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BA JOURNAL
Special Issue on health communication:
Building resilience through a trauma-informed approach

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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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