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About Handle with Care- Plymouth County

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz and the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (TLPI) first implemented the “Helping Traumatized Children Learn” model as a pilot program in the  Brockton Public Schools in 2008.

Objektif la te gen de-pliye:

1. Pou trete timoun nan viktim yo ak temwen vyolans yo lè yo trete ekspoze yo nan eksperyans negatif timoun.
2. Pou anpeche pwochen jenerasyon abizè yo.

Done ki sòti nan 2011-2014 te montre yon diminisyon 80% nan pwoblèm sispann ak yon diminisyon 43% nan referans biwo nan twa lekòl pilòt vil la.

TLPI, yon kolaborasyon nan Lekòl Lalwa Harvard ak Defansè Massachusetts pou Timoun (MAC), gen pou objaktif pou asire ke timoun yo twomatize pa eksperyans timoun negatif reyisi nan lekòl la. Pou akonpli misyon sa a, TLPI angaje nan yon lame nan estrateji defans ki gen ladan: bay sipò nan lekòl yo vin chòk anviwònman sansib; rechèch ak rapò ekri; defans lejislatif ak administratif pou lwa, règleman ak règleman ki sipòte lekòl yo devlope anviwònman chòk sansib; bilding kowalisyon; kontak ak edikasyon; ak reprezantasyon ka endividyèl limite nan edikasyon espesyal kote eksperyans twomatik yon timoun ap koòdone avèk andikap li.

Travay TLPI a gen rasin li nan kriz eksklizyon lekòl la ki te leve nan Massachusetts nan mitan ane 1990 yo. Pandan tan sa a, MAC avèk siksè defann nan lejislati Massachusetts la pou kreyasyon pwogram sibvansyon anviwònman an Sekirite ak Sipòtif (MGL c. 69, sec. 1N (b)) ki kontinye finanse lekòl yo fè eksperyans avèk apwòch chòk sansib. Evantyèlman, MAC te rantre nan an patenarya ak Sant Inivèsite Lesley pou Edikasyon Espesyal pou kenbe premye konferans sou enpak chòk sou aprantisaj. Soti nan pwen sa a sou enpak chòk sou aprantisaj nan lekòl la te vin momantòm kòm MAC te travay ak yon gwoup entèdisiplinè nan sikològ, edikatè, ak avoka pou bouyon sa ki ta pita pibliye kòm Ede Timoun Twomatize Aprann (HTCL) manyèl. Piblikasyon sa a prezante Fleksib Fleksib la-yon zouti òganizasyonèl pou kreye lekòl chòk-sansib-devlope pa MAC an kolaborasyon avèk lekòl sa yo ki te resevwa finansman nan men lejislati a.

An 2004, MAC antre nan yon patenarya fòmèl avèk Harvard Law School rele Inisyativ Politik Chòk ak Aprantisaj Règleman (TLPI). Depi piblikasyon HTCL an 2005, lekòl nan Massachusetts ak atravè peyi a te itilize Fleksib la pou kreye anviwònman chòk sansib estriktire pou ede tout timoun aprann. Siksè inisyativ la te mennen nan yon dezyèm volim, Kreye ak defann lekòl pou Lekòl Chòk-Sansib nan 2013, ki gen ladan patenarya Avoka Distri a ak vil la nan Brockton kòm yon etid ka. Robert Anda, MD, MS, Ko-Fondatè Eksperyans Timoun Piblisite (ACE) etid yo rele nouvo piblikasyon TLPI a, "yon pwochen etap enteresan nan evolisyon mouvman kiltirèl la pou transfòme sistèm lekòl nou yo an sekirite, anviwònman aprantisaj sipò pou tout timoun, ki gen ladan moun ki te fè eksperyans akablan."

Pandan tan sa a, Avoka Distri a Cruz ak manm pèsonèl li yo te antrene Sant West Virginia pou Jistis pou Timoun yo sou "Ede Timoun yo aprann" modèl timoun yo aprann" modèl. Nan vire, Sant West Virginia pou Jistis pou Timoun yo itilize fòmasyon an pou devlope pwotokòl kominikasyon "Swen" pou ede lekòl yo pi byen idantifye elèv ki gen ACES. West Virginia premye aplike "Okipe ak Swen" nan Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary School nan Charleston, WV nan 2013.

LAW ENFORCEMENT:
“Handle with Care” provides the school or childcare agency with a “heads up” when a child has been identified at the scene of a traumatic event. It could be an overdose, a domestic violence situation, a shooting in the neighborhood, witnessing a malicious wounding, a drug raid at the home, etc. Police are trained to identify children at the scene, find out where they go to school or daycare and send the school/agency a confidential email or fax that simply says . . . “Handle Johnny with care”. That’s it. No other details.

Anplis de sa nan bay avi, ofisye yo bati relasyon pozitif ak elèv yo pa kominike sou yon baz regilye. Yo vizite salklas yo, sispann pa manje midi, epi tou senpleman chat ak elèv yo pou ede ankouraje relasyon pozitif ak pèsepsyon ofisye yo.

SCHOOLS:
Teachers have been trained on the impact of trauma on learning, and are incorporating many interventions to mitigate the negative impact of trauma for identified students, including: sending students to the clinic to rest (when a HWC has been received and the child is having trouble staying awake or focusing); re-teaching lessons; postponing testing; small group counseling by school counselors; and referrals to counseling, social service or advocacy programs. The school has also implemented many school-wide interventions to help create a “trauma sensitive” school (Greeters; pairing students with an adult mentor in the school; utilization of a therapy dog; and “thumbs up/thumbs down” to indicate if a student is having a good day or a bad day).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Components of this program were developed with guidance and technical assistance from the Massachusetts Advocates for Children: Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative, in collaboration with Harvard Law School and the Task Force on Children Affected by Domestic Violence. Special thanks to Joe Ristuccia, Ed.M., co-author of Helping Traumatized Children Learn; Andrea Darr, Director of the West Virginia Center for Children’s Justice; and Huntington, WV community activist and volunteer Leon White.

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Si yon ofisye lapolis rankontre yon timoun pandan yon apèl, enfòmasyon timoun sa a voye bay lekòl la anvan lekòl la sonnen demen. Lekòl la aplike endividyèl, klas ak tout kourikoulòm chòk lekòl sansib pou timoun twomatize yo "okipe ak swen".  Si yon timoun bezwen plis entèvansyon, yon konseye ajisteman ka refere yon founisè sante mantal.