April 2019
Greetings ICTC members,
The next ICTC Quarterly Meeting will be held Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 from 12:30-2:30 PM at Lurie Children's Hospital, 11th FL Conference Center.
Featured Presentations Include:
Promoting Refugee and Immigrant Mental Health and Child Development Through Trauma-Informed Home Visiting Services
Presenter: Aimee Hilado
Child Loss Coalition: To Support the Availability and Quality of Resources for Those Impacted by Childhood Death Through Education, Program Development, Research, and Collaboration
Presenter(s): Kristin James & Kelly Michelson
Supporting the Trauma-Informed Transformation Through Training
Presenter(s): Marlita White & Octavia Tyson
For registration and meeting details, please visit us HERE. For those who can't make it in person, we'll be streaming the meeting via Skype for Business. Contact Angie at ictc@luriechildrens.org for a link. Please note that in addition to the Skype link, you will also need to call-in to the meeting.
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Light the Darkness, NAMI Chicago's annual gala and awards dinner, will take place at The Geraghty on April 25, 2019. We invite mental health advocates, supporters and friends to come together with us to illuminate the path to change.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
The Geraghty
2520 S. Hoyne, Chicago, IL 60608
5:00PM: Cocktails, hor d'oeuvres and silent auction
7:00PM: Dinner and awards
9:00PM: Afterparty
This year's nominees including ICTC partners, Chicago Survivors and Quinn Rallins from the Illinois Justice Project.
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The Center for Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children's Hospital is partnering with Chicago Children's Theatre to provide educators, parents, caregivers, cast and crew with a trauma-informed perspective for the upcoming production of “The Watson’s Go to Birmingham - 1963." Through cast and crew trainings, educator materials, and trauma-informed resources, CCR is building the capacity of adults who work with or care for children, to process the traumatic events that take place in the play and create a safe space for guided discussion.
On Saturday, April 27th, student audience members will be invited to attend a half-hour long “Talk Back” session following the performance. This trauma-focused “Talk Back” session will offer youth the opportunity to both share reactions and collaboratively process the stressful experiences of the Watson family. CCR’s team of mental health professionals will provide education and support around normal reactions to stress and trauma, particularly among children and adolescents.
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ICOY is excited to announce a series of trainings we will be offering to Chicago providers on trauma and mental health during the months of May and June. ICOY is able to provide these trainings free of charge to participants thanks to our work with the Chicago Local Area Network Coalition, a group of organizations working to reduce violence on Chicago's south side.
These trainings are open to any individual working with youth on the Chicago's South Side (including social service providers, law-enforcement, teachers, etc.) Each training has a maximum of 25 participants. Provided there is room, we will open trainings to those working with youth elsewhere in the Chicagoland area the week before the training event.
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- Introduction to Trauma and Trauma Informed Care - 5/6, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Caring for the Caregiver: Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care - 5/7, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- More than the Individual: Community Trauma and Healing - 5/7, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Youth Mental Health First Aid - 5/9, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Introduction to Trauma and Trauma Informed Care - 5/16, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Youth Mental Health First Aid - 5/17, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Introduction to Trauma and Trauma Informed Care - 5/20, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Caring for the Caregiver: Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care - 5/21, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- More than the Individual: Community Trauma and Healing - 5/21, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Introduction to Trauma and Trauma Informed Care - 6/3, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Caring for the Caregiver: Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care - 6/4, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- More than the Individual: Community Trauma and Healing - 6/4, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Youth Mental Health First Aid - 6/10, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Please contact Jackie Garlock with questions.
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Please join us for this FREE event! On May 14th, JPA is pleased to host the premier screening in Chicago of a new documentary on trauma, Broken Places, by award-winning film maker, Roger Weisberg. The film explores the impact of trauma on the lives of children as they grow into adulthood.
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 Friends and Colleagues,
Spanish-Speaking Volunteers are Needed to welcome recently released migrants arriving to the Chicago-land area. Detained families and individuals, mainly from Central America, with credible cases of persecution are admitted into the U.S. to await the outcome of their asylum application. Asylees are without winter clothes, food or information on how navigate ground transportation. Chicago Immigration Transit Assistance (CITA) has distributed food, winter clothes, provided phone calls, translation services and other immediate needs.
Please contact Karina Lopez at ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights) to receive training and for further information: klopez@icirr.org.
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NEW TRAUMA RESOURCE AVAILABLE!
The Intersection of Race, Culture, and Trauma
in the Remembering Trauma Films
The Center for Child Trauma Assessment, Services and Interventions firmly believes that the impact of race, ethnicity, and culture should be a part of every trauma conversation.
Our new resource, titled "The Intersection of Race, Culture, and Trauma in the Remembering Trauma Films" provides guidance and a frame for discussing the intersections of race, ethnicity, culture and trauma and how these concepts play out in the Remembering Trauma films. We hope this resource is helpful, especially for those who plan to host and facilitate the viewing of these films.
What's Inside?
1) Facilitation Tips
2) Discussion Questions
3) Definitions
4) Resources
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About the 2019 Pediatric Webinar Series
A collaboration between Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition (a division of Coalition for Compassionate Care of California), Pennsylvania's Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition (PPCC) and Greater Illinois Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition (GIPPCC), the 2019 Pediatric Webinar Series was created to raise the visibility of pediatric palliative care in the United States and to build clinicians' competencies and confidence in providing care to children.
Pediatric Palliative Care Coalitions are dedicated to advancing access to quality pediatric palliative care and bereavement support through education, advocacy, research and support. Statewide PPCC's represent hospital systems, home health and hospice agencies, community organizations, government leaders and families in a commitment to optimize the quality of life for every child living with a life-threatening illness.
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2019 WEBINARS: ADD THEM TO YOUR CALENDAR!
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May 23 Providing Spiritual Care for Pediatric Patients with Travis Overbeck
June 20 Ensuring Psychosocial Wellness in School and Community
for the Seriously Ill Child with Kathy Davis
July 18 Care of Adolescents and Young Adults with Life-Threatening Illness
with Jenny Mack
September 19 Pain Management for Children with Serious Illness in the Context of the
Opioid Epidemic with Stefan Friedrichsdorf
October 17 An Expense Worth Expressing: The Role Of Expressive Arts in
Pediatric Palliative Care with Debra Lotstein
November 21 Compatible with Life:Rethinking Care of Children
with Trisomy 18 with Nicole Hahnlen & Deanna Deeter |
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The ICTC values sharing job opportunities with Coalition members to help develop a workforce that includes all individuals working with children and families that are trauma-informed. If you have opportunities you would like to share with the Coalition in the next newsletter, please reach out to us via email.
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We've compiled a list of recent articles and media related to childhood trauma and it's prevention for dissemination among the ICTC community. Read the latest news with contributions from Coalition members as well as external agencies. You can also find many of these articles on our Facebook page. If you have news or media stories relevant to ICTC's mission you would like to share in the next newsletter, please reach out to us via email.
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