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	28	+	HOUSE MEMORIAL 61
	29	+	57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
	30	+	INTRODUCED BY
	31	+	E. Diane Torres-Velásquez and Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson
	32	+	and Dayan Hochman-Vigil and G. Andrés Romero
28	33		A MEMORIAL
29		-	REQUESTING THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT TO
30		-	~~STUDY~~ AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
31		-	~~STORYTELLING AS A~~ TRAUMA-INFORMED STRATEGY FOR CHILDREN.
	34	+	REQUESTING THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT TO STUDY
	35	+	AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORYTELLING AS A
	36	+	TRAUMA-INFORMED STRATEGY FOR CHILDREN.
32	37		WHEREAS, narrative therapy is a well-established
33	38		therapeutic approach that has been used across generations,
34	39		particularly within traditional and minority populations; and
35	40		WHEREAS, autobiographical storytelling and relating
36	41		stories of personal experiences are rooted in the same core
37	42		principles as narrative therapy, and these modalities are
38	43		effective across diverse communities and cultures, as they
39		-	recognize the individual as the expert on that individual's
40		-	~~own~~ life; and
	44	+	recognize the individual as the expert on that individual's own
	45	+	life; and
41	46		WHEREAS, people's lives are shaped by the stories they
42	47		tell themselves and others; and
43		-	WHEREAS, storytelling approaches foster an environment
44		-	conducive to healing; and
45		-	WHEREAS, each year there are between two thousand and
46		-	two thousand six hundred children in the foster care system
47		-	in New Mexico; and
48		-	WHEREAS, children who enter the foster care system are
49		-	at increased risk for language delays and difficulties with
50		-	speech development due to adverse circumstances they may
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78		-	developmental delays greatly impact the children's
79		-	communication skills; and
	75	+	WHEREAS, storytelling approaches foster an environment
	76	+	conducive to healing; and
	77	+	WHEREAS, each year there are between two thousand and two
	78	+	thousand six hundred children in the foster care system in New
	79	+	Mexico; and
	80	+	WHEREAS, children who enter the foster care system are at
	81	+	increased risk for language delays and difficulties with speech
	82	+	development due to adverse circumstances they may experience
	83	+	prior to adoption, and these language and speech developmental
	84	+	delays greatly impact the children's communication skills; and
80	85		WHEREAS, support provided by dedicated speech-language
81	86		pathologists may help foster parents and caregivers to
82	87		implement interventions that play a role in the prevention of
83	88		language delays or disorders in young foster children; and
84	89		WHEREAS, the skills involved with coherently relating
85	90		stories of personal experiences have been found to positively
86	91		affect emotional healing;
87	92		NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
88	93		REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the house of
89	94		representatives hereby acknowledge the significance of
90		-	autobiographical storytelling as a trauma-informed strategy
91		-	~~and~~ further request the children, youth and families
92		-	~~department to~~ study and implement the following:
	95	+	autobiographical storytelling as a trauma-informed strategy and
	96	+	further request the children, youth and families department to
	97	+	study and implement the following:
93	98		A. collaborate with speech-language pathologists
94	99		and licensed behavioral and mental health care providers
95		-	familiar with trauma and trauma-informed practices and
96		-	experienced in autobiographical storytelling to provide
97		-	language development training and workshops for families and
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99		-	B. assist children in the care of the department
100		-	to develop autobiographical stories and share those stories
101		-	in order to support the children's emotional health and
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	128	+	familiar with trauma and trauma-informed practices and
	129	+	experienced in autobiographical storytelling to provide
	130	+	language development training and workshops for families and
	131	+	caseworkers;
	132	+	B. assist children in the care of the department to
	133	+	develop autobiographical stories and share those stories in
	134	+	order to support the children's emotional health and language
	135	+	development;
129	136		C. design events that focus on concrete activities
130		-	with the child's present caregiver rather than traumatic
131		-	~~events~~ from the child's past; and
	137	+	with the child's present caregiver rather than traumatic events
	138	+	from the child's past; and
132	139		D. provide families with a strategy plan to follow
133	140		if traumatic memories arise at home; and
134	141		BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
135	142		transmitted to the secretary of children, youth and families.
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