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Making Minnesota A Trauma Informed State (trauma informed resources during covid 19 quarantine)

KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 23, 2020

Republished from the Kids at Risk Action archive as written. No images from the original corpus appear in any form.

All Adults Are the Protectors of All Children

Trauma Informed Resources During Covid19 Quarantine

California’s Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris has declared Adverse Childhood Experiences

a public health problem and public school crisis in her state.

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Resolution Title –

Making Minnesota Trauma Informed

Trauma informed people can help abused children

heal and go on to lead normal lives.

We know abuse interrupts a child’s learning and social skill development and causes serious often dangerous behavioral problems resulting in that child becoming a dysfunctional adult.

Our society has for too long punished abused and traumatized children; expelling them from school and leading them into a justice system that never leaves them.

It is time to heal traumatized children and break the cycle of generational child abuse.  This resolution does that.

Whereas;

  • Minnesota has conducted the ACEs Survey and confirmed the results of the original ACEs survey.
  • Nadine Burke Harris, Surgeon General of California has declared childhood trauma a public health epidemic and public schools crisis.
  • Nine other states have done so, multiple MN communities are working towards becoming trauma informed communities

Be It Resolved That;

  • Minnesota should proclaim itself to be a Trauma Informed Care State and action its largest agencies to determine what this means for their areas of responsibility.
  • Our state should appoint a Surgeon General to pull together these diverse activities.

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