HRTICN's Mission
The Hampton Roads Trauma Informed Community Network (HRTICN) exists to promote understanding of how trauma affects individuals and communities, and to advocate practices that help all people reach their full potential.
What is trauma?
Trauma is any experience that causes you to feel intensely threatened. Exposure to violence, the death of a loved one, loss of a job, divorce, physical or emotional abuse. Even a natural disaster. These experiences can put you at risk for emotional, physical and behavioral challenges.
Why care?
No one is immune to trauma. According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 70% of adults in the U.S. have experienced at least one traumatic event. More than two thirds of children report at least one traumatic event by age 16. Trauma can contribute to substance abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, eating disorders, depression, and anxiety. The result is a public health crisis taking a financial and human toll on our society.
How do we respond?
HRTICN is where we work collaboratively to improve our systems of care to empower individuals affected by trauma. By increasing awareness and advocacy we move our families, communities and workplaces toward healing, wellness and prosperity.
News & Updates
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Adverse Childhood Experiences: Data Trends and Prevention Efforts
February 2020: This new report explores data on adverse childhood experiences (ACES) within the state of Virginia and provides background information including health risks associated with ACES and roles both individuals and stakeholders can play in addressing ACES within their community. The report was prepared by OMNI Institute in partnership with the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW).
Click the image to the left to read the full report.
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Values and Results
HRTICN addresses the impacts of family violence, child abuse, neglect, and poverty in Hampton Roads. We ensure services and education occur in environments built around safety, trust, transparency, peer support, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment, voice and choice, and the recognition of cultural, historical, and gender issues.
HRTICN will increase awareness of the presence, prevalence, and impact of traumatic stress; facilitate the adoption of trauma-informed policies and practices among care providers; and develop a cross-sector collaborative to create a trauma-responsive community of providers.
Responding to
Trauma and Violence
Trauma can occur as a result of violence, abuse, neglect, loss, natural or man-made disaster, and other emotionally harmful experiences. Addressing trauma requires a cross-sector approach that includes public education and awareness, prevention, early identification, and effective trauma-specific treatment.
County: Norfolk City, VA
(Compared to VA State Value)
Resources
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A Call to Connection: Making Childhood Trauma Personal Dr. Allison Jackson | TEDxRVA
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry & Maia Szalavitz
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris M.D.
Restoring Sanctuary: A New Operating System for Trauma-Informed Systems of Care by Sandra L. Bloom M.D.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Facing the Facts: Trauma Informed Schools (2019)
ACES Connection: Trauma-Informed Care Toolkits
