| | This season symbolizes growth and renewal, and one place that could use a good spring cleaning for many is the workplace. - 76% percent of full-time U.S.-based employees reported at least one symptom of a mental health condition in 2021, an increase of 17 percentage points in just two years.
- Workplace stress costs U.S. employers $500 billion annually in lost productivity.
Improving work environments and systems with trauma-informed policies and practices can enhance safety, health, wellness, trust, and productivity, ultimately unleashing a positive ripple impact on team members’ families and communities. We’ve published a new toolkit to provide educational concepts and practical strategies to support anyone in a company/organization or an entire team advocating for and working toward more trauma-informed workplaces. This rallying cry for systems-level transformation will also be the primary subject of our next CTIPP CAN call – we hope you find the toolkit helpful and can join us on April 19th! Sincerely, Your Friends at CTIPP | | | | | | | | Early Learning Settings Survey. CTIPP has partnered with Millersville University to survey early childhood educators to create free and practical examples of what trauma-informed care “looks like” in early learning settings. Deadline to participate: June 30, 2023. | | | Apply for Federal Grants to Address Trauma. Explore three grants we’ve analyzed and spotlighted for your consideration. Please note that all are in the “discretionary” category, eligible to 501c(3)s, and require no cost-sharing or matching. | | | | | | | | | | | | April 10: Pathways to Resilience’s It Starts With Us: Building a Trauma-Responsive and Resilient Workplace. Building a trauma-responsive organization can serve as the backbone to providing compassionate, collaborative programming for clients and supporting a happy, healthy, and resilient workforce. Join to learn more about actionable steps to make your organization more trauma-responsive. April 12: Heal PA’s Lunch Hour with Charmain Jackman, M.D. Dr. Jackman is a licensed psychologist with 25+ years in the mental health field. She is the founder and CEO of InnoPsych, Inc., an organization on a mission to disrupt racial inequities in mental health. April 19: CTIPP’s next Community Advocacy Network (CAN) call will feature strategies and discussion to make workplaces more trauma-informed to build health, safety, productivity, trust, and well-being. - SEE ALSO: Our March call featured an overview of insights and lessons learned from our new report analyzing 2022 state and federal policy initiatives.
April 19: The National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives and the FPG Child Development Institute, UNC, are hosting a congressional briefing on the benefits to children of school-based programs designed to foster social, behavioral, and emotional development. April 27-28: WAKE AHEC’s Leveraging North Carolina's Assets to Prevent Child Trauma. This inaugural Statewide Trauma Summit will stimulate dialogue between community stakeholders and members, researchers, practitioners and clinicians, legislators, and agency officials to implement best practices within well-oiled delivery systems focused on preventing childhood trauma. (CTIPP is presenting!) | | | | MINDFUL MOMENT: WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE A MINUTE | | | | | | | | Place your hand below your navel to feel your stomach’s smooth rise and fall as you breathe. Inhale deeply. Let's pause for three counts. Exhale your breath. Pause for three counts. Continue to inhale and exhale for one minute while pausing for a count of three between each breath. Alternately, while seated comfortably, take a few calm, deep breaths, repeating to yourself in a quiet voice, "I am" as you inhale and "at peace" as you exhale. Repeat it two or three times gently. Feel your entire body, then unwind as you sit in your chair. | | | | | | | | | | | | Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice
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