Community Connections

Parenting Through a Trauma-Informed Lens

Season 3 Episode 2

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In this episode of Community Connection: Changing Lives Together, Executive Director Gaby Rodriguez talks with Jennifer Quinonez, Program Coordinator at Kings Partnership, about how trauma-informed practices can help parents build stronger, healthier family relationships. Drawing on nearly a decade of trauma-informed training and experience, Jennifer shares practical strategies for understanding children's behavior, creating safe and supportive home environments, and finding strength through community.

Whether you're a parent, caregiver, educator, or community member, this conversation offers encouragement, practical tools, and hope for raising resilient children because no family has to do it alone.

Topics include:

  • What it means to be trauma-informed
  • Understanding children's behavior as communication
  • Creating emotionally safe homes
  • Practical parenting strategies
  • The power of community support

Join us as we continue our mission of changing lives together—one conversation at a time.

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