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While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Hey, it’s Ericka. Quick little note. The bay is looking for an intern. This is a 16 hour a week paid opportunity to help us make this show. The internship runs from January through June of 2024. So if you’ve got love for local news, the Bay Area and podcasting. Let’s chat. The deadline to apply is November 17th. We’ll give you a link to the application in our show notes. All right. Here’s the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to the bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Most Wednesday nights inside of a red barn in Half Moon Bay, you can hear the sound of farm workers learning how to play the accordion together. It’s a way to learn something new and spend time with people, but it’s also a form of therapy. Back in January, a gunman made his way through two farms, just like this one in Half Moon Bay, killing seven farm workers and completely rocking the community. And even though the camera crews are long gone, the pain of what happened here still lives on, which is why one community group has set up this small program to help these farmworkers heal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>You know, I think that music elevates a soul. It speaks to the soul. It brings in memories of harm, calls to the joy. Sadness, too. But it’s also like a central language, I think, of healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Today, we take you inside the program in Half Moon Bay that’s offering healing through music. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So I went to Cabrillo Farms and Half Moon Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Blanca Torres is a producer and reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>It’s right off Highway one. I drive down this dirt road and it’s lined by fields on each side, and there’s all this beautiful produce growing out of the ground. I arrived at this barn, you know, it’s just a regular farm. So I went to real farms to observe a music class for farm workers that was sponsored by Atlas, which stands for Uganda Latinos as one year, which means helping Latinos dream. And the idea behind the class was to provide, you know, not just accordion lessons, but also music therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>One by one, the students started coming in for the lesson and they are carrying these big black, bulky backpacks. And inside is their accordions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And it was immediately kind of a very convivial atmosphere. Like everyone was excited to see each other. But you could tell people were excited to be there for the music and to see each other and to to have these, you know, this experience together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So you went to Half Moon Bay to see about this program. How did it come about and what is the purpose of it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>You know, ALAS’ intention with it was to use music as therapy and to help students who normally wouldn’t have access to a music class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>ALAS was born from the cultural arts. We were born from political mariachi music celebration, Cultura.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And so Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga is the founder and executive director of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>And we really believe in the power of cultural good to like culture as healing. I’m a clinician, so I do mental health therapy, and we understand that mental health is a big part of our program, along with the cultural arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>You know, she has made it very clear that the intention is to to use music, not just as this is a fun pastime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>The sensory part of it is so important. We know that in order to heal trauma there, they say that one of the best ways of healing trauma is through sensory integration, and they do a lot of sensory work for trauma survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And after the mass shooting in January, Alaska is really trying to think of ways to address the community trauma and to actually bring a program into the fields directly and to connect their labor, you know, their daily existence with art and culture in a way that would promote healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>They’re going out, working the fields, coming home, eating, getting dressed, and then practicing. And so just thinking about how that stimulating them, too, is really impressive. And for us in this work, we see how they’re moving their fingers or having to think in different ways from, you know, stretching out the accordion sound, the music, the scales. 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You know, having these weekly classes was like an opportunity for him to not be at home, to be around other people, to kind of focus on something else besides what happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pedro Romero Perez: \u003c/strong>*speaking in Spanish*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>About a week before I visited, ALAS had coordinated a community altar for Delos Martos, and he had put up an altar for his brother who passed away during the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>This class is a direct result of the shooting that happened in January. I feel like I totally understand, like the role and idea of music being healing, but why the accordion specifically? Why accordion classes?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the accordion is a very integral instrument in Mexican music in a lot of different genres. 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It’s our it’s our instrument, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the instructor is Hernan Hernandez Jr, and his father is one of the members of Lost Egress and Northway, which is a huge Nathaniel band in Mexico. They’ve sold over 36 million records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I mean, for for folks who aren’t familiar with his family’s background, you described it to me yesterday as being like having the son of Mick Jagger teaching you the accordion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>I know. The reason I compared him to sort of being a spy on a like a pretty major band, like The Rolling Stones. I mean, I think that’s, you know, that little sticky desert. 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And he had never taught music classes, but he was he jumped at it because he just thought it would be a really great opportunity to give back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I mean, what does Hernan say about what he’s seen as an instructor? And I guess like the role that he sees music playing for the students that he’s that he’s teaching in Half Moon Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>I think for Hernan you know, he talked about how, you know, just spending time with the students and getting to know them and getting to know their stories and just seeing their progress. Right. And it’s not like they’re all trying to be professional musicians or anything like that, but just to see them grow so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>You know, like I said, just anyone who lives here on the farm has two kids and and they’re in there with us learning accordion as well. And they’re listening and they’re watching. And and it’s cool to really just kind of see that, you know, like there’s something that like, like my father showed me pass it down to me, his uncles pass it down to him. And we’re kind of doing the same thing for this next generations, you know, even if they don’t decide to pursue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>The happiness, the satisfaction that you get from seeing that progress as a student and for him as a as an instructor, you know, he talked about how that was that was really special for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>And as Latinos, I think that’s kind of what our community is lacking opportunities. And so that to me is what I see here. You know, this is a great opportunity for them to be able to learn something new, open their minds to something new. And even if it’s not according, that’s going to do it, but or music, but it will guide them into something new and something positive. And at the end of the day, that’s really what we’re trying to do just create a positive environment for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So at one point they wanted to engage in a song and so and non started playing upward. The Nagra, which is a famous song. Everyone was singing along because everyone knows the song.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And it’s actually a song about a couple where the parents of the young woman in this couple are keeping her from her love. And the leopard going negative means the black door. In the black door is like a metaphor for the parents keeping her from her true love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What is your biggest takeaway from this story?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So I grew up in an agricultural community in eastern Washington, and I actually when I was a kid, my dad, who worked full time at a potato processing plant, sometimes when he would have summer vacation, he would take me and my siblings out to the cherry harvest, which was during the summer, just to kind of show us like this is what agricultural work is like. This is what it’s like to work with your hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>We want our strawberries to cost $2 at the supermarket, but somebody had to pick that by hand. That’s honest, decent work that people are doing and should be well compensated for and should be treated as full people. Farm workers aren’t just here to get up at the break of dawn to pick our food, right? They also have interests and families and hobbies and trauma that they’re dealing with and deserve to to also, you know, not be forgotten once the headlines go away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, Blanca, thank you so much for sharing your reporting with us. I really appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>Thank you, Ericka. And the whole Bay team. This was really fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was Blanca Torres, a producer and reporter for KQED. This 28 minute conversation with Blanca was cut down and edited by senior editor Alan Montecillo. Maria Esquinca is our producer. She scored this episode and added all the tape. The Bay is a production of member supported KQED in San Francisco. 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Months later, one community group has been trying to use accordion classes as a way to help farmworkers heal from the trauma.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Links:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://kqed.applytojob.com/apply/g81IJAEpax/Intern-The-Bay-Podcast\">Apply to be our intern!\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cdiv class=\"card card--enclosed grey\">\n\u003cp id=\"embed-code\" class=\"inconsolata\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC2503620378&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Hey, it’s Ericka. Quick little note. The bay is looking for an intern. This is a 16 hour a week paid opportunity to help us make this show. The internship runs from January through June of 2024. So if you’ve got love for local news, the Bay Area and podcasting. Let’s chat. The deadline to apply is November 17th. We’ll give you a link to the application in our show notes. All right. Here’s the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to the bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Most Wednesday nights inside of a red barn in Half Moon Bay, you can hear the sound of farm workers learning how to play the accordion together. It’s a way to learn something new and spend time with people, but it’s also a form of therapy. Back in January, a gunman made his way through two farms, just like this one in Half Moon Bay, killing seven farm workers and completely rocking the community. And even though the camera crews are long gone, the pain of what happened here still lives on, which is why one community group has set up this small program to help these farmworkers heal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>You know, I think that music elevates a soul. It speaks to the soul. It brings in memories of harm, calls to the joy. Sadness, too. But it’s also like a central language, I think, of healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Today, we take you inside the program in Half Moon Bay that’s offering healing through music. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So I went to Cabrillo Farms and Half Moon Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Blanca Torres is a producer and reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>It’s right off Highway one. I drive down this dirt road and it’s lined by fields on each side, and there’s all this beautiful produce growing out of the ground. I arrived at this barn, you know, it’s just a regular farm. So I went to real farms to observe a music class for farm workers that was sponsored by Atlas, which stands for Uganda Latinos as one year, which means helping Latinos dream. And the idea behind the class was to provide, you know, not just accordion lessons, but also music therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>One by one, the students started coming in for the lesson and they are carrying these big black, bulky backpacks. And inside is their accordions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And it was immediately kind of a very convivial atmosphere. Like everyone was excited to see each other. But you could tell people were excited to be there for the music and to see each other and to to have these, you know, this experience together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So you went to Half Moon Bay to see about this program. How did it come about and what is the purpose of it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>You know, ALAS’ intention with it was to use music as therapy and to help students who normally wouldn’t have access to a music class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>ALAS was born from the cultural arts. We were born from political mariachi music celebration, Cultura.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And so Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga is the founder and executive director of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>And we really believe in the power of cultural good to like culture as healing. I’m a clinician, so I do mental health therapy, and we understand that mental health is a big part of our program, along with the cultural arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>You know, she has made it very clear that the intention is to to use music, not just as this is a fun pastime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>The sensory part of it is so important. We know that in order to heal trauma there, they say that one of the best ways of healing trauma is through sensory integration, and they do a lot of sensory work for trauma survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And after the mass shooting in January, Alaska is really trying to think of ways to address the community trauma and to actually bring a program into the fields directly and to connect their labor, you know, their daily existence with art and culture in a way that would promote healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>They’re going out, working the fields, coming home, eating, getting dressed, and then practicing. And so just thinking about how that stimulating them, too, is really impressive. And for us in this work, we see how they’re moving their fingers or having to think in different ways from, you know, stretching out the accordion sound, the music, the scales. It’s a lot that happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, tell me a little bit about some of the people in the class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the classes, six students, which they told me was on purpose so that it would be a sizable group, but enough that the instructor could focus on each student. And so some of the students in the class were. The youngest one I talked to is 22 years old. There was someone who was into his sixties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>I talked to Yesenia, who lives and works at Gabriel Farms and is a mom and was just really excited to learn to play music so that she could just play her accordion during family gatherings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>Most of the students I talked to had never even picked up an accordion or any instrument. One of those students who had had no musical experience was Pedro Romero Perez, who is a survivor of the mass shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pedro Romero Perez: \u003c/strong>*speaking in Spanish*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>He’s recovering. He’s actually not working right now because of, you know, his healing process. And he did express a lot of appreciation for the program. And, you know, when I asked him, how do you feel about being here, he said he was excited and that it was this calm moment. You know, having these weekly classes was like an opportunity for him to not be at home, to be around other people, to kind of focus on something else besides what happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pedro Romero Perez: \u003c/strong>*speaking in Spanish*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>About a week before I visited, ALAS had coordinated a community altar for Delos Martos, and he had put up an altar for his brother who passed away during the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>This class is a direct result of the shooting that happened in January. I feel like I totally understand, like the role and idea of music being healing, but why the accordion specifically? Why accordion classes?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the accordion is a very integral instrument in Mexican music in a lot of different genres. A lot of the students in the class are from Mexico, and these classes were specifically focusing on like norteno music, which is literally means like music from the north and is a specific genre of Mexican music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>But you hear accordion music and popular music and just different genres. So the accordion is a very familiar sound. So when Alan was designing this classic specifically, we’re thinking about how to make it feel comforting and make it reminiscent of home. And, you know, for the music to feel like something you would want to listen to or play when you’re just hanging out with your family on a Sunday afternoon or something like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>It’s that instrument that’s we can say very much that it’s our own. It’s our it’s our instrument, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the instructor is Hernan Hernandez Jr, and his father is one of the members of Lost Egress and Northway, which is a huge Nathaniel band in Mexico. They’ve sold over 36 million records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I mean, for for folks who aren’t familiar with his family’s background, you described it to me yesterday as being like having the son of Mick Jagger teaching you the accordion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>I know. The reason I compared him to sort of being a spy on a like a pretty major band, like The Rolling Stones. I mean, I think that’s, you know, that little sticky desert. They’re just so big in Mexico and they’ve been around for so many decades and had so many hits and and they’ve been around for something like 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>My dad and my uncles are kind of that that tortured that light for it for their people, you know. And so he they kind of always instilled that into us. You know, it doesn’t matter at the end of the day where you come from, we come into this world with nothing and we leave this world with nothing. We’re all born the same way. We all have the same type of blood. And what’s important is that we give back to our people. And so I think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>They actually did a fundraiser for us after the shooting, and that was one of his introductions to to the organization. And so our last thing came to him and said, you know, will you teach this class? And he had never taught music classes, but he was he jumped at it because he just thought it would be a really great opportunity to give back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I mean, what does Hernan say about what he’s seen as an instructor? And I guess like the role that he sees music playing for the students that he’s that he’s teaching in Half Moon Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>I think for Hernan you know, he talked about how, you know, just spending time with the students and getting to know them and getting to know their stories and just seeing their progress. Right. And it’s not like they’re all trying to be professional musicians or anything like that, but just to see them grow so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>You know, like I said, just anyone who lives here on the farm has two kids and and they’re in there with us learning accordion as well. And they’re listening and they’re watching. And and it’s cool to really just kind of see that, you know, like there’s something that like, like my father showed me pass it down to me, his uncles pass it down to him. And we’re kind of doing the same thing for this next generations, you know, even if they don’t decide to pursue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>The happiness, the satisfaction that you get from seeing that progress as a student and for him as a as an instructor, you know, he talked about how that was that was really special for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>And as Latinos, I think that’s kind of what our community is lacking opportunities. And so that to me is what I see here. You know, this is a great opportunity for them to be able to learn something new, open their minds to something new. And even if it’s not according, that’s going to do it, but or music, but it will guide them into something new and something positive. And at the end of the day, that’s really what we’re trying to do just create a positive environment for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So at one point they wanted to engage in a song and so and non started playing upward. The Nagra, which is a famous song. Everyone was singing along because everyone knows the song.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And it’s actually a song about a couple where the parents of the young woman in this couple are keeping her from her love. And the leopard going negative means the black door. In the black door is like a metaphor for the parents keeping her from her true love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What is your biggest takeaway from this story?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So I grew up in an agricultural community in eastern Washington, and I actually when I was a kid, my dad, who worked full time at a potato processing plant, sometimes when he would have summer vacation, he would take me and my siblings out to the cherry harvest, which was during the summer, just to kind of show us like this is what agricultural work is like. This is what it’s like to work with your hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>We want our strawberries to cost $2 at the supermarket, but somebody had to pick that by hand. That’s honest, decent work that people are doing and should be well compensated for and should be treated as full people. Farm workers aren’t just here to get up at the break of dawn to pick our food, right? They also have interests and families and hobbies and trauma that they’re dealing with and deserve to to also, you know, not be forgotten once the headlines go away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, Blanca, thank you so much for sharing your reporting with us. I really appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>Thank you, Ericka. And the whole Bay team. This was really fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was Blanca Torres, a producer and reporter for KQED. This 28 minute conversation with Blanca was cut down and edited by senior editor Alan Montecillo. Maria Esquinca is our producer. She scored this episode and added all the tape. The Bay is a production of member supported KQED in San Francisco. 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During their 30-minute chat, the reader can ask the book anything about the experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is part of a regular series hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of the Human Library, an international organization that holds similar events around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Becoming a ‘human book’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jesse Amend, whose book title is \u003cem>OCD\u003c/em>, had been looking for an opportunity to open up to strangers ever since an upsetting experience during a Bible study meeting years earlier. “That kind of environment was always a huge trigger,” she says, “because I was sitting in a room full of people I thought were perfect, and I was the only one that was carrying this mess.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting in a circle of fellow worshippers one evening, Amend began to feel a sense of panic rising in her chest. When it was her turn to request a prayer, she was unable to speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started crying and just babbling because I [couldn’t] gather my thoughts,” she said. “I was just broken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the panic attack subsided, Amend said she felt mortified. “It’s extremely raw, showing everyone your insides and all your darkness,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But afterwards, as everyone was gathering their belongings and leaving the room, a woman approached her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was like, ‘I have a lot of insecurity and anxiety.’ She was trying to say, ‘Me, too! I know what this is and I’ve experienced this,’” Amend recalled. “I think it definitely started to, somewhere in the back of my head, trigger that thought of like … you helped someone by being a hot mess, so maybe this is my deal in life: to be the one that speaks up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952855\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1491px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11952855 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED.jpg\" alt='A person writes a list of words and phrases on a chalkboard in an outdoor setting under the heading \"Titles of the Day.\" The list includes \"aictim of sexual assault,\" \"borderline,\" Complex PTSD,\" and others.' width=\"1491\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED.jpg 1491w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED-800x1073.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED-1020x1368.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED-160x215.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED-1145x1536.jpg 1145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1491px) 100vw, 1491px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer writes the day’s list of ‘human book’ titles on a blackboard at the Human Library in Copenhagen on Aug. 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Camille Bas-Wohlert/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That moment of vulnerability with a relative stranger stuck with Amend for years. When she heard about the Human Library project, she was excited about the chance to share her experience in a more structured setting. She says it’s freeing to have civil, open conversations with strangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amend, one of about 100 human books in California, says people have different experiences living with \u003ca href=\"https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd\">obsessive-compulsive disorder\u003c/a>, and as a book in the Human Library she’s only expected to share her own experience with the condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not about changing anyone’s mind,” Amend said, noting that the project’s organizers emphasize that no one book represents an entire identity or community. “But everyone walks away with just a little bit more empathy and lightness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the event, Adam Lendermon, a book whose title is \u003cem>Gay\u003c/em>, says a lot of people ask similar questions. “I get a lot of questions about how I came out, and how my family responded,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lendermon loves that the Human Library is a safe space to ask things that might not be acceptable in other settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I often encourage people to dig deep and ask questions that may feel taboo,” he said. “What’s the most beautiful for me is when a reader will say to me, ‘Oh, I never thought of it that way.’ A light bulb has been turned on for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Readers’ react\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Inga Grimmett heard about the Santa Monica event through a friend and was interested right away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I sat down, I got nervous,” she said. “I didn’t want to offend by asking the wrong questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grimmett was impressed by the range of topics offered, but she also had reservations, concerned that the human books were being reduced to labels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “those labels and tropes start to fall off once they start telling their story,” she said. “Because within their story, you start to see and pull things that are similar to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grimmett spoke to a man recovering from addiction — a topic that hit close to home for her. “I never really talked about how to approach [my] family members that were recovering addicts,” she said. “I kind of just kept it to myself. So with him, it was easy, because he was a stranger, and I can just ask.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavonny Tillotson, another reader, spoke to a young woman who has \u003ca href=\"https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/functional-neurologic-disorder\">functional neurologic disorder\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/index.html\">chronic fatigue syndrome\u003c/a>. “It was very triggering for me,” he said, “because I have degenerative bones in my spine, and I did not expect to talk to someone who I identified with so much. She was a different race, a different age, different background, but we had that in common, and it really made me kind of emotional. I hadn’t experienced that kind of conversation with a stranger before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Unexpected moments of connection\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Those unexpected moments of connection are one of the key goals of the Human Library, a project that originated in Denmark in 2000 and has since inspired events throughout the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even as a kid, when I saw somebody who was different, I’d be like, ‘Oh, look at this person, or look at this tattoo or look at this!’” said Ronni Abergel, who first came up with the idea. “And my mom would always go, ‘Oh, you can’t do that, you can’t say that.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So as an adult, Abergel launched a space where people can ask what they really want to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[It’s] a format where some of the most unpopular groups in our community were volunteering to be on loan and answer questions about their private, personal life,” said Abergel, who still lives in Denmark. “Very personal questions, actually, like [of] the obese person, ‘How did you become so overweight?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953037\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11953037\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2.jpg\" alt=\"A white person wearing glasses, with short blue hair, stands up while speaking effusively to a seated group of three other white people.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Human Library discussion session in Wales, in June 2019. \u003ccite>(Katy Jon Went/Courtesy the Human Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And Abergel found that while participants were interested in hearing about experiences different from their own, many also relished the chance to be heard, “even people in unpopular jobs like police officers or sex workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so frustrating for some people to sort of be observed, judged, but have no chance to really explain who they are,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the project aspires to facilitate a truly open dialogue, one that inevitably makes participants vulnerable and potentially subject to hostile or offensive behavior, the organization has systems in place to protect its books.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ronni Abergel, founder, Human Library\"]‘It’s so frustrating for some people to sort of be observed, judged, but have no chance to really explain who they are.’[/pullquote]“We teach all our books, ‘Look, you’re in charge here. If you get a question that’s too personal or way off topic, you can always say, ‘I’m sorry, but those pages haven’t been published yet,’” Abergel said. “If the intention is to offend, then we recommend books stop the reading immediately and return to the library.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers, known as “librarians,” are also on hand to step in. Abergel says his organization has run thousands of sessions and he can count the number of bad incidents on one hand. Perhaps that’s because it’s a self-selecting crowd — both readers and books want to participate, he explained. Often the worst that happens is a reader simply gets up and walks away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In cases where the books’ lived experiences involve trauma or abuse, Human Library trainers suggest comments be kept more general. “We do not want to retraumatize any of our books,” Abergel said, noting that books can speak to volunteer psychologists if difficult situations arise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Caron, the Human Library’s Los Angeles depot manager, believes the project offers a crucial alternative to the dehumanization that often happens when people interact on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is literally a \u003cem>humanizing\u003c/em> experience,” he said. “And rather than making an assumption based on something [we] saw on television or heard secondhand, instead we get to have a first-person understanding of what somebody’s life was actually like. One of the most powerful possibilities of this project is that it makes us better family members, better community members, better co-workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A centimeter of progress’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A 2021 European survey of 92 event participants found that \u003ca href=\"https://humanlibrary.org/new-study-on-the-impact-of-the-human-library/\">readers reflected on their own biases after the event\u003c/a>, and many said it had made them more empathetic toward stigmatized or less-visible groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abergel says the project has a profound impact on the books themselves, many of whom have participated for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Jesse Amend, the Santa Monica woman with OCD, has done 11 readings so far and has no intention of stopping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I personally believe that getting things out of the dark and into the light is necessary,” she says. “It’s like this glimmer of a moment where we just did something that made a centimeter of progress, maybe. But it was something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Human Library hosts regular events at the Santa Monica Public Library, as well as bimonthly \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/humanlibraryLA.official\">online readings\u003c/a>. Anyone interested in becoming a human book can submit an application on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.humanlibrary.org.\">Human Library website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"At a Human Library event, each 'book' represents a lived experience that has been stigmatized or misunderstood, and has volunteered to talk with strangers about it.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1686945919,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":38,"wordCount":1750},"headData":{"title":"At This Library, You Check Out a Human, Not a Book — and Sit Down to Talk | KQED","description":"At a Human Library event, each 'book' represents a lived experience that has been stigmatized or misunderstood, and has volunteered to talk with strangers about it.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/437c8129-ba47-40f1-85fc-b021015197ca/audio.mp3","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"http://clarewiley.com/\">Clare Wiley\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11953016/at-this-library-you-check-out-a-human-not-a-book-and-sit-down-to-talk","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The circulation desk at the Santa Monica Public Library recently boasted some unexpected titles, each written on a sheet of paper: \u003cem>Bipolar\u003c/em>, \u003cem>PTSD\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Blind\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Gay\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘It’s not about changing anyone’s mind. But everyone walks away with just a little bit more empathy and lightness.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Jesse Amend, Human Library 'book'","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Each human “book” represents a lived experience that has been stigmatized or misunderstood, and those people have signed up to have frank conversations with members of the public about it. “Readers” can choose a title that interests them and the pair sit down at a small table in the leafy courtyard of the library. During their 30-minute chat, the reader can ask the book anything about the experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is part of a regular series hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of the Human Library, an international organization that holds similar events around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Becoming a ‘human book’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jesse Amend, whose book title is \u003cem>OCD\u003c/em>, had been looking for an opportunity to open up to strangers ever since an upsetting experience during a Bible study meeting years earlier. “That kind of environment was always a huge trigger,” she says, “because I was sitting in a room full of people I thought were perfect, and I was the only one that was carrying this mess.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting in a circle of fellow worshippers one evening, Amend began to feel a sense of panic rising in her chest. When it was her turn to request a prayer, she was unable to speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started crying and just babbling because I [couldn’t] gather my thoughts,” she said. “I was just broken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the panic attack subsided, Amend said she felt mortified. “It’s extremely raw, showing everyone your insides and all your darkness,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But afterwards, as everyone was gathering their belongings and leaving the room, a woman approached her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was like, ‘I have a lot of insecurity and anxiety.’ She was trying to say, ‘Me, too! I know what this is and I’ve experienced this,’” Amend recalled. “I think it definitely started to, somewhere in the back of my head, trigger that thought of like … you helped someone by being a hot mess, so maybe this is my deal in life: to be the one that speaks up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952855\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1491px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11952855 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED.jpg\" alt='A person writes a list of words and phrases on a chalkboard in an outdoor setting under the heading \"Titles of the Day.\" The list includes \"aictim of sexual assault,\" \"borderline,\" Complex PTSD,\" and others.' width=\"1491\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED.jpg 1491w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED-800x1073.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED-1020x1368.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED-160x215.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230613-Human-Library-02-Getty-CBW-KQED-1145x1536.jpg 1145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1491px) 100vw, 1491px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer writes the day’s list of ‘human book’ titles on a blackboard at the Human Library in Copenhagen on Aug. 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Camille Bas-Wohlert/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That moment of vulnerability with a relative stranger stuck with Amend for years. When she heard about the Human Library project, she was excited about the chance to share her experience in a more structured setting. She says it’s freeing to have civil, open conversations with strangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amend, one of about 100 human books in California, says people have different experiences living with \u003ca href=\"https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd\">obsessive-compulsive disorder\u003c/a>, and as a book in the Human Library she’s only expected to share her own experience with the condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not about changing anyone’s mind,” Amend said, noting that the project’s organizers emphasize that no one book represents an entire identity or community. “But everyone walks away with just a little bit more empathy and lightness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the event, Adam Lendermon, a book whose title is \u003cem>Gay\u003c/em>, says a lot of people ask similar questions. “I get a lot of questions about how I came out, and how my family responded,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lendermon loves that the Human Library is a safe space to ask things that might not be acceptable in other settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I often encourage people to dig deep and ask questions that may feel taboo,” he said. “What’s the most beautiful for me is when a reader will say to me, ‘Oh, I never thought of it that way.’ A light bulb has been turned on for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Readers’ react\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Inga Grimmett heard about the Santa Monica event through a friend and was interested right away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I sat down, I got nervous,” she said. “I didn’t want to offend by asking the wrong questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grimmett was impressed by the range of topics offered, but she also had reservations, concerned that the human books were being reduced to labels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “those labels and tropes start to fall off once they start telling their story,” she said. “Because within their story, you start to see and pull things that are similar to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grimmett spoke to a man recovering from addiction — a topic that hit close to home for her. “I never really talked about how to approach [my] family members that were recovering addicts,” she said. “I kind of just kept it to myself. So with him, it was easy, because he was a stranger, and I can just ask.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavonny Tillotson, another reader, spoke to a young woman who has \u003ca href=\"https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/functional-neurologic-disorder\">functional neurologic disorder\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/index.html\">chronic fatigue syndrome\u003c/a>. “It was very triggering for me,” he said, “because I have degenerative bones in my spine, and I did not expect to talk to someone who I identified with so much. She was a different race, a different age, different background, but we had that in common, and it really made me kind of emotional. I hadn’t experienced that kind of conversation with a stranger before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Unexpected moments of connection\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Those unexpected moments of connection are one of the key goals of the Human Library, a project that originated in Denmark in 2000 and has since inspired events throughout the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even as a kid, when I saw somebody who was different, I’d be like, ‘Oh, look at this person, or look at this tattoo or look at this!’” said Ronni Abergel, who first came up with the idea. “And my mom would always go, ‘Oh, you can’t do that, you can’t say that.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So as an adult, Abergel launched a space where people can ask what they really want to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[It’s] a format where some of the most unpopular groups in our community were volunteering to be on loan and answer questions about their private, personal life,” said Abergel, who still lives in Denmark. “Very personal questions, actually, like [of] the obese person, ‘How did you become so overweight?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953037\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11953037\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2.jpg\" alt=\"A white person wearing glasses, with short blue hair, stands up while speaking effusively to a seated group of three other white people.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/by-Katy-Jon-Went-for-Human-Library-for-Smurfit-Kappa-Newport-12-June-2019-3-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Human Library discussion session in Wales, in June 2019. \u003ccite>(Katy Jon Went/Courtesy the Human Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And Abergel found that while participants were interested in hearing about experiences different from their own, many also relished the chance to be heard, “even people in unpopular jobs like police officers or sex workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so frustrating for some people to sort of be observed, judged, but have no chance to really explain who they are,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the project aspires to facilitate a truly open dialogue, one that inevitably makes participants vulnerable and potentially subject to hostile or offensive behavior, the organization has systems in place to protect its books.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘It’s so frustrating for some people to sort of be observed, judged, but have no chance to really explain who they are.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Ronni Abergel, founder, Human Library","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We teach all our books, ‘Look, you’re in charge here. If you get a question that’s too personal or way off topic, you can always say, ‘I’m sorry, but those pages haven’t been published yet,’” Abergel said. “If the intention is to offend, then we recommend books stop the reading immediately and return to the library.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers, known as “librarians,” are also on hand to step in. Abergel says his organization has run thousands of sessions and he can count the number of bad incidents on one hand. Perhaps that’s because it’s a self-selecting crowd — both readers and books want to participate, he explained. Often the worst that happens is a reader simply gets up and walks away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In cases where the books’ lived experiences involve trauma or abuse, Human Library trainers suggest comments be kept more general. “We do not want to retraumatize any of our books,” Abergel said, noting that books can speak to volunteer psychologists if difficult situations arise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Caron, the Human Library’s Los Angeles depot manager, believes the project offers a crucial alternative to the dehumanization that often happens when people interact on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is literally a \u003cem>humanizing\u003c/em> experience,” he said. “And rather than making an assumption based on something [we] saw on television or heard secondhand, instead we get to have a first-person understanding of what somebody’s life was actually like. One of the most powerful possibilities of this project is that it makes us better family members, better community members, better co-workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A centimeter of progress’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A 2021 European survey of 92 event participants found that \u003ca href=\"https://humanlibrary.org/new-study-on-the-impact-of-the-human-library/\">readers reflected on their own biases after the event\u003c/a>, and many said it had made them more empathetic toward stigmatized or less-visible groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abergel says the project has a profound impact on the books themselves, many of whom have participated for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Jesse Amend, the Santa Monica woman with OCD, has done 11 readings so far and has no intention of stopping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I personally believe that getting things out of the dark and into the light is necessary,” she says. “It’s like this glimmer of a moment where we just did something that made a centimeter of progress, maybe. But it was something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Human Library hosts regular events at the Santa Monica Public Library, as well as bimonthly \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/humanlibraryLA.official\">online readings\u003c/a>. Anyone interested in becoming a human book can submit an application on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.humanlibrary.org.\">Human Library website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11953016/at-this-library-you-check-out-a-human-not-a-book-and-sit-down-to-talk","authors":["byline_news_11953016"],"programs":["news_26731"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_32823","news_27626","news_32822","news_32824","news_2138"],"featImg":"news_11952854","label":"news_26731"},"news_11948910":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11948910","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11948910","score":null,"sort":[1683665581000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"its-a-very-stressful-job-california-first-responders-say-more-ptsd-injuries-should-be-covered-by-workers-compensation","title":"'It's a Very Stressful Job': California First Responders Say More PTSD Injuries Should Be Covered by Workers' Compensation","publishDate":1683665581,"format":"standard","headTitle":"‘It’s a Very Stressful Job’: California First Responders Say More PTSD Injuries Should Be Covered by Workers’ Compensation | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":20286,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>A paramedic for about 30 years, Susan Farren knew all was not well with first responders: Eight of her colleagues had died by suicide. Others had experienced substance abuse or gone through painful divorces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, in 2018, Farren founded a nonprofit in Santa Rosa to train and support emergency personnel struggling with trauma and stress. Hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other first responders have since availed themselves of the organization’s timely help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody prepares you to walk into a house where four people have been murdered,” said Farren, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.resiliency1st.org/\">First Responders Resiliency\u003c/a>.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Karen Larsen, CEO, Steinberg Institute\"]‘We wouldn’t think twice about taking care of a first responder who broke their leg, and we shouldn’t think twice about taking care of their mental health needs.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters, paramedics and police often respond to the worst days of people’s lives — accidents, deaths, fires and other distressing events. After the deadly mass shootings earlier this year in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, and countless others across the country, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-31/monterey-park-officials-apologize-to-firefighters-first-responders\">awareness of how such trauma affects first responders\u003c/a> has grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there is no national consensus on when and which emergency personnel should be provided workers’ compensation benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wouldn’t think twice about taking care of a first responder who broke their leg, and we shouldn’t think twice about taking care of their mental health needs,” Karen Larsen, CEO of the Steinberg Institute, a nonprofit public policy institute, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, there has been a push in California by first responders for laws that expand access to workers’ compensation for post-traumatic stress injuries among their ranks. But some business groups and local governments want to pump the brakes, citing worries about potential fraud or abuse of the workers’ compensation system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The allegation that some people could take advantage of a more open workers’ compensation system should not deter California from providing immediate access to mental health treatment to those who need it, said Farren, who noted that many of the first responders she works with are denied workers’ compensation coverage or have to go through many steps to get it approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That shouldn’t keep us from getting help to those who really need it. That help should be available often, and affordably, and it should be available immediately,” Farren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perceptions about employers’ responsibility for alleviating work-related mental stress have changed over time, and that’s showing up in workers’ compensation. Each state has its own workers’ compensation laws, which provide benefits like disability pay and medical care to workers injured or sickened on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half \u003ca href=\"https://workcompauto.optum.com/content/owca/owca/en/insights/blog/policy-matters-blog/2021/PTSD-Coverage.html\">have enacted PTSD policies or policy changes since 2018\u003c/a>, according to a 2021 report by Optum, a company that creates workers’ compensation programs. Coverage varies widely for post-traumatic stress injuries, which can be triggered by a single traumatic event or continued exposure to high stress and traumatic events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to give California firefighters and police officers a stronger chance at earning workers’ compensation. The bill, \u003ca href=\"https://www.firerescue1.com/legislation-funding/articles/new-calif-law-lets-first-responders-seek-workers-comp-for-ptsd-N6kxZ0pCyRnz8AOQ/\">SB 542\u003c/a>, authored by state Sen. Henry Stern (D-Calabasas), changed state law so that post-traumatic stress “injury,” such as PTSD, is legally presumed to be work-related for those first responders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a small step by lawmakers in a state where recognition of work-related injuries for workers’ compensation has typically been limited to physical illnesses such as heart disease and cancer. Previously, psychiatric conditions were handled differently, with employers and insurance companies long contending that psychological injuries can have many sources and might be too easy to blame on work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers at the Rand Corp. suggested in a 2021 report that \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RBA1391-1.html\">further study is needed to evaluate the financial toll the 2019 law has had on employers\u003c/a> — particularly counties and other municipalities that pay for police, firefighters and other first responders. Rand researchers estimated the added costs for local governments and the state to cover post-traumatic stress injuries could rise from $20 million to $116 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters and police in most cases now no longer have to prove that work was mostly responsible for their PTSD. But the law sunsets in 2025 and excludes many other first responders, including dispatchers, paramedics and first responders at state hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, legislation by state Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB623\">SB 623\u003c/a>, co-sponsored by an advocacy group representing firefighters in the state — California Professional Firefighters — would extend PTSD workers’ compensation coverage until 2032 and open it up to state firefighters, additional law enforcement officers, public safety dispatchers and other emergency response communication employees who work for public agencies. The Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee unanimously approved the bill in April, and it is awaiting a vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Business groups and local governments — many of which opposed the 2019 law — are lobbying against more expansion. In letters to lawmakers, groups including the California Chamber of Commerce, California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation, California Hospital Association, and California State Association of Counties warned that pending legislation could “open the door to abuse and fraud.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no evidence that workers are being inappropriately denied the care or benefits that they need,” Virginia Drake, spokesperson for the California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation, told KFF Health News. The group represents employers, cities and counties, insurance brokers and government agencies on issues of workers’ compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislation that would extend benefits to more first responders would “put taxpayer funds at risk by tying the hands of public employers and forcing them to pay even the most questionable claims,” she added in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, there does not seem to be consensus on which emergency personnel should get covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A measure by Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez, a Democrat from Chino who worked as an emergency medical technician for three decades, has stalled. AB 597 would expand workers’ compensation coverage to paramedics and emergency medical technicians, but it didn’t get a hearing in the Assembly. Unions representing paramedics and EMTs in California did not return messages seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very stressful job,” said Rodriguez, who told KFF Health News that two of his paramedic friends had died by suicide. “It affects people differently.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clearing a path to speedy mental health recovery, particularly after traumatic incidents, “should be automatic,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear whether Newsom will back Laird’s bill extending coverage for groups of emergency responders, amid a \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa-what-does-the-projected-budget-shortfall-mean-for-california/\">projected $22.5 billion deficit\u003c/a>. A spokesperson for his office, Omar Rodriguez, said the governor typically does not comment on pending legislation and “will evaluate the bills on their own merits if they reach his desk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the Democratic governor \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SB-284-VETO.pdf?emrc=765aa9\">vetoed similar legislation (PDF)\u003c/a>, saying in a statement that it would be premature to shift coverage of PTSD before any studies had been conducted on how the current law has worked for those who are covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broadening coverage, Newsom wrote, “could set a dangerous precedent that has the potential to destabilize the workers’ compensation system going forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California Healthline is a service of the California Health Care Foundation produced by Kaiser Health News.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"But some business groups and local governments have opposed such efforts, citing concerns about potential fraud or abuse of the system.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1683665581,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":29,"wordCount":1262},"headData":{"title":"'It's a Very Stressful Job': California First Responders Say More PTSD Injuries Should Be Covered by Workers' Compensation | KQED","description":"But some business groups and local governments have opposed such efforts, citing concerns about potential fraud or abuse of the system.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://californiahealthline.org/news/author/annie-sciacca/\">Annie Sciacca\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11948910/its-a-very-stressful-job-california-first-responders-say-more-ptsd-injuries-should-be-covered-by-workers-compensation","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A paramedic for about 30 years, Susan Farren knew all was not well with first responders: Eight of her colleagues had died by suicide. Others had experienced substance abuse or gone through painful divorces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, in 2018, Farren founded a nonprofit in Santa Rosa to train and support emergency personnel struggling with trauma and stress. 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After the deadly mass shootings earlier this year in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, and countless others across the country, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-31/monterey-park-officials-apologize-to-firefighters-first-responders\">awareness of how such trauma affects first responders\u003c/a> has grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there is no national consensus on when and which emergency personnel should be provided workers’ compensation benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wouldn’t think twice about taking care of a first responder who broke their leg, and we shouldn’t think twice about taking care of their mental health needs,” Karen Larsen, CEO of the Steinberg Institute, a nonprofit public policy institute, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, there has been a push in California by first responders for laws that expand access to workers’ compensation for post-traumatic stress injuries among their ranks. But some business groups and local governments want to pump the brakes, citing worries about potential fraud or abuse of the workers’ compensation system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The allegation that some people could take advantage of a more open workers’ compensation system should not deter California from providing immediate access to mental health treatment to those who need it, said Farren, who noted that many of the first responders she works with are denied workers’ compensation coverage or have to go through many steps to get it approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That shouldn’t keep us from getting help to those who really need it. That help should be available often, and affordably, and it should be available immediately,” Farren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perceptions about employers’ responsibility for alleviating work-related mental stress have changed over time, and that’s showing up in workers’ compensation. Each state has its own workers’ compensation laws, which provide benefits like disability pay and medical care to workers injured or sickened on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half \u003ca href=\"https://workcompauto.optum.com/content/owca/owca/en/insights/blog/policy-matters-blog/2021/PTSD-Coverage.html\">have enacted PTSD policies or policy changes since 2018\u003c/a>, according to a 2021 report by Optum, a company that creates workers’ compensation programs. Coverage varies widely for post-traumatic stress injuries, which can be triggered by a single traumatic event or continued exposure to high stress and traumatic events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to give California firefighters and police officers a stronger chance at earning workers’ compensation. The bill, \u003ca href=\"https://www.firerescue1.com/legislation-funding/articles/new-calif-law-lets-first-responders-seek-workers-comp-for-ptsd-N6kxZ0pCyRnz8AOQ/\">SB 542\u003c/a>, authored by state Sen. Henry Stern (D-Calabasas), changed state law so that post-traumatic stress “injury,” such as PTSD, is legally presumed to be work-related for those first responders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a small step by lawmakers in a state where recognition of work-related injuries for workers’ compensation has typically been limited to physical illnesses such as heart disease and cancer. Previously, psychiatric conditions were handled differently, with employers and insurance companies long contending that psychological injuries can have many sources and might be too easy to blame on work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers at the Rand Corp. suggested in a 2021 report that \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RBA1391-1.html\">further study is needed to evaluate the financial toll the 2019 law has had on employers\u003c/a> — particularly counties and other municipalities that pay for police, firefighters and other first responders. Rand researchers estimated the added costs for local governments and the state to cover post-traumatic stress injuries could rise from $20 million to $116 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters and police in most cases now no longer have to prove that work was mostly responsible for their PTSD. But the law sunsets in 2025 and excludes many other first responders, including dispatchers, paramedics and first responders at state hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, legislation by state Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB623\">SB 623\u003c/a>, co-sponsored by an advocacy group representing firefighters in the state — California Professional Firefighters — would extend PTSD workers’ compensation coverage until 2032 and open it up to state firefighters, additional law enforcement officers, public safety dispatchers and other emergency response communication employees who work for public agencies. The Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee unanimously approved the bill in April, and it is awaiting a vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Business groups and local governments — many of which opposed the 2019 law — are lobbying against more expansion. In letters to lawmakers, groups including the California Chamber of Commerce, California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation, California Hospital Association, and California State Association of Counties warned that pending legislation could “open the door to abuse and fraud.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no evidence that workers are being inappropriately denied the care or benefits that they need,” Virginia Drake, spokesperson for the California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation, told KFF Health News. The group represents employers, cities and counties, insurance brokers and government agencies on issues of workers’ compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislation that would extend benefits to more first responders would “put taxpayer funds at risk by tying the hands of public employers and forcing them to pay even the most questionable claims,” she added in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, there does not seem to be consensus on which emergency personnel should get covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A measure by Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez, a Democrat from Chino who worked as an emergency medical technician for three decades, has stalled. AB 597 would expand workers’ compensation coverage to paramedics and emergency medical technicians, but it didn’t get a hearing in the Assembly. Unions representing paramedics and EMTs in California did not return messages seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very stressful job,” said Rodriguez, who told KFF Health News that two of his paramedic friends had died by suicide. “It affects people differently.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clearing a path to speedy mental health recovery, particularly after traumatic incidents, “should be automatic,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear whether Newsom will back Laird’s bill extending coverage for groups of emergency responders, amid a \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa-what-does-the-projected-budget-shortfall-mean-for-california/\">projected $22.5 billion deficit\u003c/a>. A spokesperson for his office, Omar Rodriguez, said the governor typically does not comment on pending legislation and “will evaluate the bills on their own merits if they reach his desk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the Democratic governor \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SB-284-VETO.pdf?emrc=765aa9\">vetoed similar legislation (PDF)\u003c/a>, saying in a statement that it would be premature to shift coverage of PTSD before any studies had been conducted on how the current law has worked for those who are covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broadening coverage, Newsom wrote, “could set a dangerous precedent that has the potential to destabilize the workers’ compensation system going forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California Healthline is a service of the California Health Care Foundation produced by Kaiser Health News.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11948910/its-a-very-stressful-job-california-first-responders-say-more-ptsd-injuries-should-be-covered-by-workers-compensation","authors":["byline_news_11948910"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_21588","news_32715","news_2139","news_2138","news_32716"],"affiliates":["news_20286"],"featImg":"news_11948918","label":"news_20286"},"news_11764070":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11764070","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11764070","score":null,"sort":[1674669326000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-to-talk-with-kids-after-a-traumatic-event","title":"How to Talk With Kids After a Traumatic Event ","publishDate":1674669326,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Three mass killings just days apart have left California communities shaken, once again prompting conversations about how to talk with kids about tragedies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 72-year-old gunman killed 11 people and injured nine others \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938828/la-mass-shooting-suspect-kills-10-near-lunar-new-year-fest\">at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park\u003c/a>, and another gunman killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938972/7-killed-in-monday-shooting-massacre-in-half-moon-bay\">seven people in Half Moon Bay and injured another\u003c/a>. At one of the sites of the Half Moon Bay shooting, children who lived on the property and also attended school nearby may have seen the attack take place. A week earlier, two gunmen killed six people, including a teenage mother and her baby, at a property in Goshen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such acts of violence are disturbing for children to witness, but kid also are exposed to scary-sounding news and alarming imagery when similar traumatic events occur around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools in the United States have become more prepared for mass shootings in recent years, which has meant learning how to talk with kids about active shooters and “bad guys” on school campuses. While \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werent\">the incidence of on-campus shootings is extremely low\u003c/a>, they’re something many teachers and parents have prepared for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most helpful thing for parents to share with their kids is that these events are rare and that adults are there to protect them,” said Stephen Brock, professor of psychology at CSU Sacramento. “We can’t deny the reality of these things, but kids need to be reassured with these facts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some kids find out about the news by seeing it themselves or hearing it discussed at school, at home or in their communities. Young children can especially be harmed by this exposure, so experts recommend restricting their access to traumatic news. Kids old enough to have smartphones will likely get misinformation on the internet and social media, so it’s even more important for parents and caregivers to support their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some key steps parents and caregivers can take:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remind kids that they are safe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Children need to be reassured by their caregivers that they are safe. \u003ca href=\"https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/talking-to-children\">The American Psychological Association says, above all, reassure\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ... reassure your children that you will do everything you know how to do to keep them safe and to watch out for them. Reassure them that you will be available to answer any questions or talk about this topic again in the future. Reassure them that they are loved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Limit young children's exposure to traumatic news\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Young children have less developed skills to separate facts from fears, so psychologists recommend minimizing a child’s exposure to traumatic news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When kids see the news, even if they are not a resident of [the affected place], they have the mistaken perception that they could be shot at any time,” said Brock. “For little ones, turn [the news] off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sometimes, that fear is transferred to children through adult behavior. If adults are behaving in an anxious or fearful manner, kids will pick up on that, especially those in primary grades and younger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids will look to adults to see how scared they should be,” said Brock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Observe your kids for verbal and nonverbal cues\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A parent might overhear a child talking about a traumatic news event, or the child might ask about it. If it looks like the child is curious, engage the child in conversation, said Brock, adding, “Let their questions be your guide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all kids can verbalize what they’re feeling, so look for changes in behavior. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">the \"Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers\" report\u003c/a> from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), caregivers are advised to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Watch for clues that they may want to talk, such as hovering around while you do the dishes or yard work. Some children prefer writing, playing music, or doing an art project as an outlet. Young children may need concrete activities (such as drawing, looking at picture books, or imaginative play) to help them identify and express their feelings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if the child is not aware or expressing any interest in a traumatic event, it’s best to not bring it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t want to interject traumatic events into a child,” said Brock, who co-authored the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Talk with your kids in a way that's developmentally appropriate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Parents can talk with kids about anything, but it must be developmentally appropriate. Communicating with a 15-year-old is going to be different from talking with a 4-year-old. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">NASP\u003c/a> has this advice on how to explain traumas, especially in schools, to different age groups:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Early elementary school children\u003c/strong> need brief, simple information that should be balanced with reassurances that their schools and homes are safe and that adults are there to protect them. Give simple examples of school safety like reminding children about exterior doors being locked, child monitoring efforts on the playground, and emergency drills practiced during the school day.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Upper elementary and early middle school children\u003c/strong> will be more vocal in asking questions about whether they truly are safe and what is being done at their school. They may need assistance separating reality from fantasy. Discuss efforts of school and community leaders to provide safe schools.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Upper middle school and high school students\u003c/strong> will have strong and varying opinions about the causes of violence in schools and society. They will share concrete suggestions about how to make school safer and how to prevent tragedies in society. Emphasize the role that students have in maintaining safe schools by following school safety guidelines (e.g., not providing building access to strangers, reporting strangers on campus, reporting threats to the school safety made by students or community members, etc.), communicating any personal safety concerns to school administrators, and accessing support for emotional needs.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teens need guidance from their parents, too, especially since they’re absorbing the chatter on social media networks and direct messages from friends. Kids with phones will likely see graphic images through friends and news updates, which can create added trauma and anxiety. \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/explaining-the-news-to-our-kids\">Common Sense Media advises parents to check in\u003c/a> on their teens:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since, in many instances, teens will have absorbed the news independently of you, talking with them can offer great insights into their developing politics and their senses of justice and morality. It will also help you get a sense of what they already know or have learned about the situation from their own social networks. It will also give you the opportunity to throw your own insights into the mix (just don't dismiss theirs, since that will shut down the conversation immediately).\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Maintain a normal routine\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Brock said, to the extent that it’s possible, maintain a normal routine. This will be helpful for the kid who’s frightened or anxious about a traumatic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more typical the routine, the more reassuring it can be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Carly Severn and Spencer Whitney contributed to this story. A previous version of this story was published on July 29, 2019.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"How can parents and caregivers talk with their children about traumatic events in developmentally appropriate ways?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1674673752,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":29,"wordCount":1200},"headData":{"title":"How to Talk With Kids After a Traumatic Event | KQED","description":"How can parents and caregivers talk with their children about traumatic events in developmentally appropriate ways?","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"source":"News","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/news/","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11764070/how-to-talk-with-kids-after-a-traumatic-event","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Three mass killings just days apart have left California communities shaken, once again prompting conversations about how to talk with kids about tragedies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 72-year-old gunman killed 11 people and injured nine others \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938828/la-mass-shooting-suspect-kills-10-near-lunar-new-year-fest\">at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park\u003c/a>, and another gunman killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938972/7-killed-in-monday-shooting-massacre-in-half-moon-bay\">seven people in Half Moon Bay and injured another\u003c/a>. At one of the sites of the Half Moon Bay shooting, children who lived on the property and also attended school nearby may have seen the attack take place. A week earlier, two gunmen killed six people, including a teenage mother and her baby, at a property in Goshen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such acts of violence are disturbing for children to witness, but kid also are exposed to scary-sounding news and alarming imagery when similar traumatic events occur around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools in the United States have become more prepared for mass shootings in recent years, which has meant learning how to talk with kids about active shooters and “bad guys” on school campuses. While \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werent\">the incidence of on-campus shootings is extremely low\u003c/a>, they’re something many teachers and parents have prepared for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most helpful thing for parents to share with their kids is that these events are rare and that adults are there to protect them,” said Stephen Brock, professor of psychology at CSU Sacramento. “We can’t deny the reality of these things, but kids need to be reassured with these facts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some kids find out about the news by seeing it themselves or hearing it discussed at school, at home or in their communities. Young children can especially be harmed by this exposure, so experts recommend restricting their access to traumatic news. Kids old enough to have smartphones will likely get misinformation on the internet and social media, so it’s even more important for parents and caregivers to support their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some key steps parents and caregivers can take:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remind kids that they are safe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Children need to be reassured by their caregivers that they are safe. \u003ca href=\"https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/talking-to-children\">The American Psychological Association says, above all, reassure\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ... reassure your children that you will do everything you know how to do to keep them safe and to watch out for them. Reassure them that you will be available to answer any questions or talk about this topic again in the future. Reassure them that they are loved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Limit young children's exposure to traumatic news\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Young children have less developed skills to separate facts from fears, so psychologists recommend minimizing a child’s exposure to traumatic news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When kids see the news, even if they are not a resident of [the affected place], they have the mistaken perception that they could be shot at any time,” said Brock. “For little ones, turn [the news] off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sometimes, that fear is transferred to children through adult behavior. If adults are behaving in an anxious or fearful manner, kids will pick up on that, especially those in primary grades and younger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids will look to adults to see how scared they should be,” said Brock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Observe your kids for verbal and nonverbal cues\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A parent might overhear a child talking about a traumatic news event, or the child might ask about it. If it looks like the child is curious, engage the child in conversation, said Brock, adding, “Let their questions be your guide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all kids can verbalize what they’re feeling, so look for changes in behavior. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">the \"Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers\" report\u003c/a> from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), caregivers are advised to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Watch for clues that they may want to talk, such as hovering around while you do the dishes or yard work. Some children prefer writing, playing music, or doing an art project as an outlet. Young children may need concrete activities (such as drawing, looking at picture books, or imaginative play) to help them identify and express their feelings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if the child is not aware or expressing any interest in a traumatic event, it’s best to not bring it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t want to interject traumatic events into a child,” said Brock, who co-authored the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Talk with your kids in a way that's developmentally appropriate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Parents can talk with kids about anything, but it must be developmentally appropriate. Communicating with a 15-year-old is going to be different from talking with a 4-year-old. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">NASP\u003c/a> has this advice on how to explain traumas, especially in schools, to different age groups:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Early elementary school children\u003c/strong> need brief, simple information that should be balanced with reassurances that their schools and homes are safe and that adults are there to protect them. Give simple examples of school safety like reminding children about exterior doors being locked, child monitoring efforts on the playground, and emergency drills practiced during the school day.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Upper elementary and early middle school children\u003c/strong> will be more vocal in asking questions about whether they truly are safe and what is being done at their school. They may need assistance separating reality from fantasy. Discuss efforts of school and community leaders to provide safe schools.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Upper middle school and high school students\u003c/strong> will have strong and varying opinions about the causes of violence in schools and society. They will share concrete suggestions about how to make school safer and how to prevent tragedies in society. Emphasize the role that students have in maintaining safe schools by following school safety guidelines (e.g., not providing building access to strangers, reporting strangers on campus, reporting threats to the school safety made by students or community members, etc.), communicating any personal safety concerns to school administrators, and accessing support for emotional needs.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teens need guidance from their parents, too, especially since they’re absorbing the chatter on social media networks and direct messages from friends. Kids with phones will likely see graphic images through friends and news updates, which can create added trauma and anxiety. \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/explaining-the-news-to-our-kids\">Common Sense Media advises parents to check in\u003c/a> on their teens:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since, in many instances, teens will have absorbed the news independently of you, talking with them can offer great insights into their developing politics and their senses of justice and morality. It will also help you get a sense of what they already know or have learned about the situation from their own social networks. It will also give you the opportunity to throw your own insights into the mix (just don't dismiss theirs, since that will shut down the conversation immediately).\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Maintain a normal routine\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Brock said, to the extent that it’s possible, maintain a normal routine. This will be helpful for the kid who’s frightened or anxious about a traumatic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more typical the routine, the more reassuring it can be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Carly Severn and Spencer Whitney contributed to this story. A previous version of this story was published on July 29, 2019.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11764070/how-to-talk-with-kids-after-a-traumatic-event","authors":["4596"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_457","news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_24445","news_2043","news_25066","news_26309","news_26310","news_17762","news_18939","news_2109","news_18541","news_29513","news_2138","news_20675"],"featImg":"news_11875482","label":"source_news_11764070"},"news_11929548":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11929548","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11929548","score":null,"sort":[1666289922000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"justice-advocate-ashley-biden-touts-role-of-trauma-support-pioneered-in-sf","title":"Justice Advocate Ashley Biden Touts Role of Trauma Support Pioneered in SF","publishDate":1666289922,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter and a social worker, visited San Francisco this week to advocate for trauma recovery centers (TRCs) — a model that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.traumarecoverycentermodel.org/history-of-trcs/\">created in the city\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Think of it like a one-stop shop for mental health,” said Biden during a visit Wednesday to UCSF Citywide, a psychiatric facility in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. “So we are going into the community to find those who have been victims and to ask them if they want to receive services to come into the TRC.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF pioneered the TRC model in part to support victims of crime living in communities of color, offering comprehensive case management, from meeting people’s basic needs to specialized psychiatric services.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Ashley Biden, social worker, philanthropist, activist\"]'If we could actually provide those who need real mental health treatment and we could provide them with effective treatments that work, we're going to be a safer society.'[/pullquote]Biden, who is also a consultant for the National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers, said TRCs could be a solution for many states as the U.S. continues to face a mental health crisis, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Just this week, the Biden administration announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/biden-administration-seeks-to-expand-24-7-mental-health-care\">millions of dollars in grants\u003c/a> — adding to the billions allocated toward addressing the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dad is dedicated,” Biden said. “We're going to have some real issues if we don't win the House and Senate. I mean, it's over, right? It's over in the sense of what's to come. Our rights. Mental health care. All of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden talked with KQED morning host Brian Watt. Here’s an excerpt of their conversation, which has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRIAN WATT:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>You became aware of trauma recovery centers through your work as a social worker. And as the daughter of a public servant and an educator, how did you decide that being a social worker and this type of work was your life's mission?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ASHLEY BIDEN:\u003c/strong> So I was on many campaigns, in many parades and many door knocks. (President Biden) was very grassroots. I would travel with him everywhere and I would always question the inequity. I also went to a Quaker school and learned about racism from a very young age. And it was my mission to tackle structural violence and institutional racism. Why aren't people healing? Why are the most marginalized the most harmed, yet the least healed?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929559\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11929559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in her 30s is seated with legs crossed talking to a an interviewer with earphones and a microphone.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashley Biden talks with KQED's Brian Watt about trauma recovery centers and mental health services at UCSF Citywide on Oct.19, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So what do trauma recovery centers do for people who have experienced interpersonal violence in cases of physical and sexual assault, domestic violence and police brutality?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is person-centered, survivor-centered care where there are evidence-based therapies that we know are effective for treating things like PTSD. I believe about less than one-third of victims who have PTSD right after a violent crime or situation receive some type of treatment. So trauma centers increase access and make it equitable for those who might not be able to receive services in traditional settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is part of the problem that a lot of people who are victims of violence, they just don't know these services are out there, possibly ready to serve them?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a few things. One is when you are a victim of violent crime, you can often develop PTSD, and those symptoms often don't allow for one to receive services. What we know about PTSD is that oftentimes people don't want to leave their houses. It’s hypervigilance. So part of it is the trauma from the actual incident. And honestly, I think the other is not believing that services will work for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it really does depend on access. Historically, if you have money, you can pay for a therapist. You can go and get inpatient treatment for trauma. You can get some of these evidence-based treatment modalities. If you don't have the means, you can't. And we've got to change this — Medicaid. The reimbursement for mental health treatment and trauma treatments is so low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You participated in a roundtable at UCSF about the role of trauma recovery centers in reimagining public safety. That is a big topic here in the Bay Area and, frankly, nationwide. Tell us more about that.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a lot of generational trauma, so what we're trying to do is to break that trauma. We are trying to get somebody at the first point of victimization where we can help them to heal so they don't hurt another person. So they don't retaliate. And if we could actually provide those who need real mental health treatment and we could provide them with effective treatments that work, we're going to be a safer society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Racism is trauma. Having to be judged your entire life because of the color of your skin is traumatic. And so we really do everything we can to empower, to give people actual skills. When you're triggered, what are you going to do? When you see the guy that you know you want to beat up? How are you going to not beat him up and walk away? How are you going to get your anger under control? And depression?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's breaking generational trauma. It's also making sure that people have access to the services that they need, that maybe historically they have been marginalized from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"President Biden's daughter, a social worker, talks about the need for trauma recovery and mental health services that work, that are affordable and that are accessible in light of an ongoing nationwide mental health crisis.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1666289922,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":960},"headData":{"title":"Justice Advocate Ashley Biden Touts Role of Trauma Support Pioneered in SF | KQED","description":"President Biden's daughter, a social worker, talks about the need for trauma recovery and mental health services that work, that are affordable and that are accessible in light of an ongoing nationwide mental health crisis.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11929548 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11929548","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/10/20/justice-advocate-ashley-biden-touts-role-of-trauma-support-pioneered-in-sf/","disqusTitle":"Justice Advocate Ashley Biden Touts Role of Trauma Support Pioneered in SF","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11929548/justice-advocate-ashley-biden-touts-role-of-trauma-support-pioneered-in-sf","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter and a social worker, visited San Francisco this week to advocate for trauma recovery centers (TRCs) — a model that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.traumarecoverycentermodel.org/history-of-trcs/\">created in the city\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Think of it like a one-stop shop for mental health,” said Biden during a visit Wednesday to UCSF Citywide, a psychiatric facility in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. “So we are going into the community to find those who have been victims and to ask them if they want to receive services to come into the TRC.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF pioneered the TRC model in part to support victims of crime living in communities of color, offering comprehensive case management, from meeting people’s basic needs to specialized psychiatric services.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'If we could actually provide those who need real mental health treatment and we could provide them with effective treatments that work, we're going to be a safer society.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Ashley Biden, social worker, philanthropist, activist","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Biden, who is also a consultant for the National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers, said TRCs could be a solution for many states as the U.S. continues to face a mental health crisis, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Just this week, the Biden administration announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/biden-administration-seeks-to-expand-24-7-mental-health-care\">millions of dollars in grants\u003c/a> — adding to the billions allocated toward addressing the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dad is dedicated,” Biden said. “We're going to have some real issues if we don't win the House and Senate. I mean, it's over, right? It's over in the sense of what's to come. Our rights. Mental health care. All of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden talked with KQED morning host Brian Watt. Here’s an excerpt of their conversation, which has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRIAN WATT:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>You became aware of trauma recovery centers through your work as a social worker. And as the daughter of a public servant and an educator, how did you decide that being a social worker and this type of work was your life's mission?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ASHLEY BIDEN:\u003c/strong> So I was on many campaigns, in many parades and many door knocks. (President Biden) was very grassroots. I would travel with him everywhere and I would always question the inequity. I also went to a Quaker school and learned about racism from a very young age. And it was my mission to tackle structural violence and institutional racism. Why aren't people healing? Why are the most marginalized the most harmed, yet the least healed?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929559\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11929559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in her 30s is seated with legs crossed talking to a an interviewer with earphones and a microphone.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/001_KQED_AshleyBidenUCSF_10192022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashley Biden talks with KQED's Brian Watt about trauma recovery centers and mental health services at UCSF Citywide on Oct.19, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So what do trauma recovery centers do for people who have experienced interpersonal violence in cases of physical and sexual assault, domestic violence and police brutality?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is person-centered, survivor-centered care where there are evidence-based therapies that we know are effective for treating things like PTSD. I believe about less than one-third of victims who have PTSD right after a violent crime or situation receive some type of treatment. So trauma centers increase access and make it equitable for those who might not be able to receive services in traditional settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is part of the problem that a lot of people who are victims of violence, they just don't know these services are out there, possibly ready to serve them?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a few things. One is when you are a victim of violent crime, you can often develop PTSD, and those symptoms often don't allow for one to receive services. What we know about PTSD is that oftentimes people don't want to leave their houses. It’s hypervigilance. So part of it is the trauma from the actual incident. And honestly, I think the other is not believing that services will work for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it really does depend on access. Historically, if you have money, you can pay for a therapist. You can go and get inpatient treatment for trauma. You can get some of these evidence-based treatment modalities. If you don't have the means, you can't. And we've got to change this — Medicaid. The reimbursement for mental health treatment and trauma treatments is so low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You participated in a roundtable at UCSF about the role of trauma recovery centers in reimagining public safety. That is a big topic here in the Bay Area and, frankly, nationwide. Tell us more about that.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a lot of generational trauma, so what we're trying to do is to break that trauma. We are trying to get somebody at the first point of victimization where we can help them to heal so they don't hurt another person. So they don't retaliate. And if we could actually provide those who need real mental health treatment and we could provide them with effective treatments that work, we're going to be a safer society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Racism is trauma. Having to be judged your entire life because of the color of your skin is traumatic. And so we really do everything we can to empower, to give people actual skills. When you're triggered, what are you going to do? When you see the guy that you know you want to beat up? How are you going to not beat him up and walk away? How are you going to get your anger under control? And depression?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's breaking generational trauma. It's also making sure that people have access to the services that they need, that maybe historically they have been marginalized from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11929548/justice-advocate-ashley-biden-touts-role-of-trauma-support-pioneered-in-sf","authors":["11724"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_31860","news_27989","news_31862","news_2138","news_31861","news_922"],"featImg":"news_11929558","label":"news"},"news_11794815":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11794815","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11794815","score":null,"sort":[1578523754000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"5-things-to-know-as-california-starts-screening-children-for-toxic-stress","title":"5 Things to Know as California Starts Screening Children for Toxic Stress","publishDate":1578523754,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Starting this year, routine pediatric visits for millions of California children could involve questions about touchy family topics, such as divorce, unstable housing or a parent who struggles with alcoholism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California now will pay doctors to screen patients for traumatic events known as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, if the patient is covered by Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The screening program is rooted in \u003ca href=\"https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-looks-to-lead-nation-aces-screening-childhood-trauma/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decades of research\u003c/a> that suggests children who endure sustained stress in their day-to-day lives undergo biochemical changes to their brains and bodies that can dramatically increase their risk of developing serious health problems, including heart disease, asthma, depression and cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health and welfare advocates hope that widespread screening of children for ACEs, accompanied by early intervention, will help reduce the ongoing stresses and skirt the onset of physical illness, or at least ensure an illness is treated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Dayna Long, a pediatrician at UCSF\"]'We’re not going to make all the hard things go away, but we can help families build resilience and reduce stress.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The higher the number of such adverse events — and so, the higher a child’s ACEs “score” — the higher the risk of chronic illness and premature death. About 63% of Californians have experienced at least one adverse childhood event, and nearly 18% have faced four or more, according to state health officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is the first state to create a formal reimbursement strategy for ACEs screening, and the program will be open to both children and adults enrolled in Medi-Cal. The initiative is part of a larger \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Documents/ACEs-AWARE-INITIATIVE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACEs awareness campaign\u003c/a> championed by the state’s first surgeon general, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime/discussion?CMP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Nadine Burke Harris\u003c/a>, who is a national leader in the ACEs movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public health impact could be significant as Medi-Cal covers 5.3 million kids — roughly 40% of all California children — and 6.3 million adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a profound shift that’s going to change the type of prevention and management we do with families,” said Dr. Dayna Long, a pediatrician who is director of the Center for Child and Community Health at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and helped develop the state-approved screening tool for children and teens. “We’re not going to make all the hard things go away, but we can help families build resilience and reduce stress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are five key things to know about ACEs and the state's new screening program:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>1. How it Works\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>At a typical well-child visit, parents or caregivers will be asked to fill out a state-approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.acesaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/PEARLS-Tool-Child-Parent-Caregiver-Report-De-Identified-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">questionnaire\u003c/a> about potentially stressful experiences in their children’s lives. For children under age 12, caregivers fill out the survey. Young people ages 12-19 will complete their own questionnaire in addition to their caregivers’ questionnaire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The questions will touch on 10 categories of adversity spanning the first 18 years of life: physical, emotional or sexual abuse; physical or emotional neglect; and experiences that could indicate household dysfunction, such as a parent who has a serious mental illness or addiction, having parents who are incarcerated or living in a home with domestic violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=mindshift_54373 label='Does every moment matter?' hero=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/09/happy-childhood-photos-de61f9ac60f2b9d24a1196c86e0d47be30eebaea-1020x765.jpg\"]The screening will measure for experiences that could regularly trigger fear and anxiety, including homelessness, not having enough food or the right kinds of food, and growing up in a neighborhood marred by drugs and violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Long acknowledged some caregivers and children might be reluctant or unwilling to disclose sensitive information, particularly if they fear shame or repercussions. “We acknowledge it takes time to build trust,” she said. “But we want to encourage families to have hard conversations with their doctors and to understand how stressful events over the life of the child are impacting that child’s health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Physicians will review the responses and discuss them with caregivers during the visit. Doctors will have access to free online training on how to communicate with families and connect them to community resources. Physicians will be eligible for a $29 reimbursement for each Medi-Cal patient screened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The responses are considered confidential patient information and won’t be shared with state officials. But researchers hope that aggregated information will be studied to improve care for patients with high ACEs scores.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>2. Screenings Are Voluntary\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Doctors do not need to offer them, and patients and their caregivers do not have to participate. Doctors will need to complete online training before they can be paid for screening patients. The state will cover the costs of screening once a year for children and once in a lifetime for adults. But children are the main focus of the screening campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>3. What Happens After the Screening Is Less Clear\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Community clinics often have social workers or “navigators” available to connect families to aid like food stamps or counseling. Doctors in private practice, however, are less likely to have those resources, said Dr. Eric Ball, an Orange County pediatrician who served on a committee advising the surgeon general on the ACEs campaign. Ball said local chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics will work to educate doctors on how to help children who register high ACEs scores, because social services vary so much by county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors “are not going to get rich doing ACEs screenings, that’s not the point,” Ball said. “If we can pick up kids at higher risk for these issues down the road and mitigate it, that’s really exciting to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>4. Researchers Aren’t Yet Sure Which Interventions Will Best Help Kids With High ACEs Scores\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Long and her UCSF Benioff colleagues are \u003ca href=\"https://clinicaltrials.ucsf.edu/trial/NCT04182906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">continuing to study\u003c/a> how well the ACEs screening works and what interventions might be most effective. It’s one thing to help hungry families sign up for food stamps and free school lunches. It’s less clear how to help a child whose parent is in prison. Researchers have identified protective factors that can help children better resist the effects of toxic stress, including nurturing relationships with trusted adults, such as grandparents or teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact of screening is also an intervention,” Long said. “Being able to sit in a room with a pediatrician is not going to make those hard experiences go away, but it creates a freedom to talk about some things that are solvable. That’s therapeutic in and of itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>5. Not Everyone Agrees That Widespread ACEs Screening Is a Good Idea\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Sociologist David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, is among those who caution that universal screening for ACEs is premature, given there is little consensus about the potential negative effects of screening or the best interventions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1938819,news_11724781,futureofyou_439851\" label=\"Related Coverage\"]“The good news is that we are focusing on these adversities that are clearly the source of so many downstream health and mental health problems,” Finkelhor said. “But the bad news is we’re moving way too fast, before we know how to best conduct this kind of screening and intervention, and we could get it wrong with pretty disastrous consequences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mostly, we don’t know what to do with somebody who has a high ACE score,” he said. “There are already long waits to get into family counseling or child mental health programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a doctor might be legally required to report previous abuse to authorities, upending a family even if the child no longer is exposed to the abuser, Finkelhor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are tough questions,” Long of UCSF acknowledged. Still, she said, screening is important, because it encourages physicians to engage in difficult conversations they might not otherwise have and pushes clinics to create links to supportive services and resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is the next phase, and that is important,” Long said. “We’re doing this because we care about your child and want them to grow into healthy adults.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This \u003ca href=\"https://khn.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KHN\u003c/a> story first published on \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiahealthline.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Healthline\u003c/a>, a service of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.chcf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Health Care Foundation\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaiser Health News\u003c/a> (KHN) is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kff.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation\u003c/a> which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"California now will pay doctors to screen patients for traumatic events known as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, if the patient is covered by Medi-Cal.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1578528491,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":31,"wordCount":1459},"headData":{"title":"5 Things to Know as California Starts Screening Children for Toxic Stress | KQED","description":"California now will pay doctors to screen patients for traumatic events known as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, if the patient is covered by Medi-Cal.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11794815 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11794815","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/01/08/5-things-to-know-as-california-starts-screening-children-for-toxic-stress/","disqusTitle":"5 Things to Know as California Starts Screening Children for Toxic Stress","source":"Kaiser Health News","sourceUrl":"https://khn.org/","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://khn.org/news/author/barbara-feder-ostrov/\">Barbara Feder Ostrov\u003ca />","path":"/news/11794815/5-things-to-know-as-california-starts-screening-children-for-toxic-stress","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Starting this year, routine pediatric visits for millions of California children could involve questions about touchy family topics, such as divorce, unstable housing or a parent who struggles with alcoholism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California now will pay doctors to screen patients for traumatic events known as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, if the patient is covered by Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The screening program is rooted in \u003ca href=\"https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-looks-to-lead-nation-aces-screening-childhood-trauma/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decades of research\u003c/a> that suggests children who endure sustained stress in their day-to-day lives undergo biochemical changes to their brains and bodies that can dramatically increase their risk of developing serious health problems, including heart disease, asthma, depression and cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health and welfare advocates hope that widespread screening of children for ACEs, accompanied by early intervention, will help reduce the ongoing stresses and skirt the onset of physical illness, or at least ensure an illness is treated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'We’re not going to make all the hard things go away, but we can help families build resilience and reduce stress.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Dr. Dayna Long, a pediatrician at UCSF","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The higher the number of such adverse events — and so, the higher a child’s ACEs “score” — the higher the risk of chronic illness and premature death. About 63% of Californians have experienced at least one adverse childhood event, and nearly 18% have faced four or more, according to state health officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is the first state to create a formal reimbursement strategy for ACEs screening, and the program will be open to both children and adults enrolled in Medi-Cal. The initiative is part of a larger \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Documents/ACEs-AWARE-INITIATIVE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACEs awareness campaign\u003c/a> championed by the state’s first surgeon general, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime/discussion?CMP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Nadine Burke Harris\u003c/a>, who is a national leader in the ACEs movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public health impact could be significant as Medi-Cal covers 5.3 million kids — roughly 40% of all California children — and 6.3 million adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a profound shift that’s going to change the type of prevention and management we do with families,” said Dr. Dayna Long, a pediatrician who is director of the Center for Child and Community Health at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and helped develop the state-approved screening tool for children and teens. “We’re not going to make all the hard things go away, but we can help families build resilience and reduce stress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are five key things to know about ACEs and the state's new screening program:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>1. How it Works\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>At a typical well-child visit, parents or caregivers will be asked to fill out a state-approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.acesaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/PEARLS-Tool-Child-Parent-Caregiver-Report-De-Identified-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">questionnaire\u003c/a> about potentially stressful experiences in their children’s lives. For children under age 12, caregivers fill out the survey. Young people ages 12-19 will complete their own questionnaire in addition to their caregivers’ questionnaire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The questions will touch on 10 categories of adversity spanning the first 18 years of life: physical, emotional or sexual abuse; physical or emotional neglect; and experiences that could indicate household dysfunction, such as a parent who has a serious mental illness or addiction, having parents who are incarcerated or living in a home with domestic violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"mindshift_54373","label":"Does every moment matter? ","hero":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/09/happy-childhood-photos-de61f9ac60f2b9d24a1196c86e0d47be30eebaea-1020x765.jpg"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The screening will measure for experiences that could regularly trigger fear and anxiety, including homelessness, not having enough food or the right kinds of food, and growing up in a neighborhood marred by drugs and violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Long acknowledged some caregivers and children might be reluctant or unwilling to disclose sensitive information, particularly if they fear shame or repercussions. “We acknowledge it takes time to build trust,” she said. “But we want to encourage families to have hard conversations with their doctors and to understand how stressful events over the life of the child are impacting that child’s health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Physicians will review the responses and discuss them with caregivers during the visit. Doctors will have access to free online training on how to communicate with families and connect them to community resources. Physicians will be eligible for a $29 reimbursement for each Medi-Cal patient screened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The responses are considered confidential patient information and won’t be shared with state officials. But researchers hope that aggregated information will be studied to improve care for patients with high ACEs scores.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>2. Screenings Are Voluntary\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Doctors do not need to offer them, and patients and their caregivers do not have to participate. Doctors will need to complete online training before they can be paid for screening patients. The state will cover the costs of screening once a year for children and once in a lifetime for adults. But children are the main focus of the screening campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>3. What Happens After the Screening Is Less Clear\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Community clinics often have social workers or “navigators” available to connect families to aid like food stamps or counseling. Doctors in private practice, however, are less likely to have those resources, said Dr. Eric Ball, an Orange County pediatrician who served on a committee advising the surgeon general on the ACEs campaign. Ball said local chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics will work to educate doctors on how to help children who register high ACEs scores, because social services vary so much by county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors “are not going to get rich doing ACEs screenings, that’s not the point,” Ball said. “If we can pick up kids at higher risk for these issues down the road and mitigate it, that’s really exciting to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>4. Researchers Aren’t Yet Sure Which Interventions Will Best Help Kids With High ACEs Scores\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Long and her UCSF Benioff colleagues are \u003ca href=\"https://clinicaltrials.ucsf.edu/trial/NCT04182906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">continuing to study\u003c/a> how well the ACEs screening works and what interventions might be most effective. It’s one thing to help hungry families sign up for food stamps and free school lunches. It’s less clear how to help a child whose parent is in prison. Researchers have identified protective factors that can help children better resist the effects of toxic stress, including nurturing relationships with trusted adults, such as grandparents or teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact of screening is also an intervention,” Long said. “Being able to sit in a room with a pediatrician is not going to make those hard experiences go away, but it creates a freedom to talk about some things that are solvable. That’s therapeutic in and of itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>5. Not Everyone Agrees That Widespread ACEs Screening Is a Good Idea\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Sociologist David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, is among those who caution that universal screening for ACEs is premature, given there is little consensus about the potential negative effects of screening or the best interventions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"science_1938819,news_11724781,futureofyou_439851","label":"Related Coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The good news is that we are focusing on these adversities that are clearly the source of so many downstream health and mental health problems,” Finkelhor said. “But the bad news is we’re moving way too fast, before we know how to best conduct this kind of screening and intervention, and we could get it wrong with pretty disastrous consequences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mostly, we don’t know what to do with somebody who has a high ACE score,” he said. “There are already long waits to get into family counseling or child mental health programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a doctor might be legally required to report previous abuse to authorities, upending a family even if the child no longer is exposed to the abuser, Finkelhor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are tough questions,” Long of UCSF acknowledged. Still, she said, screening is important, because it encourages physicians to engage in difficult conversations they might not otherwise have and pushes clinics to create links to supportive services and resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is the next phase, and that is important,” Long said. “We’re doing this because we care about your child and want them to grow into healthy adults.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This \u003ca href=\"https://khn.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KHN\u003c/a> story first published on \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiahealthline.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Healthline\u003c/a>, a service of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.chcf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Health Care Foundation\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaiser Health News\u003c/a> (KHN) is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kff.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation\u003c/a> which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11794815/5-things-to-know-as-california-starts-screening-children-for-toxic-stress","authors":["byline_news_11794815"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_457","news_8"],"tags":["news_24008","news_24445","news_2043","news_17762","news_26717","news_2138","news_20292"],"featImg":"news_11794849","label":"source_news_11794815"},"news_11785036":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11785036","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11785036","score":null,"sort":[1573259414000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"minds-scarred-by-wildfire-how-disasters-linger","title":"Minds Scarred by Wildfire: How Disasters Linger","publishDate":1573259414,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>At first glance, this lot in Paradise seems idyllic: quiet and wooded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a closer look reveals scars that the Camp Fire — California's deadliest blaze — etched into the landscape: burnt tree trunks, a warped chain-link fence and melted trinkets missed by cleanup crews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scars the fire left on people are more obvious, though. Sabrina Hanes, who lived on this now-empty lot, had a tumultuous childhood and finally found some stability in Paradise until the blaze claimed her and her daughter’s home, belongings and beloved cat — and reignited old trauma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year since the fire struck, Hanes, 34, has struggled to avoid the destructive practices she used to cope in the past: \"I don't want to be back in that place where I used drugs or did the cutting. But I would be lying to myself if those thoughts haven’t arisen in my head.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recovering from the physical losses has been a challenge, but the emotional ones have proved tougher for Hanes due to her history of trauma. Natural disasters like the Camp Fire can reopen those old wounds or create new ones, experts say, bringing up trauma symptoms like insomnia, worry and hopelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785098\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11785098 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Sabrina Hanes home schools her daughter Aroara in their trailer on October 7, 2019 outside Paradise, Ca where their home was destroyed in the 2018 Camp Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sabrina Hanes home-schools her daughter, Aroara, in their trailer on Oct. 7, 2019, outside Paradise, where their home was destroyed in the 2018 Camp Fire. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Compounding Trauma Upon Trauma\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the Camp Fire, Hanes already had more stress than most. She was a single mother, living off of the disability check she received for a bad back, and would skip meals to make sure Aroara had enough food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also carried the scars of a painful childhood, including, she said, being raped by a neighbor. The trauma of her past led her to attempt suicide multiple times as a young adult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Sabrina Hanes, Butte County']'Now I'm on a different path and it's hard. But I know that at the end something good will come out of it.'[/pullquote]But in Paradise she had turned things around, creating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11687798/childhood-trauma-can-mean-early-death-this-california-mom-wants-to-beat-the-odds\">a stable routine\u003c/a> for herself and Aroara. She was on track to get her bachelor’s degree, with the goal of working in early childhood development. She helped teach classes for toddlers and parents at a nonprofit, and took her daughter to a special kind of \u003ca href=\"https://pcit.ucdavis.edu\">play therapy\u003c/a> to learn how to better manage Aroara's meltdowns. The pair spent most afternoons at a dance studio, where they found a community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its wake, however, the fire destroyed that sense of normalcy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not just losing the home, it's not just losing the town,\" Hanes said. \"It's losing people that we cared about because they had to move away — because there was nowhere to move.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Losing these social ties has made life harder for Hanes, and so has the reawakening of old, painful memories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it's stuff that I never fully worked through,” Hanes said. “This trauma has just added this new layer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she is trying to do the best she can, “it's a lot harder to cope with day-to-day life,” Hanes said. Even little challenges set her off: “I feel like it's because of this (the fire). I'm just so angry that this happened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11785773 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Sabrina Hanes and her daughter Aroara do a science experiment in their trailer. Hanes chose to homeschool her daughter in part due to behavior issues that emerged after the Camp Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sabrina Hanes and her daughter, Aroara, do a science experiment in their trailer. Hanes chose to home-school her daughter in part due to behavior issues that emerged after the Camp Fire. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Another Trauma Often Reawakens Symptoms’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychologist \u003ca href=\"https://childtrauma.ucsf.edu/our-team#Chandra\">Chandra Ghosh Ippen\u003c/a> said past trauma, like Hanes’, can resurface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you've had a very heavy trauma history, another trauma often reawakens symptoms,” said Ghosh Ippen, associate director of the Child Trauma Research Program at UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we think about asthma, we think about how there's often a reemergence of symptoms when you're around pollen,” she added. “It’s that same way with trauma. There's a re-emergence of symptoms when you're around reminders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s been the case for Mary Chelton, of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County. The scars of the 2017 North Bay fires reopened in late October, when the Kincade Fire erupted. Just before the blaze, her mother died. Then she lost power at home during the PG&E preemptive shutoffs — just like what happened during the earlier fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The traumatic reminders of smoke and wind, like the wildfires we experienced previously, has been a less than perfect storm,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reminders have also come up in everyday life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Mary Chelton, Glen Ellen']'The traumatic reminders of smoke and wind, like the wildfires we experienced previously, has been a less than perfect storm.'[/pullquote]“I've had the experience where I go to eat a smoky type of food like salmon,” she said. “And just the taste of it or the smell of that will make my stomach clench and make my heart start beating faster. It's a visceral reaction that I didn't expect to be sort of scarred with because of what happened a couple of years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the 2017 blazes, people \"felt fragile, overwhelmed and flooded with fear and stress, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.usfca.edu/faculty/daniela-dominguez\">Daniela Domínguez\u003c/a>, a psychologist and assistant professor at University of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domínguez, who has spent the past two years working with community members in Sonoma County affected by the 2017 fires, focuses on the Latinx and undocumented populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reactions to wildfires differ from person to person, ranging from social withdrawal to increased irritability to a lack of self-compassion for the feelings they are experiencing, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Anayeli Rodriguez, 33, those symptoms have come in the form of nightly anxiety. Rodriguez and her family had to evacuate from their home in Winters during the 2017 North Bay fires and again during the Kincade Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a few weeks ago, they were preparing their home for a party following Rodriguez’s daughter’s baptism. Instead of guests coming to their door, it was police with evacuation notices. The family struggled to find an evacuation shelter that was not yet full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We feel a lot of sadness about what’s happened these past two years,” she said. Now that they’ve returned home, Rodriguez said her children don’t want to be there alone: “They constantly want to be with us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11687798']Both Domínguez and Ghosh Ippen said ways to deal with the pain brought up by the wildfires include acknowledging the severity of the event and the feelings it has brought up, and seeking out counseling from people trained in disaster response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domínguez cautioned, however, that those services should be responsive to a person’s culture and language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of wonderful mental health practitioners who understand trauma, but folks who might not necessarily understand the structural barriers, the disparities and the adversities that the Latinx community is experiencing in Sonoma County,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domínguez said counseling also isn’t an option that’s available to everyone — especially people who are undocumented and fear using services due to their immigration status. She worries that having no way to process fire trauma will lead to prolonged stress, which can impact physical health in adults and brain development in children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785774\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11785774\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Aroara sits outside the trailer where she lives with her mother in Butte County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aroara sits outside the trailer where she lives with her mother in Butte County. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Becoming the Journey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanes has seen a change in her daughter Aroara’s behavior since the fire. Aroara gets scared when she smells any kind of smoke, and she began acting out in school, which led Hanes to home-school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychologist Ghosh Ippen said behaviors like Aroara’s are normal and children will exhibit trauma symptoms in several ways, including developmental regressions, tantrums and anger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='kincade-fire' label='Related Coverage']Hanes regularly brings Aroara with her to therapy to work through the lingering impacts of the fire, but she has found it difficult to make time for counseling. She is on disability and is struggling to provide food for herself and her daughter, and she said the trailer where they live always seems to need some repair. She spends evenings preparing lessons for the kindergarten education she’s giving Aroara at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite a year that has tested her, Hanes said she doesn’t think she will resort to her old coping mechanisms, like cutting herself or drug use, because of Aroara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This past spring, when she thought cutting herself might bring some relief, she chose a different path. She looked online for meaningful quotes and found one she liked by author Robert M. Drake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It said; “In the end, she became more than what she expected. She became the journey. And like all journeys, she simply changed directions and kept going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She tattooed it on her arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was on one path. Now I'm on a different path and it's hard,” she said. “But I know that at the end something good will come out of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News' Miranda Leitsinger contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Natural disasters like the Camp Fire can reopen old trauma wounds, or create new ones, experts say, stirring up symptoms like insomnia, worry and hopelessness.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1573260785,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":44,"wordCount":1590},"headData":{"title":"Minds Scarred by Wildfire: How Disasters Linger | KQED","description":"Natural disasters like the Camp Fire can reopen old trauma wounds, or create new ones, experts say, stirring up symptoms like insomnia, worry and hopelessness.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11785036 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11785036","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/11/08/minds-scarred-by-wildfire-how-disasters-linger/","disqusTitle":"Minds Scarred by Wildfire: How Disasters Linger","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/11/MindsScarredByWildfire.mp3","audioTrackLength":724,"path":"/news/11785036/minds-scarred-by-wildfire-how-disasters-linger","audioDuration":722000,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>At first glance, this lot in Paradise seems idyllic: quiet and wooded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a closer look reveals scars that the Camp Fire — California's deadliest blaze — etched into the landscape: burnt tree trunks, a warped chain-link fence and melted trinkets missed by cleanup crews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scars the fire left on people are more obvious, though. Sabrina Hanes, who lived on this now-empty lot, had a tumultuous childhood and finally found some stability in Paradise until the blaze claimed her and her daughter’s home, belongings and beloved cat — and reignited old trauma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year since the fire struck, Hanes, 34, has struggled to avoid the destructive practices she used to cope in the past: \"I don't want to be back in that place where I used drugs or did the cutting. But I would be lying to myself if those thoughts haven’t arisen in my head.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recovering from the physical losses has been a challenge, but the emotional ones have proved tougher for Hanes due to her history of trauma. Natural disasters like the Camp Fire can reopen those old wounds or create new ones, experts say, bringing up trauma symptoms like insomnia, worry and hopelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785098\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11785098 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Sabrina Hanes home schools her daughter Aroara in their trailer on October 7, 2019 outside Paradise, Ca where their home was destroyed in the 2018 Camp Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39864__DSC4817-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sabrina Hanes home-schools her daughter, Aroara, in their trailer on Oct. 7, 2019, outside Paradise, where their home was destroyed in the 2018 Camp Fire. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Compounding Trauma Upon Trauma\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the Camp Fire, Hanes already had more stress than most. She was a single mother, living off of the disability check she received for a bad back, and would skip meals to make sure Aroara had enough food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also carried the scars of a painful childhood, including, she said, being raped by a neighbor. The trauma of her past led her to attempt suicide multiple times as a young adult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Now I'm on a different path and it's hard. But I know that at the end something good will come out of it.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Sabrina Hanes, Butte County","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But in Paradise she had turned things around, creating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11687798/childhood-trauma-can-mean-early-death-this-california-mom-wants-to-beat-the-odds\">a stable routine\u003c/a> for herself and Aroara. She was on track to get her bachelor’s degree, with the goal of working in early childhood development. She helped teach classes for toddlers and parents at a nonprofit, and took her daughter to a special kind of \u003ca href=\"https://pcit.ucdavis.edu\">play therapy\u003c/a> to learn how to better manage Aroara's meltdowns. The pair spent most afternoons at a dance studio, where they found a community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its wake, however, the fire destroyed that sense of normalcy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not just losing the home, it's not just losing the town,\" Hanes said. \"It's losing people that we cared about because they had to move away — because there was nowhere to move.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Losing these social ties has made life harder for Hanes, and so has the reawakening of old, painful memories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it's stuff that I never fully worked through,” Hanes said. “This trauma has just added this new layer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she is trying to do the best she can, “it's a lot harder to cope with day-to-day life,” Hanes said. Even little challenges set her off: “I feel like it's because of this (the fire). I'm just so angry that this happened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11785773 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Sabrina Hanes and her daughter Aroara do a science experiment in their trailer. Hanes chose to homeschool her daughter in part due to behavior issues that emerged after the Camp Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39865__DSC4866-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sabrina Hanes and her daughter, Aroara, do a science experiment in their trailer. Hanes chose to home-school her daughter in part due to behavior issues that emerged after the Camp Fire. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Another Trauma Often Reawakens Symptoms’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychologist \u003ca href=\"https://childtrauma.ucsf.edu/our-team#Chandra\">Chandra Ghosh Ippen\u003c/a> said past trauma, like Hanes’, can resurface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you've had a very heavy trauma history, another trauma often reawakens symptoms,” said Ghosh Ippen, associate director of the Child Trauma Research Program at UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we think about asthma, we think about how there's often a reemergence of symptoms when you're around pollen,” she added. “It’s that same way with trauma. There's a re-emergence of symptoms when you're around reminders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s been the case for Mary Chelton, of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County. The scars of the 2017 North Bay fires reopened in late October, when the Kincade Fire erupted. Just before the blaze, her mother died. Then she lost power at home during the PG&E preemptive shutoffs — just like what happened during the earlier fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The traumatic reminders of smoke and wind, like the wildfires we experienced previously, has been a less than perfect storm,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reminders have also come up in everyday life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'The traumatic reminders of smoke and wind, like the wildfires we experienced previously, has been a less than perfect storm.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Mary Chelton, Glen Ellen","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I've had the experience where I go to eat a smoky type of food like salmon,” she said. “And just the taste of it or the smell of that will make my stomach clench and make my heart start beating faster. It's a visceral reaction that I didn't expect to be sort of scarred with because of what happened a couple of years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the 2017 blazes, people \"felt fragile, overwhelmed and flooded with fear and stress, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.usfca.edu/faculty/daniela-dominguez\">Daniela Domínguez\u003c/a>, a psychologist and assistant professor at University of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domínguez, who has spent the past two years working with community members in Sonoma County affected by the 2017 fires, focuses on the Latinx and undocumented populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reactions to wildfires differ from person to person, ranging from social withdrawal to increased irritability to a lack of self-compassion for the feelings they are experiencing, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Anayeli Rodriguez, 33, those symptoms have come in the form of nightly anxiety. Rodriguez and her family had to evacuate from their home in Winters during the 2017 North Bay fires and again during the Kincade Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a few weeks ago, they were preparing their home for a party following Rodriguez’s daughter’s baptism. Instead of guests coming to their door, it was police with evacuation notices. The family struggled to find an evacuation shelter that was not yet full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We feel a lot of sadness about what’s happened these past two years,” she said. Now that they’ve returned home, Rodriguez said her children don’t want to be there alone: “They constantly want to be with us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11687798","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Both Domínguez and Ghosh Ippen said ways to deal with the pain brought up by the wildfires include acknowledging the severity of the event and the feelings it has brought up, and seeking out counseling from people trained in disaster response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domínguez cautioned, however, that those services should be responsive to a person’s culture and language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of wonderful mental health practitioners who understand trauma, but folks who might not necessarily understand the structural barriers, the disparities and the adversities that the Latinx community is experiencing in Sonoma County,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domínguez said counseling also isn’t an option that’s available to everyone — especially people who are undocumented and fear using services due to their immigration status. She worries that having no way to process fire trauma will lead to prolonged stress, which can impact physical health in adults and brain development in children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785774\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11785774\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Aroara sits outside the trailer where she lives with her mother in Butte County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS39862__DSC4742-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aroara sits outside the trailer where she lives with her mother in Butte County. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Becoming the Journey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanes has seen a change in her daughter Aroara’s behavior since the fire. Aroara gets scared when she smells any kind of smoke, and she began acting out in school, which led Hanes to home-school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychologist Ghosh Ippen said behaviors like Aroara’s are normal and children will exhibit trauma symptoms in several ways, including developmental regressions, tantrums and anger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"kincade-fire","label":"Related Coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Hanes regularly brings Aroara with her to therapy to work through the lingering impacts of the fire, but she has found it difficult to make time for counseling. She is on disability and is struggling to provide food for herself and her daughter, and she said the trailer where they live always seems to need some repair. She spends evenings preparing lessons for the kindergarten education she’s giving Aroara at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite a year that has tested her, Hanes said she doesn’t think she will resort to her old coping mechanisms, like cutting herself or drug use, because of Aroara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This past spring, when she thought cutting herself might bring some relief, she chose a different path. She looked online for meaningful quotes and found one she liked by author Robert M. Drake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It said; “In the end, she became more than what she expected. She became the journey. And like all journeys, she simply changed directions and kept going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She tattooed it on her arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was on one path. Now I'm on a different path and it's hard,” she said. “But I know that at the end something good will come out of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News' Miranda Leitsinger contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11785036/minds-scarred-by-wildfire-how-disasters-linger","authors":["8648"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_457","news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_24483","news_19542","news_2109","news_21773","news_22753","news_24010","news_17041","news_2138","news_4463"],"featImg":"news_11785339","label":"news_72"},"news_11766987":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11766987","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11766987","score":null,"sort":[1565655535000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"art-can-heal-after-garlic-festival-shooting-gilroy-community-paints-through-its-grief","title":"'Art Can Heal': After Garlic Festival Shooting, Gilroy Community Paints Through Its Grief","publishDate":1565655535,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Paintbrushes in hand, blank canvases at the ready, and plates dotted with splashes of acrylic paint in hues of aqua, sea green, purple, yellow and more, a group of all ages gathered for an evening of art and healing a week after three people were killed in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organized by local artist and Gilroy native, Ignacio “Nacho” Moya, attendees tried their hand at replicating or interpreting his painting of a garlic bulb, an important crop and symbol to the community, wrapped in a ribbon reading, “Gilroy Strong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This paint party is for you guys to have fun, relax and enjoy and stay very positive,” Moya, 37, told about 70 people who gathered at a local pizzeria last Monday for the sold-out fundraiser. “This is going to be very therapeutic for us. Art can heal, art can help you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proceeds raised from the event will go to survivors, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11767003 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='Ignacio \"Nacho\" Moya in his Gilroy studio on Aug. 5, 2019. Moya said his Mexican heritage, the community of Gilroy, where he grew up, and world events influence his artwork. He is wearing a T-shirt bearing artwork he created for a banner at a vigil the day after the July 28 shooting at the Garlic Festival.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ignacio \"Nacho\" Moya in his Gilroy studio on Aug. 5, 2019. Moya said his Mexican heritage, the community of Gilroy, where he grew up, and world events influence his artwork. He is wearing a T-shirt bearing artwork he created for a banner at a vigil the day after the July 28 shooting at the Garlic Festival. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moya, who grew up in Gilroy and now owns a local art studio, said he got the idea for a fundraiser after painting a banner with two garlic bulbs — in the shape of a heart — for a vigil the day after the shooting, which left three people, including two children, dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warm and emotional response he received to the artwork, including one person who Moya recalled saying, “you're healing the community through art,” showed him he had a part to play in the local recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767015\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x505.jpg\" alt=\"Ignacio Moya, a local Gilroy artist, hosted a paint party to raise money for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting on Aug. 5, 2019, at a Gilroy pizzeria.\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x505.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1020x644.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1200x758.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ignacio Moya, a Gilroy artist, hosted a painting party on Aug. 5, 2019, at a Gilroy pizzeria to raise money for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='gilroy-shooting' label='Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the party’s attendees said the activity was helping them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gilroy resident and combat veteran Jose Delgado, 72, created his own variation of Moya’s garlic bulb, adding in strokes of white paint, he said, to symbolize angels carrying children up to heaven, and blue, to represent water as life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The garlic festival shooting triggered flashbacks to his service in the Vietnam War, said Delgado, who suffers from PTSD. Delgado said he experienced cold sweats and trouble sleeping shortly after the July 28 attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I released a lot by doing that painting. I felt relieved and I felt sad also that people were lost,” he said after the painting party. “Every time I look at the picture, it's like a burst of release ... calmness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11766570\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-800x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-800x518.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-1200x777.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Delgado, 71, paints at an Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='trauma' label='Related Coverage']Another attendee, Liz Pieterouiski, 61, said she has been thinking a lot about the shooting: Her backyard faces Christmas Hill Park, the site of the Garlic Festival. Friends attending the festival had camped in her yard during the three-day fest and her grandson was volunteering at the event when the gunman launched his attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve lived here for 25 years and never had any problems or anything,\" she said. \"Then something like this. It kind of takes a toll.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gunshots, which she first thought were fireworks, linger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sounds of the bullets always ring through my ears,” she said. “I remember it vividly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evening fundraiser, which she attended with her daughter, provided her some relaxation and therapy, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though it was hard to forget that the reason they were there was because a tragedy happened in their hometown, “we all had a great time, just the community coming together,” Pieterouiski said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"Brothers Colin Diep, 8, and Ethan, 10, try their hand at painting the garlic bulb, an important symbol of Gilroy, at a fundraiser for survivors of the shooting on Aug. 5, 2019, in Gilroy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-1200x814.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brothers Colin Diep (left), 8, and Ethan, 10, try their hand at painting the garlic bulb, an important symbol of Gilroy, at an Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two young brothers — Ethan and Colin Diep —were among the crowd of many long-time residents of the South Bay community who attended. Their mother Eloise Diep said both boys had been scared after the shooting. Eight-year-old Colin’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11766545/gilroy-community-grapples-with-trauma-after-mass-shooting-sometimes-its-terror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fears had lingered longer\u003c/a>, she said, with him wanting to keep a baseball bat for protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boys had been to Moya’s previous painting parties and liked them, said Eloise Diep. They seemed to be enjoying themselves at the fundraiser, too, getting high fives from Moya when he checked out their work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that my painting turned out good,” Ethan, 10, said. “I’m happy to be here because I love painting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767016\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767016\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"We came out to support, because we want to give back to our community,\" said Janet Headley Krulee, whose family has been in the area since the 1900s.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"We came out to support because we want to give back to our community,\" said Janet Headley Krulee, who joined the Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Community support was another big theme of the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gilroy is more than a hometown to most of us. It's where our friends are, it's where our families are, it's where we have every single memory of our lives,” said Janet Headley Krulee, whose family has been in the area since the 1900s. “We want our community to know, and people that were there and affected by this to know, that we’re behind them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moya, who has also donated proceeds from the sales of T-shirts bearing his \"Gilroy Strong\" design, said he is considering offering other classes around art and healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News' Sruti Mamidanna contributed to this report. Have questions, comments, tips for the reporter? You can reach her at mleitsinger@kqed.org\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Ignacio Moya, who grew up in Gilroy, said he got the idea for a fundraiser after he painted a banner with two garlic bulbs — in the shape of a heart — and brought it to a vigil the day after the shooting.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1565747918,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1019},"headData":{"title":"'Art Can Heal': After Garlic Festival Shooting, Gilroy Community Paints Through Its Grief | KQED","description":"Ignacio Moya, who grew up in Gilroy, said he got the idea for a fundraiser after he painted a banner with two garlic bulbs — in the shape of a heart — and brought it to a vigil the day after the shooting.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11766987 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11766987","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/08/12/art-can-heal-after-garlic-festival-shooting-gilroy-community-paints-through-its-grief/","disqusTitle":"'Art Can Heal': After Garlic Festival Shooting, Gilroy Community Paints Through Its Grief","source":"News","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/news/","path":"/news/11766987/art-can-heal-after-garlic-festival-shooting-gilroy-community-paints-through-its-grief","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Paintbrushes in hand, blank canvases at the ready, and plates dotted with splashes of acrylic paint in hues of aqua, sea green, purple, yellow and more, a group of all ages gathered for an evening of art and healing a week after three people were killed in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organized by local artist and Gilroy native, Ignacio “Nacho” Moya, attendees tried their hand at replicating or interpreting his painting of a garlic bulb, an important crop and symbol to the community, wrapped in a ribbon reading, “Gilroy Strong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This paint party is for you guys to have fun, relax and enjoy and stay very positive,” Moya, 37, told about 70 people who gathered at a local pizzeria last Monday for the sold-out fundraiser. “This is going to be very therapeutic for us. Art can heal, art can help you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proceeds raised from the event will go to survivors, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11767003 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='Ignacio \"Nacho\" Moya in his Gilroy studio on Aug. 5, 2019. Moya said his Mexican heritage, the community of Gilroy, where he grew up, and world events influence his artwork. He is wearing a T-shirt bearing artwork he created for a banner at a vigil the day after the July 28 shooting at the Garlic Festival.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ignacio \"Nacho\" Moya in his Gilroy studio on Aug. 5, 2019. Moya said his Mexican heritage, the community of Gilroy, where he grew up, and world events influence his artwork. He is wearing a T-shirt bearing artwork he created for a banner at a vigil the day after the July 28 shooting at the Garlic Festival. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moya, who grew up in Gilroy and now owns a local art studio, said he got the idea for a fundraiser after painting a banner with two garlic bulbs — in the shape of a heart — for a vigil the day after the shooting, which left three people, including two children, dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warm and emotional response he received to the artwork, including one person who Moya recalled saying, “you're healing the community through art,” showed him he had a part to play in the local recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767015\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x505.jpg\" alt=\"Ignacio Moya, a local Gilroy artist, hosted a paint party to raise money for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting on Aug. 5, 2019, at a Gilroy pizzeria.\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x505.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1020x644.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1200x758.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ignacio Moya, a Gilroy artist, hosted a painting party on Aug. 5, 2019, at a Gilroy pizzeria to raise money for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"gilroy-shooting","label":"Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the party’s attendees said the activity was helping them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gilroy resident and combat veteran Jose Delgado, 72, created his own variation of Moya’s garlic bulb, adding in strokes of white paint, he said, to symbolize angels carrying children up to heaven, and blue, to represent water as life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The garlic festival shooting triggered flashbacks to his service in the Vietnam War, said Delgado, who suffers from PTSD. Delgado said he experienced cold sweats and trouble sleeping shortly after the July 28 attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I released a lot by doing that painting. I felt relieved and I felt sad also that people were lost,” he said after the painting party. “Every time I look at the picture, it's like a burst of release ... calmness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11766570\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-800x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-800x518.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-1200x777.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Delgado, 71, paints at an Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"trauma","label":"Related Coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Another attendee, Liz Pieterouiski, 61, said she has been thinking a lot about the shooting: Her backyard faces Christmas Hill Park, the site of the Garlic Festival. Friends attending the festival had camped in her yard during the three-day fest and her grandson was volunteering at the event when the gunman launched his attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve lived here for 25 years and never had any problems or anything,\" she said. \"Then something like this. It kind of takes a toll.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gunshots, which she first thought were fireworks, linger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sounds of the bullets always ring through my ears,” she said. “I remember it vividly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evening fundraiser, which she attended with her daughter, provided her some relaxation and therapy, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though it was hard to forget that the reason they were there was because a tragedy happened in their hometown, “we all had a great time, just the community coming together,” Pieterouiski said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"Brothers Colin Diep, 8, and Ethan, 10, try their hand at painting the garlic bulb, an important symbol of Gilroy, at a fundraiser for survivors of the shooting on Aug. 5, 2019, in Gilroy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-1200x814.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brothers Colin Diep (left), 8, and Ethan, 10, try their hand at painting the garlic bulb, an important symbol of Gilroy, at an Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two young brothers — Ethan and Colin Diep —were among the crowd of many long-time residents of the South Bay community who attended. Their mother Eloise Diep said both boys had been scared after the shooting. Eight-year-old Colin’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11766545/gilroy-community-grapples-with-trauma-after-mass-shooting-sometimes-its-terror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fears had lingered longer\u003c/a>, she said, with him wanting to keep a baseball bat for protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boys had been to Moya’s previous painting parties and liked them, said Eloise Diep. They seemed to be enjoying themselves at the fundraiser, too, getting high fives from Moya when he checked out their work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that my painting turned out good,” Ethan, 10, said. “I’m happy to be here because I love painting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767016\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767016\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"We came out to support, because we want to give back to our community,\" said Janet Headley Krulee, whose family has been in the area since the 1900s.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"We came out to support because we want to give back to our community,\" said Janet Headley Krulee, who joined the Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Community support was another big theme of the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gilroy is more than a hometown to most of us. It's where our friends are, it's where our families are, it's where we have every single memory of our lives,” said Janet Headley Krulee, whose family has been in the area since the 1900s. “We want our community to know, and people that were there and affected by this to know, that we’re behind them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moya, who has also donated proceeds from the sales of T-shirts bearing his \"Gilroy Strong\" design, said he is considering offering other classes around art and healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News' Sruti Mamidanna contributed to this report. Have questions, comments, tips for the reporter? You can reach her at mleitsinger@kqed.org\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11766987/art-can-heal-after-garlic-festival-shooting-gilroy-community-paints-through-its-grief","authors":["11310"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_223","news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_20257","news_19542","news_26309","news_26310","news_18939","news_2138"],"featImg":"news_11766566","label":"source_news_11766987"},"news_11766885":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11766885","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11766885","score":null,"sort":[1565549695000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"from-pain-to-purpose-5-ways-to-cope-in-the-wake-of-trauma","title":"From Pain to Purpose: 5 Ways to Cope in the Wake Of Trauma","publishDate":1565549695,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Could it happen here? It's a question a lot of people ask in the wake of a traumatic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you're not directly connected to the events in El Paso, Gilroy or Dayton, chances are you've felt the weight of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People do feel traumatized,\" says family therapist \u003ca href=\"https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/faces-of-cedars-sinai-share-care-counselor-jonathan-vickburg.html\">Jonathan Vickburg\u003c/a>, of Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. The idea that an act of violence could happen anywhere makes us anxious. People may \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13863343/music-festival-safety-mass-shootings\">think twice\u003c/a> about attending a music festival or walking into a WalMart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, there are strategies to counter the fear — and move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rian Finney, 16, knows the feeling of vulnerability all too well. He's never witnessed a mass shooting, but he's grown up surrounded by violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a young kid in west Baltimore, he'd fall asleep to the sound of fireworks — or at least that's what he thought. Then, one day his parents told him he was hearing gunshots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was just shock, that those [shootings were] happening right outside my house,\" Finney says. Living amid violence began to take its toll, especially in moments when he felt threatened. \"I just felt this sense of, like, fear and anxiety going through my entire body,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you're in survival mode, there's a loss of hope, he says. \"It's just an overwhelming sense of nothingness, like I can't do anything.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after events such as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/04/20/474668796/reflecting-on-the-death-of-freddie-gray-one-year-later\">death of Freddie Gray\u003c/a>, Finney — with the help of his parents and mentors — turned his fear into purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It does give me a sense of purpose to realize I can do something to combat this [violence],\" Finney says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside tag='trauma' label='Coping with Trauma']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's gotten involved in groups including, \u003ca href=\"https://blavity.com/good-kids-mad-city-is-a-new-group-led-by-students-of-color-who-like-kendrick-know-the-power-of-their-voices\">Good Kids Mad City\u003c/a>, which among other things, advocates for more safe spaces in the city for teens, and a network of advocates he met this summer at \u003ca href=\"https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-gun-policy-and-research/education/\">a Summer Youth Institute\u003c/a> at Johns Hopkins. He advocates for changes such as new gun laws and social equality. He's about to begin 11th grade at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and has interned in the law offices of Murphy, Falcon & Murphy this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's now seen as a leader among his peers — motivating others to get involved. \"If we continually lead people down the path of goodness, then stuff can actually change,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finney's ability to make meaning out of the misery of violence is an effective way to cope, says Vickburg, whether you have a personal connection to the recent mass shootings, have other experiences with trauma, or are just feeling distressed by the climate of violence today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What happens in trauma is we feel helpless,\" says Vickburg. \"But if we can find purpose again ... we have a path forward and a path to help others.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vickburg and other counselors and psychologists we spoke to offered advice for processing the repercussions of violence and trauma. They say trying these things can make you feel better — and might help make your community safer and more peaceful too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Give yourself time to build resiliency\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you're ready, try to reframe your thinking about the traumatic event. Instead of re-playing the trauma and saying to yourself, \"this is horrific,\" try to imagine something good that could come from it, suggests Vicksburg. When you can make this shift (from pain to purpose), it can help you begin to bounce back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is resiliency,\" Vickburg says. This process may take a while. After a traumatic event it can take time to feel safer and to slowly notice what helps you feel better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Find a circle of support \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's helpful to talk and connect with others as part of the healing process. \"When you hold things in, it bubbles over and leads to worse outcomes,\" says Finney. Find peers who share your beliefs an values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to your family — and your children — it's important to communicate during times of trauma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sit down and start a conversation,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://psychiatry.duke.edu/gurwitch-robin\">Robin Gurwitch\u003c/a>, a psychologist and child trauma expert at Duke University Medical Center. You want to encourage questions and validate others' feelings by listening without judgment. If children are confused by violent events, you can help interpret or clear up misinformation. You can also assure them, that while there's pain, you'll get through it together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gurwitch says one way to dial back the stress of these events is to talk to your family and friends about the ideologies or the misconceptions that may give rise to hateful acts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From there, think about ways to counter them. The days and weeks following national tragedies offer an opportunity because people are paying attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Make time for positive feelings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Find ways to take care of yourself,\" says Vickburg. One idea is to set a regular time to go to the gym, perhaps for a group class, or to take a walk. Exercise has been shown to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/22/656594050/a-new-prescription-for-depression-join-a-team-and-get-sweaty\">tamp down stress\u003c/a>. Consider creative outlets such as painting or poetry, just for fun. Finney says he listens to music to unwind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another idea: Keep a journal and write or repeat positive affirmations. Finney has several affirmations that he shared with other teens during the Hopkins seminar. \"These [positive messages] give me an extra push if I'm feeling down,\" Finney says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's important to note that if you begin to feel that coping is too difficult it may be useful to seek professional help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Find daily moments for reflection \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amani Surges Martorella, a clinical social worker at Johns Hopkins University, says we can change our feelings by taking moments during our day to be in the present without worry about the past or future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She helped lead Finney and his fellow participants at the Johns Hopkins' summer institute through a series of what she calls \"micro-practices.\" They're based on a book called \u003ca href=\"https://lindagraham-mft.net/new-book-bouncing-back/\">\u003cem>Bouncing Back\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Micro-practices are exercises that require minimal time ... and allow you to, over time, increase your own resiliency to the stress of day-to-day life as well as to traumatic adverse events, should they occur,\" says Martorella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One practice is to reflect on gratitude. Here's how: First, begin with a few moments of quiet reflection and focus on just your breath. Then, shift your focus to a simple interaction that you've been part of today. Did someone hold open a door for you or greet you warmly? Notice and embrace how this act of kindness makes you feel. Then, shift your focus more broadly to think of any family member, teacher, or mentors who has been supportive. Then, expand your thoughts more globally to leaders who inspire you. Take time to notice at each step how those thoughts make you feel in the moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Become a change-maker \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as Finney threw himself to action, look for opportunities to get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Meaning-making [can be] important to the healing process, says Gurwitch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pushing for change can start with small steps — within your schools or community. \"If you see someone being harassed or put down, think: what can you do?\" says Gurwitch. You can offer support to the person and offer your own beliefs to counter unkind or bigoted thinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Most people are good and want to do right,\" Gurwitch says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gurwitch says, you can also get involved in issues you care about. Look for groups in your community that look to address issues you may care about, whether it's gun violence, mental illness or traumatized youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She points to the efforts that have sprung from prior tragedies, such as the advocacy that has followed Parkland or the passion of parents of victims of Sandy Hook to establish foundations to honor their children or to pursue actions to prevent future tragedies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Taking action, whether it be political action, community-based work, or advocacy, allows a person who may feel powerless to begin to reclaim a sense of agency,\" says Martorella. \"Making change and seeing change happen is a way to move forward. In turn, moving forward encourages others to do the same.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=From+Pain+To+Purpose%3A+5+Ways+To+Cope+In+The+Wake+Of+Trauma&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"If recent violent events have left you upset or scared, you're not alone. But psychologists say there are ways to help yourselves and those you love overcome fear and move forward.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1565549695,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":44,"wordCount":1379},"headData":{"title":"From Pain to Purpose: 5 Ways to Cope in the Wake Of Trauma | KQED","description":"If recent violent events have left you upset or scared, you're not alone. 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It's a question a lot of people ask in the wake of a traumatic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you're not directly connected to the events in El Paso, Gilroy or Dayton, chances are you've felt the weight of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People do feel traumatized,\" says family therapist \u003ca href=\"https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/faces-of-cedars-sinai-share-care-counselor-jonathan-vickburg.html\">Jonathan Vickburg\u003c/a>, of Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. The idea that an act of violence could happen anywhere makes us anxious. People may \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13863343/music-festival-safety-mass-shootings\">think twice\u003c/a> about attending a music festival or walking into a WalMart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, there are strategies to counter the fear — and move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rian Finney, 16, knows the feeling of vulnerability all too well. He's never witnessed a mass shooting, but he's grown up surrounded by violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a young kid in west Baltimore, he'd fall asleep to the sound of fireworks — or at least that's what he thought. Then, one day his parents told him he was hearing gunshots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was just shock, that those [shootings were] happening right outside my house,\" Finney says. Living amid violence began to take its toll, especially in moments when he felt threatened. \"I just felt this sense of, like, fear and anxiety going through my entire body,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you're in survival mode, there's a loss of hope, he says. \"It's just an overwhelming sense of nothingness, like I can't do anything.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after events such as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/04/20/474668796/reflecting-on-the-death-of-freddie-gray-one-year-later\">death of Freddie Gray\u003c/a>, Finney — with the help of his parents and mentors — turned his fear into purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It does give me a sense of purpose to realize I can do something to combat this [violence],\" Finney says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"trauma","label":"Coping with Trauma "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's gotten involved in groups including, \u003ca href=\"https://blavity.com/good-kids-mad-city-is-a-new-group-led-by-students-of-color-who-like-kendrick-know-the-power-of-their-voices\">Good Kids Mad City\u003c/a>, which among other things, advocates for more safe spaces in the city for teens, and a network of advocates he met this summer at \u003ca href=\"https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-gun-policy-and-research/education/\">a Summer Youth Institute\u003c/a> at Johns Hopkins. 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He's about to begin 11th grade at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and has interned in the law offices of Murphy, Falcon & Murphy this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's now seen as a leader among his peers — motivating others to get involved. \"If we continually lead people down the path of goodness, then stuff can actually change,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finney's ability to make meaning out of the misery of violence is an effective way to cope, says Vickburg, whether you have a personal connection to the recent mass shootings, have other experiences with trauma, or are just feeling distressed by the climate of violence today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What happens in trauma is we feel helpless,\" says Vickburg. \"But if we can find purpose again ... we have a path forward and a path to help others.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vickburg and other counselors and psychologists we spoke to offered advice for processing the repercussions of violence and trauma. They say trying these things can make you feel better — and might help make your community safer and more peaceful too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Give yourself time to build resiliency\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you're ready, try to reframe your thinking about the traumatic event. Instead of re-playing the trauma and saying to yourself, \"this is horrific,\" try to imagine something good that could come from it, suggests Vicksburg. When you can make this shift (from pain to purpose), it can help you begin to bounce back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is resiliency,\" Vickburg says. This process may take a while. After a traumatic event it can take time to feel safer and to slowly notice what helps you feel better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Find a circle of support \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's helpful to talk and connect with others as part of the healing process. \"When you hold things in, it bubbles over and leads to worse outcomes,\" says Finney. Find peers who share your beliefs an values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to your family — and your children — it's important to communicate during times of trauma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sit down and start a conversation,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://psychiatry.duke.edu/gurwitch-robin\">Robin Gurwitch\u003c/a>, a psychologist and child trauma expert at Duke University Medical Center. You want to encourage questions and validate others' feelings by listening without judgment. If children are confused by violent events, you can help interpret or clear up misinformation. You can also assure them, that while there's pain, you'll get through it together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gurwitch says one way to dial back the stress of these events is to talk to your family and friends about the ideologies or the misconceptions that may give rise to hateful acts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From there, think about ways to counter them. The days and weeks following national tragedies offer an opportunity because people are paying attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Make time for positive feelings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Find ways to take care of yourself,\" says Vickburg. One idea is to set a regular time to go to the gym, perhaps for a group class, or to take a walk. Exercise has been shown to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/22/656594050/a-new-prescription-for-depression-join-a-team-and-get-sweaty\">tamp down stress\u003c/a>. Consider creative outlets such as painting or poetry, just for fun. Finney says he listens to music to unwind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another idea: Keep a journal and write or repeat positive affirmations. Finney has several affirmations that he shared with other teens during the Hopkins seminar. \"These [positive messages] give me an extra push if I'm feeling down,\" Finney says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's important to note that if you begin to feel that coping is too difficult it may be useful to seek professional help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Find daily moments for reflection \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amani Surges Martorella, a clinical social worker at Johns Hopkins University, says we can change our feelings by taking moments during our day to be in the present without worry about the past or future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She helped lead Finney and his fellow participants at the Johns Hopkins' summer institute through a series of what she calls \"micro-practices.\" They're based on a book called \u003ca href=\"https://lindagraham-mft.net/new-book-bouncing-back/\">\u003cem>Bouncing Back\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Micro-practices are exercises that require minimal time ... and allow you to, over time, increase your own resiliency to the stress of day-to-day life as well as to traumatic adverse events, should they occur,\" says Martorella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One practice is to reflect on gratitude. Here's how: First, begin with a few moments of quiet reflection and focus on just your breath. Then, shift your focus to a simple interaction that you've been part of today. Did someone hold open a door for you or greet you warmly? Notice and embrace how this act of kindness makes you feel. Then, shift your focus more broadly to think of any family member, teacher, or mentors who has been supportive. Then, expand your thoughts more globally to leaders who inspire you. Take time to notice at each step how those thoughts make you feel in the moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Become a change-maker \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as Finney threw himself to action, look for opportunities to get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Meaning-making [can be] important to the healing process, says Gurwitch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pushing for change can start with small steps — within your schools or community. \"If you see someone being harassed or put down, think: what can you do?\" says Gurwitch. You can offer support to the person and offer your own beliefs to counter unkind or bigoted thinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Most people are good and want to do right,\" Gurwitch says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gurwitch says, you can also get involved in issues you care about. 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