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From the website, Healing from Trauma Baton Rouge : "Trauma-informed is a way of being that respects and values all people. Most religions have traditions of hospitality, service, compassion, and healing. Being trauma-informed builds on those values to strengthen communities and support people who have been hurt by violence or trauma. A person or setting is trauma-informed if they reflect the 4 R’s: Realize the widespread impact of trauma and potential paths for recovery; Recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in individuals, families, and others;  Respond by fully integrating knowledge about trauma; and  Resist doing further harm by creating an environment that avoids unintentionally reminding people of past trauma. Part One: Realize [ View at YouTube ] Part Two: Recognize [ View at YouTube ] Parts Three & Four: Respond & Resist [ View at YouTube ] Series Commercial [ View at YouTube ]

[ CLICK TO VIEW ] VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Panel Discussion, "The Many Faces of Trauma" Natasha Williams of Louisiana Public Broadcasting moderates a panel discussion on the “Many Faces of Trauma” at a Resiliency Summit hosted by ReCAST Baton Rouge at Baton Rouge Community College on July 30, 2019. The panelists are: Caitlin Levine of the Louisiana Department of Health; Murphy Paul, the chief of the Baton Rouge Police Department; Clarence Nero, an English professor at Baton Rouge Community College; East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome; Lamman Rucker, an actor, activist, and educator; Brian Nugent, the deputy police chief in Avon, Indiana; and Rameil Pitamber, a man arrested by Nugent for an armed robbery and later asked Nugent to become his mentor. The panelists discuss: the traumatic events of 2016 in Baton Rouge; overcoming trauma; increasing the training for adverse childhood experiences; and the factors that influence trauma in Baton Rouge. DETAILS:  ...