b"The Community Builders of Pauma ValleyContributed By:The National Native Children's Trauma Center (NNCTC)worktomakethecommunitystrongerthroughtheir compassionate and dependable support ofPauma students.The first day of the training covered the NNCTCsTraumaandResilienceinTribalCommunitiesThissummer,theNationalNativeChildrens curriculum.ThistrainingisintendedtobeaTraumaCenter,togetherwiththeTribalYouth foundationaltraumaeducationandpreventionResourceCenter,hadthehonorofpartnering learningexperiencerelevanttoallpeopleandwith the Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians to offer program types. The staff learned about severala three-day training for the staff of the Johnson introductorytopicsincludinghistoricaltrauma,OMalleyProgram.TheNNCTCsDirectorof theAdverseChildhoodExperiencesStudy,School-based TTA, Amy Foster Wolferman, and traumasimpactonchilddevelopment,ProjectDirector,VeronicaWilletoDeCrane resilience,andprotectivefactors.Oneofprovided the training on July 5-7, 2023, at the traumasimpactsisthebreakdownofJOM Program office in beautiful Pauma Valley, community. This was powerfully demonstrated byCalifornia.anexercisesimulatinganadverseboardingschool experience. A young girl is taken from herThe Pauma Tribe have lived in the Pauma Valley community to attend a federal Indian boardingsince time immemorial. They proudly state: Like school,whichcausesher,herfamilyandherourancestors,werelyonthestrengthofour community immense pain and chaos. It takes thecultureandourcommunitytofacethe entire community to help her reconnect with allchallengesoftodayandtomorrow. herrelationswhenshereturnshome.TheTriumphantly,wearestillhere,notmerely exercise highlighted how prevention and healingsurviving, but thriving in the same homeland of of trauma comes from strengthening family andour ancestors (Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians, community connections. n.d.).ThePaumaTribesJOMProgram,inpartnershipwithlocalschools,supportPauma ThesecondandthirddaycoveredResilientstudents in grades K-12 with academic support FuturesTraumaResponsivePracticesinandinterventionaswellasafterschool Education.Thiscurriculumusestheevidence-programming. The staff of the JOM Programinformed HEARTS framework that was"