Category: Healing To Wellness Court Training

Many people have learned about the landmark Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study and its results demonstrating the link between ACEs and poor mental health and health outcomes. After hearing about this information, people often wonder what we need to do in order to address ACEs on a community-wide level. A public health framework to conceptualize next steps will provide a comprehensive community-driven approach to advance healing.

This online learning event will support Tribal Youth Program and Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court program staff to better understand the behavioral health needs of Indigenous youth and develop “wrap around” approaches to ensure youth can access services as soon as possible.

We will celebrate Black History Month by uplifting the profile and voices of our biracial relatives. This online learning event is aimed at exploring the unique needs of biracial Native American/African American youth. The panel will share multi-generational lived experiences as well as current challenges of Native American/African American Youth.

While this training is intended for foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers, all caregivers can benefit. This webinar will make participants aware of the profound impact trauma has on children’s development and functioning, and introduce the concepts of the “Invisible Suicide” and the Cognitive Triangle. By learning techniques for helping traumatized children understand and control their emotional and behavioral reactions, participants will be reassured that children can heal from the effects of trauma and will discover the role that resource parents play in the healing process. This webinar comes from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s training curriculum, Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: A Workshop for Resource Parents. A brief overview of the full training offering will be included.

The Online Learning Event facilitator provides resources for Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention (OJJDP) Tribal Youth Program (TYP) grantees, OJJDP Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts (JHWC) grantees, and other Tribal communities to assess and build capacity to respond to the mental health needs of Tribal youth in their communities. In addition, the session covers strategies through which to support the expansion of internal and external partnerships to improve mental health services for Tribal youth.

This session focuses on how collaborative relationships are sustained in our tribal youth work, including ways in which they can be identified and how to strengthen them in culturally informed ways. We discuss what works well and how our tribal communities can continue to experience the benefits of tribal best practices that address sustainability. Finally, the session includes the importance of active engagement by all community partners and dedication to careful planning. Attention to community partnerships needs to be continued throughout the strategic planning process and implementation phases to ensure continuity and success. Sustainability as a guiding principle must be fully integrated into each step of our strategic planning.

This online learning event is for tribal child-serving professionals to enhance their knowledge of tribal cultures and histories, and to encourage culturally affirming approaches for supporting Native youth and their families.

Any professionals working with tribal youth can benefit from understanding the impact of trauma and what this impact looks like specifically for youth who have come in contact with the juvenile justice system. Whether working in a court system or in a youth program, staff and their community partners can improve their services and outreach to tribal youth who have lived experience interfacing with the justice system.

Compassion fatigue is a broadly defined concept that includes emotional, physical & spiritual distress. It is associated with care providers experiencing significant pain and suffering while caregiving. This session shares strategies to prevent & mitigate the effects.

The mission of the National Native Children’s Trauma Center (NNCTC) is to co-facilitate trauma-focused healing for Native children, families, and communities, with understanding, respect, and honoring of Tribal sovereignty, specific community needs, and the use of traditional healing practices. The purpose of this online learning event is to describe the various NNCTC offerings in the areas of:

• Universal trauma and healing
• Family driven system of care
• Child serving systems, such as the juvenile justice, child welfare, and school systems
• Unique technical assistance and consultation