This episode features a conversation with Colleen Cicchetti and Caryn Curry from the Center for Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Colleen is the founder and long-time Executive Director of the nearly 20-year-old Center, focused on providing access to high0-quality mental health services for children and adolescents. Caryn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Mental Health Consultant for CCR. A 30-year veteran in the field, Caryn provides training, consultation and expertise for schools and school systems as well as out-of-school community and youth-serving organizations to build the capacity of adult educators and care-givers around trauma-informed and healing centered systems and practices, a capacity that ultimately underpins effective teaching and learning and positive youth development. 

In Part 2 of their conversation, Colleen, Caryn and Jason talk about the work that CCR does in both the in-school and out-of-school spaces, including helping schools establish comprehensive Behavioral Health Teams; and we talk about the widespread and long lasting impacts of trauma and the work of CCR to build capacity to implement trauma-informed practices.

Additional Readings and Resources

• Center for Childhood Resilience
  • Behavioral Health Team Model
  • Trauma training
  • Trauma-Responsive Schools
• Resilience Education to Advance Community Healing (REACH) Statewide Initiative
• Lurie Children’s Hospital
• Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
• Illinois Social and Emotional Learning Standards
• Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership
• Boys and Girls Club of Chicago
• DePaul Community Health Centers
• Girls Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana