Been thinking a lot about what a trauma friendly school and community looks like. Our communities are changing one child and family at a time, impacted by heroin abuse, violence or abandonment. I don’t fault the people who don’t know or haven’t yet felt it in their orbit, but I believe we have a job to educate, advocate and partner with our community leaders that work with these children.

With additional thought, since ours is currently in trauma therapy, I will ask for him not to be in the room while others share their special stories, because he hasn’t yet come to grips with his, and this will very likely trigger trauma behaviors in the room and beyond.