The WSU Child and Family Research Unit (CAFRU) is committed to equipping people with awareness of complex trauma as a major health issue and with the resiliency skills to proactively respond to adversity. Enhancing professional development opportunities for community partnerships, educational systems, and community organizations around the topic of complex trauma is a key mission of CAFRU.
Videos
- Brain Lesson | WSU CAFRU
- Trauma and Behavior Part 1: “How Trauma Affects the Brain” |YouTube
- Adverse Childhood Experiences | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- What is epigenetics? | Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna
- The Purpose of the Teenage Brain | Dan Siegel
- A Number Is Not Always A Number | YouTube
- Trauma and the Nervous System: A Polyvagal Perspective | YouTube
- Growing Into a Healthy Brain: Neuro-Development & Childhood Trauma | Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D.
Articles
- Child and Youth Victimization Known to Police, School, and Medical Authorities | Office of Justice Programs
- DNA Responses to Childhood Trauma Offer Clues on Which Children Will Have Long-Term Health Issues as Adults | Neuroscience News
- Can We Really Inherit Trauma? | The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- How to Build Community in Your Classroom in 5 Days (scholastic.com)
- 5 Principles of Trauma-Informed Workplaces | Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute
- Creating Trauma-Informed Systems | The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- The prevalence of adverse childhood experiences, nationally, by state, and by race or ethnicity| ChildTrends