November 2024

I asked ChatGPT... How can the overall quality of parenting be improved? It came back with the following. Improving the overall quality of parenting involves empowering caregivers with the knowledge, skills, and resources to nurture their children's well-being and development. Here are several evidence-based strategies to achieve this: 1. Parenting Education Programs Universal Access: Offer accessible, inclusive programs for all parents, regardless of socioeconomic background, to normalize...

Ever heard about Trauma Informed Schools Kenya? Well, we have been around, almost 3 years now and counting. How has the been the progress? Almost 3 years ago I, the Founder/Director of Trauma Informed Schools Kenya featured on PACEs Champions Corner. Interviewed by Silvia Paul. https://www.pacesconnection.com/blog/paces-champion-rebeccah-ndung-u-launches-trauma-informed-schools-in-kenya TISK is a non profit making , non governmental organization registered and situated in Nairobi -Kenya.

We’re beyond excited to see the PACEs Connection community back in action! A huge shout out to @Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) and @Carey Sipp for all the hard work they’ve put into making this happen. It’s inspiring to witness the ongoing collaboration in this space and to see how many of us are committed to building cultures of resilience. For @Andi Fetzner and me, this community has been incredibly meaningful. Our journey together started back in 2016, when we met in the registration...

Training plays a crucial role in nearly every change management strategy, especially when implementing trauma-informed practices. This article explores the strengths and limitations of training in advancing change efforts and building a trauma-informed culture. Say you’re making big changes at your company or organization. Your leadership team is ushering in a new technology or changing the organizational structure or implementing new processes that will affect everyone. Or perhaps you want...

Applications are open for the 2025 TraumaWise Summit Series! These are virtual summits for people who want to increase their trauma wisdom, compassion, and capacity for activating sustainable healing and systems change in their spaces and places. We are looking for people with lived-experience to bring their trauma wisdom and skills to the TraumaWise Community! TraumaWise equips change agents to transform broken systems by activating trauma-informed communities. Our virtual summits (which...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/us/colin-gray-georgia-school-shooting/index.html This is proof that there are parents in our communities who are aren’t engaging in parenting behaviors and practices generally recognized as supporting the healthy development of children, and they are bringing suffering and grief to innocent children and adults. This is why there needs to be an entirely new kind of parenting education that reaches everyone, everywhere. A kind of parenting education that reaches...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!] Human Trafficking Andana C, Saldaña O, Rodríguez-Carballeira Á. Understanding Child Sexual Exploitation Dynamics: Development and Validation of a Taxonomy of Recruitment and...

The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-11-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_November_2024.pdf or this - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20241118182856/ Newsletter Contents : 1] ‘It’s the first time I’ve woven in 27 years’: Peruvian women revive arts lost to trauma of forced sterilisations...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!] Child Abuse Westphaln KK, Pike NA, Li VR, Spurrier R, Imagawa KK. Pediatric Hospital Admissions with Concern for Neglect: Correlations Between Neglect Types and Other Clinical...

Embark on your winter with training this December! (Whether your northern hemisphere winter is meteorological or astronomical.) To register: https://www.connectall.online/book-online Example General handout: https://www.connectall.online/_files/ugd/fda416_638758ef9035412a8636f3ebd0e4c3fe.pdf Example Ethics handout: https://www.connectall.online/_files/ugd/fda416_6efb673e0fdd4c13ab45f256e1131a95.pdf

For nearly 25 years, Risking Connection has been at the forefront of the trauma-informed care movement. Over the past decades, the Risking Connection foundational trauma training has evolved into the Risking Connection Change Model , a multi-stage intervention that supports trauma-informed, organizational culture change. Now the Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) is pleased to introduce its newest update to the Risking Connection Change Model, which acknowledges and affirms that racism and...

Drive Impactful Change in Your Work Environment The Trauma-Resilient Professional Certification is designed for educators, social workers, mental health providers, and community leaders who want to develop an understanding on the impact of trauma, build resilience, and foster trusted relationships with those they serve. Please click here Trauma-Resilient Professional Certification | Trauma Resilient Educational Communities (TREC) to learn more. Attached, please find attached a 3-page overview.