Dr. Igelman is a licensed psychologist in private practice in San Clemente, CA. She integrates mindful walking and running into her beach therapy sessions. Her highly specialized practice assists veterans, adults, adolescents and parents recover from trauma, loss, grief, anxiety, and alcohol abuse. Dr. Igelman graduated from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in 2006 with her PhD in Clinical Psychology (child/family emphasis). She completed her postdoctoral studies at the internationally recognized Chadwick Center for Children &  Families in San Diego, CA. Dr. Igelman honed her expertise in the treatment of depression, anxiety, grief/trauma work, and family therapy at the Chadwick Center and in the department of Developmental Services at Rady Children's. Dr. Igelman is also an Adjunct Professor with the California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego and teaches the annual graduate course on child abuse for licensure in psychology. She has presented at numerous professional conferences and trained regionally and nationally on trauma therapy models.

In response to the significant need for trauma treatment services, La Clínica established the Screening, Treatment and Trauma Training in Primary Care (STATT- PC) program in 2016. This program was initiated in order to expand trauma services to youth with unmet mental health needs. Through the project’s successful implementation, La Clínica has already served over 10,000 youth through screenings and evidence-based treatments and impacted hundreds more through teacher and primary care physician trainings on trauma. In this cycle of funding, La Clínica has aimed to expand the program to address the following needs: 1) adaptations to the CBITS model for newcomers, 2) 1:1 tier III trauma interventions to treat high need youth, and 3) flexible group based EBP implementation when working in close partnership with schools. We are also cognizant of the profound lasting psychological impacts of COVID-19 on our students as well as the anti-racism and cultural competency work that needs to be furthered. This cycle's project considers the current realities of our students lives and aims to build a multitiered approach in alignment with La Clínica’s 48-year history of providing culturally competent care.

Audra Langley, Ph.D. is a Professor at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Dr. Langley is the Director of UCLA TIES for Families, an innovative interdisciplinary program for children in foster care, kinship care or adopted through foster care (ages birth to 25) and their families in Los Angeles County. She is also Co-Director of the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families, which aims to address racial disproportionality by preventing children and families from entering the child welfare system and intervening to elevate the life trajectories and increase equity for those who are child welfare involved. Dr. Langley was Director of Training for the NCTSN-funded TSA Center for Resiliency, Hope and Wellness in Schools for 18 years. Dr. Langley's body of research seeks to increase equity in access to quality mental health and wellbeing interventions for under-resourced and marginalized populations of children, including those in schools and involved with the child welfare system. She is the author of 5 evidence-based interventions, including Bounce Back: Elementary School Intervention for Childhood Trauma, Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET), and the 2nd version of Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS).

NAHC will implement the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative at our health centers located in Sobrante Park & Fruitvale/San Antonio neighborhoods of East Oakland, California with expansion in the greater Bay Area. Residents of our community are highly susceptible to experiencing trauma in their lifetime due to a combination of environmental & socioeconomic factors- including elevated rates of poverty, exposure to violence, drug addiction, racial discrimination, & limited health care access. According to 2018 Census data, rates within our clinic zip code compared to county averages show: unemployment (6.4% v 4%); residents that have received federal assistance within the past 12 months (20.9% v 7%); residents that do not have health care coverage (17.9% v 6.9%); & families that live at our below the federal poverty line (23.4% v 7.4%), all which contribute to increased trauma related mental health issues such as depression, anxiety & post-traumatic stress disorder. Though trauma is often believed to be experienced in adults, the stressful social & environmental factors experienced by children in early age is likely to cause disruptions in development which can lead to substance use, anxiety, depression as well as an increase of chronic health & mental health conditions as adults. As indicated by NAHC youth trauma screenings. Among 472 youth served among UFSA/Life & Madison SBHCs in 2018, 36% were screened for trauma with 8% identified as needing follow up by a clinician. Of the youth receiving depression screenings in 2018, 75% received positive screens, demonstrating need for additional clinical services. This demonstrates the need to provide youth with not only direct trauma informed treatment services, but culturally appropriate programming.