In this episode, Jesse Kohler, executive director of the Campaign for Trauma informed Policy and Practice talks to us about leadership in a trauma-infromed world, creating meaning within hardship and how small acts of kindness can change people’s lives. I am your host, Luis Calderon, and I hope you enjoy today’s episode.

Welcome back to the second season of the Insight Cafe, An SBI Podcast! The SBI or Strong BRAIN Institute, uses science related to both childhood adversity and building resilience to prevent or lessen the negative impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACEs) on people’s lives. We want to promote awareness and the use of resilience informed procedures, policies, actions, and words. We are happy you are here.

In this episode, Dr. Julia Thompson, an expert in child psychology talks to us about how children encode memories, how to foster resilience in children and she provides us with some insight on the recovery path for the Appalachian community after Hurricane Helene.

Resources:

Sesame Street:

https://sesameworkshop.org/resources/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:

http://nctsn.org/

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs:

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/

SAMSHA (Disaster Relief):

The SBI or Strong BRAIN Institute, uses science related to both childhood adversity and building resilience to prevent or lessen the negative impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACEs) on people’s lives. We want to promote awareness and the use of resilience informed procedures, policies, actions, and words. We are happy you are here.

In this episode, the host talks to us about his story, his experiences and how the Insight Cafe was born. If you want to be a guest in this experience, please email us at:

sbi@etsu.edu

calderonlf@etsu.edu

The SBI or Strong BRAIN Institute, uses science related to both childhood adversity and building resilience to prevent or lessen the negative impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACEs) on people’s lives. We want to promote awareness and the use of resilience informed procedures, policies, actions, and words. We are happy you are here.

In this episode, Dr. Mary Jo Hedrick, an expert in data analysis and ACEs talks to us about how data tells us stories, how a librarian connected a community and how self-care can become toxic.

The SBI or Strong BRAIN Institute, uses science related to both childhood adversity and building resilience to prevent or lessen the negative impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACEs) on people’s lives. We want to promote awareness and the use of resilience informed procedures, policies, actions, and words. We are happy you are here.

In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Kirsch, an expert in Wellness and counselor education talks to us about what wellness is, Big T and Small T trauma and her research in trauma informed care practices in schools.

The SBI or Strong BRAIN Institute, uses science related to both childhood adversity and building resilience to prevent or lessen the negative impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACEs) on people’s lives. We want to promote awareness and the use of resilience informed procedures, policies, actions, and words. We are happy you are here.

In this episode, Dr. Andi Clements talks to us about problematic substance use, solving addiction through human connection and her journey to trauma-inform the church.

Learn more about Dr. Andi Clements:

Upliftappalachia.com

Intrinsically Motivated (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube)

clements@etsu.edu

The SBI or Strong BRAIN Institute, uses science related to both childhood adversity and building resilience to prevent or lessen the negative impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACEs) on people’s lives. We want to promote awareness and the use of resilience informed procedures, policies, actions, and words. We are happy you are here.

In this episode, Dr. Wally Dixon talks to us about the creation of the SBI, trauma-informed practices and how your ACEs score can predict some health outcomes 50 years later.

The SBI or Strong BRAIN Institute, uses science related to both childhood adversity and building resilience to prevent or lessen the negative impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACEs) on people’s lives. We want to promote awareness and the use of resilience informed procedures, policies, actions, and words. We are happy you are here.