Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are defined by the original CDC-Kaiser Permanente study as experiences of abuse (psychological, physical, sexual), neglect (emotional or physical), or household dysfunction (substance abuse and/or mental illness in the home, parental separation or divorce, incarcerated family member, or mother treated violently) that occur between the ages of 0-18. (Kellin Report)
Adverse Community Environments/Experiences are characteristics of a community which are traumatic in and of themselves and can exacerbate individual level trauma. Examples include food deserts, racism, lack of affordable housing, gun violence, poverty, etc. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Adversity refers to a wide range of circumstances posing a threat to the health and well-being of children, families, and communities. Adversity can connect to the concept of the Pair of ACEs which refers to Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Community Environments and to the adversity experienced due to adverse climate events or atrocious cultural experiences. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Atrocious Cultural Experiences refer to the original forms of adversity that created historical trauma and that continue to impact ACEs experienced by many cultural groups. Examples include genocide, slavery, colonization, forced family separation, sanctioned attacks on individuals’ bodies, removal of property/land, and denial of basic human rights. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Cross-Sector Collaboration is a process where various community organizations come together to collectively focus their expertise and resources on a complex issue of importance to a community they serve. (Kellin Report)
Community adversity refers to adverse social drivers of health and community experiences which can result in harmful conditions such as community distrust, disconnected relationships, and disinvestment. Examples include racism, economic disadvantages, and inequitable opportunities. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Community Collaborative or Coalition refers to a group of organizations, residents, or other entities that convene regularly and represent diverse perspectives in a NC Healthy and Resilient geographically defined area. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Community Resilience is a dynamic process at the community and systems level in which communities respond and adapt to stresses and challenges. Key attributes include a community response that: a) promotes safe, secure, and nurturing environments for all; and b) draws on interconnected social networks and coordinated, easy-to-access, and comprehensive resources that help communities thrive. (Kellin Report)
Community violence is exposure to intentional acts of interpersonal violence committed in public areas by individuals who are not intimately related to the victim. Common types of community violence that affect youth include individual and group conflicts. (Kellin Report)
Diversity is the representation of different and unique identities, characteristics, experiences, and perspectives. (Kellin Report)
Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome. (Kellin Report)
Historical trauma is multigenerational trauma experienced by a specific cultural, racial or ethnic group. It is related to major events that oppressed a particular group of people because of their status as oppressed, such as slavery, the Holocaust, forced migration, and the violent colonization of Native Americans. (Kellin Report)
Individual Resilience is a combination of protective factors that enable people to adapt in the face of serious hardship, and is essential to ensuring that children who experience adversity can still become healthy, productive citizens. (Kellin Report)
Inclusion is a state of being valued, respected and supported. It’s about focusing on the needs of every individual and ensuring the right conditions are in place for each person to achieve his or her full potential. (Kellin Report)
Lived Experience, in the context of developing trauma-informed organizations, refers to individuals who can speak to experiences interacting with systems and organizations along the continuum of trauma-informed to non-trauma informed. (Kellin Report)
Resilience is the ability to overcome stress and adversity while maintaining normal psychological and physical functioning is considered resilience. It is the result of a combination of individual characteristics, social, and environmental protective factors. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Toxic Stress is prolonged or excessive activation of stress response systems in the body and brain, that have lasting impacts on health, learning, and behavior across the lifespan. (Kellin Report)
Trauma is the result of an event that an individual perceives as physically or emotionally harmful or threatening to an individual that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being. Trauma can affect anyone, no matter their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, ability, or geography. (Kellin Report)
Trauma or Secondary Traumatic Stress is the emotional distress that arises when someone vicariously experiences the traumatic experiences of another individual. It is also referred to as compassion fatigue and it can result in very real symptoms in caregivers who deal with the painful experiences of another. (NC Landscape Analysis)
A trauma-informed approach is a type of approach that a program, organization, or system takes when they are informed about trauma and its impact. The approach is taken by those that (1) realize the widespread impact of trauma and understand potential paths for recovery; (2) recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and others; (3) integrate knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures and practices; and (4) seek to actively resist re-traumatization. Key principles include safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment, voice, and choice, and cultural, historical, and gender issues. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Trauma-informed care refers to an approach used in care or treatment settings that integrates knowledge about the impact of trauma and seeks to reduce the retraumatization of the individuals in their care. SAMHSA’s Four “Rs” of trauma-informed care are that the organization, program, or system (1) realizes the widespread impact of trauma and potential paths to recovery, (2) recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in individuals and families, and (3) responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, practices, and systemic culture, to actively resist (4) re-traumatization. (Kellin Report)
Adverse Community Environments/Experiences are characteristics of a community which are traumatic in and of themselves and can exacerbate individual level trauma. Examples include food deserts, racism, lack of affordable housing, gun violence, poverty, etc. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Adversity refers to a wide range of circumstances posing a threat to the health and well-being of children, families, and communities. Adversity can connect to the concept of the Pair of ACEs which refers to Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Community Environments and to the adversity experienced due to adverse climate events or atrocious cultural experiences. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Atrocious Cultural Experiences refer to the original forms of adversity that created historical trauma and that continue to impact ACEs experienced by many cultural groups. Examples include genocide, slavery, colonization, forced family separation, sanctioned attacks on individuals’ bodies, removal of property/land, and denial of basic human rights. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Cross-Sector Collaboration is a process where various community organizations come together to collectively focus their expertise and resources on a complex issue of importance to a community they serve. (Kellin Report)
Community adversity refers to adverse social drivers of health and community experiences which can result in harmful conditions such as community distrust, disconnected relationships, and disinvestment. Examples include racism, economic disadvantages, and inequitable opportunities. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Community Collaborative or Coalition refers to a group of organizations, residents, or other entities that convene regularly and represent diverse perspectives in a NC Healthy and Resilient geographically defined area. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Community Resilience is a dynamic process at the community and systems level in which communities respond and adapt to stresses and challenges. Key attributes include a community response that: a) promotes safe, secure, and nurturing environments for all; and b) draws on interconnected social networks and coordinated, easy-to-access, and comprehensive resources that help communities thrive. (Kellin Report)
Community violence is exposure to intentional acts of interpersonal violence committed in public areas by individuals who are not intimately related to the victim. Common types of community violence that affect youth include individual and group conflicts. (Kellin Report)
Diversity is the representation of different and unique identities, characteristics, experiences, and perspectives. (Kellin Report)
Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome. (Kellin Report)
Historical trauma is multigenerational trauma experienced by a specific cultural, racial or ethnic group. It is related to major events that oppressed a particular group of people because of their status as oppressed, such as slavery, the Holocaust, forced migration, and the violent colonization of Native Americans. (Kellin Report)
Individual Resilience is a combination of protective factors that enable people to adapt in the face of serious hardship, and is essential to ensuring that children who experience adversity can still become healthy, productive citizens. (Kellin Report)
Inclusion is a state of being valued, respected and supported. It’s about focusing on the needs of every individual and ensuring the right conditions are in place for each person to achieve his or her full potential. (Kellin Report)
Lived Experience, in the context of developing trauma-informed organizations, refers to individuals who can speak to experiences interacting with systems and organizations along the continuum of trauma-informed to non-trauma informed. (Kellin Report)
Resilience is the ability to overcome stress and adversity while maintaining normal psychological and physical functioning is considered resilience. It is the result of a combination of individual characteristics, social, and environmental protective factors. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Toxic Stress is prolonged or excessive activation of stress response systems in the body and brain, that have lasting impacts on health, learning, and behavior across the lifespan. (Kellin Report)
Trauma is the result of an event that an individual perceives as physically or emotionally harmful or threatening to an individual that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being. Trauma can affect anyone, no matter their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, ability, or geography. (Kellin Report)
Trauma or Secondary Traumatic Stress is the emotional distress that arises when someone vicariously experiences the traumatic experiences of another individual. It is also referred to as compassion fatigue and it can result in very real symptoms in caregivers who deal with the painful experiences of another. (NC Landscape Analysis)
A trauma-informed approach is a type of approach that a program, organization, or system takes when they are informed about trauma and its impact. The approach is taken by those that (1) realize the widespread impact of trauma and understand potential paths for recovery; (2) recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and others; (3) integrate knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures and practices; and (4) seek to actively resist re-traumatization. Key principles include safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment, voice, and choice, and cultural, historical, and gender issues. (NC Landscape Analysis)
Trauma-informed care refers to an approach used in care or treatment settings that integrates knowledge about the impact of trauma and seeks to reduce the retraumatization of the individuals in their care. SAMHSA’s Four “Rs” of trauma-informed care are that the organization, program, or system (1) realizes the widespread impact of trauma and potential paths to recovery, (2) recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in individuals and families, and (3) responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, practices, and systemic culture, to actively resist (4) re-traumatization. (Kellin Report)