Acknowledgements, Editors’ Note 

Introduction to animation documentaries by Zachary Zezima

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Part I – On building resilience, a trauma informed approach

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Dortell Williams

A life trajectory of traumas: Developing resilience in the face of microaggressions 13
 

Daniel Whitlow

Desperately developing resiliency:  Creating healing in the face of trauma 23

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James Cain

Trauma Informed Care: Overcoming the limitations and barriers of prison with anxiety/uncertainty management theory 30

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Allen Burnett, Jimmie Gilmer, Marvin Johnson, Duncan Martinez, Dortell Williams

Resilience as a mission and vision: A collaboration in alignment with Cal State LA 33

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Terry Don Evans

Retelling life experience to make sense of trauma: Remembering Butch 36

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Tin Nguyen

Building resilience with service dogs: Paws for Life bootcamp 40

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Duncan A. Martinez

A patient-centered allegory: Chronicles of patient-provider communication 42

 

Part II – Performance Scripts

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Jimmie Gilmer

Building resilience Stories: Actual vs ideal scenes 52

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James Heard, Duncan Martinez, Dortell Williams

Rising on Affirmations 54

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Tin Nguyen

Reality Check 56

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Jesse Crespin, Terry Don Evans, Robert Mosely, Jerold A. Walton

Teacup: Rituals of Grief 59

 

Part III—Research proposals & autoethnographies

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Terry Bell, Samuel Nathaniel Brown, Thaisan Nguon, Larry Torres, and Dara Yin

Stress and resilience: College students during emerging adulthood 64

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Dortell Williams

The framework of memorable messages 79

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Allen Burnett

The power of group therapy 86

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Marvin Johnson, Darren Robinson, Daniel Whitlow, James Cain, Dortell Williams

Q&A: Random selection of class prompts 89

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Jesse Crespin

Thoughts on the “Teach Back method 97

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Robert Mosley

On the evolution of a trauma-informed approach 100

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Selected quotes

Resiliency in motion and best practices in health communication: Closing thoughts 104

 

Part IV --  Supplements: Glossary of terms and handouts

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A glossary of terms 108

Seven components of resilience (handout) 112

Ten elements of competence in using “Teach Back” effectively (handout) 115

Window of tolerance graphic (handout) 116

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