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The Triple Intersection of Trauma, Neurodiversity & Gender Diversity – Part 3

Neurodivergent youth and young adults, including those with autism, and gender-expansive youth face more adversity and are at a greater risk of trauma, such as abuse and neglect, as well as experiences like rejection, isolation, and bullying than their peers without those differences. Those living at the intersection of both neurodivergence, and gender expansiveness are at even higher risk. Join Cassie & Kelly Smith as they explore the relationship between gender diversity and trauma in Part 3 of this series.

 

Show notes & resources available at: https://vermontcwtp.org/podcast/

The Triple Intersection of Trauma, Neurodiversity & Gender Diversity – Part 2

Neurodivergent youth and young adults, including those with autism, and gender-expansive youth face more adversity and are at a greater risk of trauma, such as abuse and neglect, as well as experiences like rejection, isolation, and bullying than their peers without those differences. Those living at the intersection of both neurodivergence, and gender expansiveness are at even higher risk. Join Cassie & Kelly Smith as they explore the relationship between neurodivergence and trauma in Part 2 of this series.

Show notes & resources available at: https://vermontcwtp.org/podcast/

The Triple Intersection of Trauma, Neurodiversity & Gender Diversity – Part 1

Neurodivergent youth and young adults, including those with autism, and gender-expansive youth face more adversity and are at a greater risk of trauma, such as abuse and neglect, as well as experiences like rejection, isolation, and bullying than their peers without those differences. Those living at the intersection of both neurodivergence, and gender expansiveness are at even higher risk. Join Cassie & Kelly Smith as they explore this triple intersection.

Show notes & resources available at: https://vermontcwtp.org/podcast/

Youth & Suicide Series Part 3: Moving beyond prevention into creating lives of hope and connection.

Join Cassie, Chris, & Ellen as they close this series by discussing how to support youth beyond crisis response and foster lives worth living. Listen to Part 1 & Part 2 for information on universal screening and how to respond when youth screen positive.  Transcripts and show notes available at https://vermontcwtp.org/podcast/ 

Youth & Suicide Series, Part 2- Someone screened positive - Now what?

Youth suicide is a public health crisis, and we all have a role in prevention! Join Cassie, Ellen, & Chris as they discuss how to respond to youth in crisis, and what to do after you’ve administered a screening tool. Transcripts & show notes available at: https://vermontcwtp.org/podcast/

Youth & Suicide Series Part 1- You Have To Ask.

Part 1- You Have To Ask: The Importance of Screening for Suicide Prevention.

Youth suicide is a public health crisis, and we all have a role in prevention! Join Cassie, Ellen, & Chris as they bust some myths about youth suicide, dig into the importance of screening, and walk through an accessible approach to screening that almost anyone can use.  

Show notes & Transcripts available @ https://vermontcwtp.org/podcast/

 

Youth Voice Mini-series- Part 3

Join Mercedes and Hailey in this third and final episode as they share their experiences in the VT DCF child welfare system with host, Kate Cunningham.  Using the list of hopes and aspirations for any youth in state’s care that the St. Joseph’s Orphanage survivors created in 2020, we discuss the importance of youth having access to their information, as well as, being a part of their own plan.

Transcripts & show notes available at: https://vermontcwtp.org/podcast/

Youth Voice Mini-series - Part 2

Join Mercedes and Hailey in this second episode as they share their experiences in the VT DCF child welfare system with host, Kate Cunningham.  Using the list of hopes and aspirations for any youth in state’s care that the St. Joseph’s Orphanage survivors created in 2020, we discuss the importance of the relationship between a youth in care and their alternative caregivers, either kin, foster or residential workers.  The need for a sense of belonging and for being cared about as a person is clear in the stories that share.

Transcripts & show notes available at: https://vermontcwtp.org/podcast/

Youth Voice Mini-series - Part 1

Join host Kate Cunningham as she speaks with Hailey and Mercedes, about their experiences as children in custody in the VT DCF child welfare system.  Using the list of hopes and aspirations for any youth in state’s care that the St. Joseph’s Orphanage survivors created in 2020, Hailey & Mercedes tell their stories over three episodes, and dig into the importance of the relationship between a youth in care and their DCF worker, the need to be seen and heard, and the need to feel that their lives matter to their workers.

Transcripts & show notes available at: https://vermontcwtp.org/podcast/

 

Child Welfare with Justice as the Throughline Part 3: Nurturing Freedom Dreams

Join us for our last episode in our 3-part miniseries with Corey Best on racial justice in child welfare. In this episode, Janine Beaudry brings Corey B. Best and Vermont Family Services Division, Deputy Commissioner Aryka Radke together to dream about, and discuss, the just child and family support system we want to build, along with a few specific thoughts about some of the ways we might get there.

Transcript, show notes, and links to episode 1 and 2 available at: https://vermontcwtp.org/podcast/