Legacy of Trauma: Context of the African American …

Legacy of trauma : Context of the African American ExistenceBy Brandon Jones and Behavioral Health ConsultantMy Goalfor Today My only Goal of the day isto get you to Think andThink Critically Disrupt Your CurrentThought Process. About yourself, YourFamily, Young People YouKnow, Your Job, YourCommunities, and Socialas a WholeNot My Goal Today Make you feel Bad Shame You Blame You Attack YouHowever, Some may feel triggered after thisworkshopWhat is trauma ??? Quick and Dirty Definition:A Deep Emotional Wound. Toxic Stress (come fromToxic Environments)Adverse Childhood Experiences5 ConceptionDeathThe Ace PyramidToxic stress Brain development 6 TOXIC STRESS DAMAGES TO THE BRAIN7 Positive stress response Normal and essentialpart of health development Brief increases in heartrate and mildelevations in hormonelevelsTolerable stress response Activities body s altersystem to greater degree If activation is time-limited and buffered byrelationships with adultswho can help child adapt okToxic stress response Strong, frequentand/or prolongedadversity This type ofresponse canpossible disrupt typical development Synaptic Density Pruning8 Process Of Pruning -At age 14 you will notice that there are now fewer connections between the brain cells than there were at age is because the least "experienced" connections tend to withdraw at about the time of Stress and The brain This slide shows positronemission tomography (PET)scan graphics of thetemporal lobes in a healthy

HISTORICAL TRAUMA - 2 • Historical Trauma is an example of intergenerational trauma. It’s caused by events that target a group of people. Thus, even family members who have not directly experienced the trauma can feel the effects of the event generations later. • Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart, PhD, conceptualized historical trauma in the

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