HM 61 — STUDY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORYTELLING TREATMENT

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 61REQUESTING 57THE THCHILDREN, LEGISLATURE-YOUTH STATEAND OFFAMILIES NEWDEPARTMENT MEXICOTO -STUDY FIRSTAND SESSIO,IMPLEMENT 2025STRATEGIES INTRODUCEDFOR BYAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL E.STORYTELLING AS A TRAUMA-INFORMED STRATEGY FOR CHILDREN.

Diane6 Torres-VelásquezWHEREAS, andnarrative Elizabeththerapy "Liz"is Thomsona andwell-established Dayantherapeutic Hochman-Vigilapproach that has been used across generations, particularly within traditional and G.minority populations;

Andrésand RomeroWHEREAS, 7autobiographical 9storytelling Aand MEMORIALrelating REQUESTINGstories THEof CHILDREN,personal YOUTHexperiences ANDare FAMILIESrooted DEPARTMENTin TOthe STUDYsame ANDcore IMPLEMENTprinciples STRATEGIESas FORnarrative AUTOBIOGRAPHICALtherapy, STORYTELLINGand ASthese Amodalities TRAUMA-INFORMEDare STRATEGYeffective FORacross CHILDREN.diverse communities and cultures, as they recognize the individual as the expert on that individual's own life;

15and WHEREAS, narrativepeople's therapylives isare ashaped well-establishedby therapeuticthe approachstories thatthey hastell beenthemselves used across generations, e t 17 particularly within traditional and minorityothers; populations;

and w l n d 18 WHEREAS, autobiographical storytelling andapproaches relatingfoster =an =environment 19conducive ato lhealing; stories of personal experiences are rooted in the same core i a e r 20 principles as narrative therapy, and these modalities are a t m m 21 effective across diverse communities and cultures, as they d r e 22 recognize the individual as the expert on that individual's own c e s k 23 life;

and e a n b 24 u [ WHEREAS, people's lives are shaped by the stories they tell themselves and others;

and .231764.2 WHEREAS, storytelling approaches foster an environment conducive to healing;

and WHEREAS, children who enter the foster care system are at increased risk for language delays and difficulties with speech development due to adverse circumstances they may experience prior to adoption, and these language and speech HM 61 Page 1 developmental delays greatly impact the children's communication skills;

and WHEREAS, the skills involved with coherently relating stories of personal experiences have been found to positively e t 17 affect emotional healing;

w l n d 18 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF = = 19 a l REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the house of i a e r 20 representatives hereby acknowledge the significance of a t m m 21 autobiographical storytelling as a trauma-informed strategy and d r e 22 further request the children, youth and families department to c e s k 23 study and implement the following:

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collaborate with speech-language pathologists u [ and licensed behavioral and mental health care providers .231764.2 - 2 - familiar with trauma and trauma-informed practices and experienced in autobiographical storytelling to provide language development training and workshops for families and caseworkers;

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