informed Practice Institute is back October 5-8 with a truly incredible keynote lineup and accessible virtual format. It will be a powerful week of learning and growing and connecting, led by dynamic and passionate speakers. Join us! Link to register in bio.

SAVE THE DATES! Our Expanding the Toolkit: Trauma-Informed Practice Institute is back October 5-8 with a truly incredible keynote lineup and accessible virtual format. It will be a powerful week of learning and growing and connecting, led by dynamic and passionate speakers. Join us!

Register here: https://case.edu/socialwork/traumacenter/institute

On this Sunday, let’s check in about pandemic exhaustion.

The accumulation of stress and trauma over the past 13 months (plus the rest of our lives and the lives of our people) has many of us feeling totally depleted.

We are quick to name burnout, but it could also be related to two types of freeze response— a trauma response of immobilization that kicks in when fight/flight are unavailable or ineffective. For more info, check out the piece by co-director linked in our bio.

Take stock of the sensations in your body. How to resource yourself looks different if you’re in high activation freeze vs. low activation freeze vs. burned out.
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We are leading the nation in training the next generation of trauma-informed social workers. Interested in working with us? There is still time to apply for our trauma-informed MSW!

Come train with us!
✔️Trauma-informed & socially just curriculum
✔️Certificate in Trauma-Informed Practice
✔️ Model of Therapeutics Fellowship

More info in our bio.

🗣 Social Work PhD Student Research Study

Seeking doctoral students in social work for a research study on personal well-being, academic productivity, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Participation involves taking a confidential 45-minute online survey twice per year for two years. Participants will be entered in a drawing for a gift card for each survey completed. Interested participants can also choose to enter a random selection pool for a virtual supportive mentoring group for social work doctoral students.

Questions? Call us at 216-368-3180 or email [email protected]

For more info or to participate, go to:
https://redcap.case.edu/surveys/?s=PTP3WW83ER