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    • Parent/Caregiver Involvement: Lessons Learned in the Aftermath of the Michigan School Shooting

      J. Kevin Cameron, Executive Director NACTATR / CTIP | March 21, 2024

      Parent/Caregiver Involvement: Lessons Learned in the Aftermath of the Michigan School Shooting

      Overview

      We have had a sustained increase in the frequency and intensity of VTRA-related cases coming out of the pandemic. This includes a dramatic increase in weapons possession among young people. In the educational context, the preferred weapon of choice is a knife.

      However, the most complex cases are involving middle school and elementary aged children where we are also seeing more sexualized VTRA-related cases from:

      • Threats to sexually assault by gesture, words, drawings
      • Text and social media threats
      • Stalking
      • A power dynamic at play including grooming and luring beyond age and stage.
      • Actual sexual assaults
      • An atypical fixation on sexualized material and or dynamics (pornography, target fixation based on gender e.g. Incel)

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    • Increase in the Frequency and Intensity of Violence Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA™) Cases

      J. Kevin Cameron, Executive Director NACTATR / CTIP | December 5, 2022

      Increase in the Frequency and Intensity of Violence Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA™) Cases

      December has traditionally been an identified Critical Period in VTRA practice. Critical Periods are predictable timeframes for increased threat making and threat-related behaviour. As noted in our earlier communications, the increased frequency and complexity of cases was foreseeable this Fall/Winter due to a significant delayed trauma (stress) response to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. Highlighted in our VTRA trainings this year, is the message that the “the sky is not falling, this was always predictable”. However, due to the increased number of cases, VTRA Leads in schools, partner agencies, and at the community level may need to triage their cases. It may be more manageable and feasible to do more site-specific incident screenings to mitigate initial risk while awaiting consultation from multi-agency partners. This is because most protocol partners are needing to triage their own casework in comparison to pre-pandemic practice.

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    • Trauma in Human Systems: A Brief Introduction

      J. Kevin Cameron, Executive Director NACTATR / CTIP | July 21, 2022

      Trauma in Human Systems: A Brief Introduction

      Trauma in Human Systems:
      A Brief Introduction

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    • Rekindled Trauma: Former Kamloops Residential School

      J. Kevin Cameron, Executive Director NACTATR / CTIP | June 2, 2021

      Rekindled Trauma: Former Kamloops Residential School

      On Friday May 28th the truth was revealed regarding the buried bodies of over two hundred children. My colleagues and I penned a brief E-Alert on that day through our roles with the B.C. Government ERASE Initiative. It was sent to many professionals in that province who, like us, were in awe of this reality. This E-Alert is for the entire country and every Indigenous Nation and People as well as all those who wish to help. It is more personal than any other communication I have penned.

      File: PDF Rekindled Trauma: Former Kamloops Residential School

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    • Guidelines for Re-Entry into the School Setting During the Pandemic

      J. Kevin Cameron, Executive Director NACTATR / CTIP | May 13, 2020

      Guidelines for Re-Entry into the School Setting During the Pandemic

      While Health Departments have been directing much of the initial focus on re-entry to schools, the emotional and traumatic impact of COVID-19 has received less attention. These Guidelines will set the standard as the most comprehensive trauma-informed and systems-based practice for supporting students, staff and their families during the pandemic.

      Executive Summary:
      Guidelines for Re-Entry into the School Setting During the Pandemic: Executive Summary
       

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