Higher Education

Universities, colleges, and community colleges in Palm Beach County

Levers of Change: Actors

Colleges and Universities

Career Source

Achieve Palm Beach County

School District of Palm Beach County

Levers of Innovation: Actions

Quick Wins (QW) or Major Project (MP)

Universal

Include a class for all higher education students on ACEs and their impact (QW).

Selected

Train students in workforce sector disciplines on ACEs, including pediatricians, medical and law students, and those pursuing careers in law enforcement, early childhood education, teaching, and human resources to begin building community capacity Target educational institutions (MP)

Call to Action:

The higher learning institutions in Palm Beach County should collaboratively institutionalize ACEs and trauma education to build systemic instructional capacity for understanding the impact and effect of inequity, trauma, and ACEs on development and behavioral health. 29

This will build a systemic base of buffers that have been exposed to the research of the signs and symptoms of trauma related outcomes and behaviors and the lasting impacts The students will carry this exposure and knowledge and will understand the power of meaningful buffering relationships

The approach can focus on content knowledge, teaching and learning strategies in the context of ACEs and trauma, how to create a trauma-informed climate and culture, and self-regulation and coping strategies for themselves and others