Born Black…The Stress of an Unchosen Race

Racial Trauma is Thing

Photo by Francois B. Arthanas on Unsplash

When I decided to add a Trauma-Informed Approaches certificate to my arsenal of professional tools, I had no idea how open my eyes would become. I knew that extreme stress and the situations kids endure were linked to long term maladaptive coping behaviors because of trauma. I eagerly got on the ACEs site to check out the impact of my own adverse child…