S1E5- Dave Paxton: Brain Mapping

**Trigger warning** mention of child abuse

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The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not necessarily represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of The Village Network. The material presented here is for general informational purposes and for personal use only and is not intended to replace or constitute medical advice, medical information, legal advice, investment advice, or other professional advice or guidance for a particular purpose.  All copyrighted information and trademarks and all forms and abbreviations of the same are the property of their respective owners, and their use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organization, product, or service.Have you ever wished you could just open up your brain and figure out what’s going on with all those swirling thoughts, feelings, and memories? Us too! So we called in Dave Paxton, Chief Clinical Officer at The Village Network to teach us about the practice of brain mapping. Brain mapping helps clinicians figure out how a client’s experiences shaped their brain development.  Find out why this is a helpful tool and what Matthew learned from his own brain mapping experience!

Dave Paxton, LISW-S, is the Chief Clinical Officer for The Village Network in Ohio. For over seventy- five years The Village Network has been serving abused and neglected children in residential programs, treatment foster care, and outpatient programs. Mr. Paxton's department at The Village Network is responsible for training and assuring the fidelity to TV's chosen clinical models: The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics and the Collaborative Problem-Solving approach. Starting his career as a residential childcare worker and eventually becoming the residential director, Dave helped the State of Illinois develop a program to reintegrate children back into their communities after being placed in out-of-state locked residential programs. Mr. Paxton earned his BA in Sociology & Juvenile Justice from DePaul University and his Master's degree in Clinical Social Work from the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago.