Trauma Informed and Notes

Your a documentation is a form of trauma-informed care. If you tell their story in detail in writing then they don’t have to be tell it to everybody else who would have access to your notes. Reduce the number of times they have to relive their trauma. The story may change and may alter from […]

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Quirks of a Temporary Home

If you are not Snow White, it is a pretty big challenge to share a home with 7 men. Ideally the home will have a lot of room so people do not feel like they’re living on top of one another. It should be comfortable enough to lend dignity to the residence but I’m comfortable […]

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8 years ago at MEND

8 years ago I was a Gain worker for Maximus Incorporated. I had just started volunteering at mend in Pacoima and wanted to bring some of my co-workers on a tour these are those photos. I had no idea how much I would love MEND or the friendships that would start there . I love […]

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