Value Statements
Mission:
To empower communities with brain-friendly practices, fostering resilience and equity through training and support.​
BBL's Value Proposition:
BBL helps organizations and communities build resilient, trauma-responsive cultures by integrating brain science through training, coaching, and organizational support. Our evidence-based programs teach self-regulation, emotional well-being, and collaboration, empowering individuals of all ages to navigate challenges and reach their full potential. We drive sustainable growth and positive change in schools, service providers, organizations, and communities, by fostering lasting relationships and guiding the creation of stress-informed structures, systems, and processes.
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The BBL Advantage:
The Building Better Lives team brings a wealth of experience and expertise to their work with your organization.
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BBL trainers and coaches have deep content knowledge in the brain science of stress and regulation, through certification through Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD’s Neurosequential Model.
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BBL Coaches are highly skilled and have engaged in professional development from leading thinkers in the field of coaching and support including the Thinking Collaborative as well as Elena Aguilar’s Bright Morning.
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BBL services are adaptable to your unique setting. We offer flexibility and tailored support in order to meet specific organizational needs.
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BBL’s focus on staff development builds long-term sustainable capacity.
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BBL is connected with a wide range of organizations and is positioned in partnership with a variety of community partners, leading to sustainability and widespread community impact.
Our Community Impact:
Established in 2012, Building Better Lives (BBL) is an initiative of Franklin County Family and Children First Council. Our goal is to build resilient, equitable communities through professional development focused on understanding and addressing the impact of toxic stress on individuals' brains and behavior.​
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By applying trauma-informed, brain-based methods, BBL helps professionals recognize how experiences affect cognitive, emotional, and physical responses. This approach emphasizes the importance of creating safe, supportive environments that promote healing and growth, while also fostering empathy, connection, and resilience.
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BBL works to foster enhanced communication and practices that support well-being. Ultimately, we help our stakeholders build resilience, reduce re-traumatization, and improve individual outcomes in diverse settings. These settings include schools, out-of-school-time programs, social service agencies, first responder groups, health care settings and more.
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BBL’s programs are grounded in neuroscience and evidence-based understandings of how early experiences, particularly traumatic ones, impact the development of the brain, behavior, mental health and well-being.
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BBL relies on foundational research and frameworks including the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study (Felitti and Anda, 1998) and the work of Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, a leading expert in child psychiatry, neuroscience, and early childhood trauma in relation to brain development.
Additionally, we utilize the work of Zaretta Hammond in linking the brain science of stress and regulation with the implementation of Culturally Responsive Practices to support diverse learners.
Building Resilience in Franklin County
Resources
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