Building Resilience in the Early Years
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Resilience in the Early Years (REY) is a program of the Building Better Lives Initiative (BBL) of Franklin County Family and Children First Council. REY collaborates with local community agencies and Early Childhood Centers in Franklin County to provide brain based trauma informed trainings and coaching practices based on the Neurosequential Model(NME), the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACEs) and other trauma and equity focused content. REY aims to integrate and enhance trauma-competent practices in order to respond to the unique situations in early childhood and infant and maternal health facing our community and to build equitable and resilient systems of care in an effort to reduce infant mortality and increase better outcomes for children and their families..
Stress and adversity can have a detrimental impact on the pregnant mother, and therefore the mother’s baby. In Columbus in 2020, we experienced a rate of 23.8 maternal deaths per 1,000 live births and a rate of 55.3 for non-hispanic Black maternal morbidity. In 2022, the infant mortality rate from January to June was 13.3 total, with non-hispanic white at 3.7, compared to 20 for non-hispanic Black per 1,000 births. This racial disparity is continuously growing. One in ten children within Ohio have experienced three or more adverse childhood experiences, placing them in a category of especially high risk (columbusohio.gov)
Our goal is to significantly reduce the negative birth outcomes we are seeing in our community. When agencies who work with mothers and children become trauma competent, they have more tools and capacity to support the families they serve. Not only is this beneficial for families, it can also mitigate secondary trauma and workplace stress that can lead to burnout in these important professions of care.
Engagement
Opportunities
Trainings
Our training curriculum is brain-based and moves participants from “trauma-informed” to “trauma-competent.”
Topics include: ACEs & Resilience, Historical Trauma, the Stress Response System, and Strategies for Regulation.
1:1 Coaching
We will meet with you directly in order to provide feedback, process situations, offer technical assistance, and support with implementation of brain-based trauma-informed concepts.
Group Coaching
Similarly to 1:1 Coaching, work is conducted collaboratively with the team to process situations, support implementation of brain-based, trauma informed concepts into daily work.
Upcoming Events
Building Better Lives:
A Brain-Based,
Trauma Informed Approach
This Brain-Based, Trauma Informed Approach is a FREE training featuring Brain Science and methods of building resilience. Training is offered monthly. In-person and Virtual options available.
OCCRA, OMHAS, & DODD credits available (6hrs training).
Learn More and Enroll by clicking the link below.
Coaching
What is Coaching?
Coaching is tailored to your individual or agency needs, supporting your goals in ways that are effective and efficient for you.
Coaching is collaborative, confidential, creative and provides support that is relevant to your role.
Meetings can be delivered both virtually or in person
Toxic Screening A Black Woman's Story
In these sessions, we will view a day in the life of Nina, an African American woman in her third trimester as she navigates daily stressors and the inequities beneath them.Following the film, we will hold a discussion to explore the implications these stressors have as well as how professionals can build on this knowledge to create better systems and programming for African American pregnant persons.
Resilience Coach
in the Early Years
Prenatal - 5yrs
Farheen Kapra - Resilience Coach
Our work is collaborative, confidential, and creative. Each session is intended to provide support that is relevant to your role. Each session can be delivered both virtually or in person.
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Email: farheen.kapra@escco.org