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Universal Trauma-Informed Family Services: Interrupting the Intergenerational Transmission of Adversity - Presented by the Wisconsin Chapter
Presented by Dimitri Topitzes, LCSW, PhD, Joshua Mersky, MSW, PhD, Jeffrey Langlieb, MPH, Fiona Weeks, MPH, Margaret Gesner, MS
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The intergenerational transmission of adversity and trauma represents a primary threat to public health and social welfare in the 21st Century. One promising means to address the generational transfer of trauma is through early childhood home visiting interventions. These programs provide mothers with assessment, referral, and supportive services pre- and post-partum, but unfortunately suffer from high refusal and dropout rates and often do not address trauma directly. To overcome these shortcomings, the authors have adapted a universal brief home visiting model (Family Connects) to a local service context, and have integrated within the model an innovative trauma screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (T-SBIRT) protocol. The authors will describe both the Family Connects model and the T-SBIRT protocol, and will also elaborate on the three phases of the local pilot project: implementation, testing, and dissemination.
Learning objectives: 1. Better understand individual and intergenerational trauma 2. Better understand home visiting services 3. Be able to define trauma-informed care 4. Recognize trauma-informed care within home visiting services 5. Recognize the benefit of integrating social work and public health practices
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Dimitri Topitzes, LCSW, PhD, is an associate professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and a co-founder and the clinical director of the Institute for Child and Family Well-Being, a partnership between the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare at UWM and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. His research interests include the etiology, effects, treatment and prevention of early childhood trauma. Dr. Topitzes devotes his time to applied research projects that adapt, implement, test, and disseminate evidence-informed practices within public service sectors. With the help of community partners and funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Dr. Topitzes developed and tested the trauma screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment protocol from 2014-16. He holds a license in clinical social work in the state of Wisconsin and applies his clinical insights to research, training and teaching activities. In 2013, Dr. Topitzes launched the Certificate in Trauma-Informed Care at UWM, an interdisciplinary graduate training program. Joshua P. Mersky, MSW, PhD is an associate professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and a co-founder and the co-director of the Institute for Child and Family Well-Being, a partnership between the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare at UWM and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Mersky’s research interests include child maltreatment and other adverse experiences that undermine health and well-being over the life course. He is dedicated to working with local and state partners to translate evidence into real-world solutions that improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families. Dr. Mersky applies his expertise to the design, application, evaluation, and dissemination of effective practices, programs, and policies. He is currently the lead evaluator of the Family Foundations Home Visiting program, a partnership between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and Department of Health Services that supports evidence-based home visiting programs statewide. In addition, Dr. Mersky is principal investigator of the Families and Children Thriving (FACT) Study, a longitudinal investigation into the health and well-being of at-risk children and families in Wisconsin.
Jeffrey Langlieb, MPH, is the Community Health Program Manager for the Central Racine County Health Department. Mr. Langlieb holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master of Public Health from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Aside from overseeing home visiting programming for the Central Racine County Health Department, Mr. Langlieb has also provided strong public health leadership in the Racine community through work on the Racine County Child Death Review Team and the Racine County Home Visiting Network Stakeholder’s Group. At the state level, Mr. Langlieb has served on various committees and subcommittees charged with recommending strategies that effectively evaluate home visiting programs in Wisconsin. Most recently, he led the Central Racine County Health Department through a rigorous process of attaining national accreditation from Healthy Families America and also concluded a quasi-experimental research study examining birth outcomes for home visiting program participants. Fiona Weeks, MPH, is a Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellow with dual placements at the Institute for Child and Family Well-Being and the City of Milwaukee Health Department in the Family and Community Health Division. Her research and policy interests center on promoting women’s reproductive health across the life span, building healthy families, and eliminating health disparities. She is experienced in quantitative and qualitative research methods, as well as program design and evaluation. Fiona is currently analyzing data from the Families and Children Thriving (FACT) Study, a statewide investigation into the well-being of families that have participated in evidence-based home visiting programs, led by Dr. Mersky. She is also collaborating with Dr. Topitzes to disseminate a screening, brief treatment and referral to treatment model for people who have experienced trauma. Fiona holds a Master of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and Bachelor of Arts in sociology and community health from Tufts University. She also completed a graduate certificate in maternal and child health.
Margaret Gesner, MS, has served as Health Officer at Central Racine County Health Department for the past 10 years, directing community health, environmental health and emergency preparedness programs. Margaret has always championed work that supports healthy communities, builds strong partnerships, and is based on sound evidence. During her current tenure Margaret added programs to promote the health of families, including Home Visiting, Fetal, Infant & Child Death Review, Safe Kids, Drinking Water Safety, and Epidemiology. Margaret’s prior public health experience demonstrates her commitment to the better good and includes work at Arlington County (VA) Department of Human Services, MA Department of Public Health, NYC Department of Health, Kenosha County (WI) Division of Health, United Hospital Fund (NYC), Taylor Hospital (PA), George Washington University Hospital (DC), and Orchard Park Federally Qualified Health Center (MA). Margaret served as a Wisconsin Public Health Association Board member and has presented scientific conferences and other forums on topics ranging from Health Literacy to Public Health 101. Margaret is a graduate of Goshen College with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and received her Master of Science from Harvard School of Public Health.
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