Ruby Sewell

Ruby Sewell

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

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Lessons Learned

• Accessible communication is crucial for everyone  - it is essential to a person’s sense of connection to the world 
• Much of our communication happens through our heart, not our mind. Children can feel when we are communicating from a place of love and that invites the possibility for more love and connection within them.     
• Being an Optimist is for the strong of heart! It requires daily commitment to align with the good in the world and be a beacon of hope in the lives of children who experience systemic oppression.

Resources Developed

I have borrowed all of the materials I use from those who have come before me or are doing this work alongside me.

• Helpful links for D/HH youth: https://www.cdhy.wa.gov/resources/social-emotional/
• This site has helpful links for understanding mental health needs unique to D/HH youth: https://deafpatients.webnode.page/

Suggested Resources

• We All Have Parts by Colleen West: (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1683734165/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asi…;
• Ross Green’s work in parenting children with intense emotional needs: (https://livesinthebalance.org/) 
• Richard Schwartz and his work and collaboration to provide resources for caregivers to use the Internal Family System Model with loved ones: (https://ifs-institute.com/resources/videos) 

Collaborative Areas of Interest

• Anti-bullying   
• Treating trauma through Internal Family Systems   
• Parent involvement in making communication accessible in family’s