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Santa Clara County has maintained near-zero rates of incarceration for girls and young women for several years. Soon, four new counties will follow suit. Photo: Santa Clara Probation Department By Betty Marquez Rosales, EdSource, March 3, 2023 Four California counties will soon be offering girls and young women in youth jails more community-based alternatives to being detained. The initiative follows a pilot in Santa Clara County, established in 2018, which found that most incarcerated youth...

By Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Photo: Arin Yoon, The Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2023 Until a few decades ago, American parents generally fell into specific gender roles, with fathers as providers and mothers as nurturers. Though many more mothers are also providers today, research suggests that fathers still lag behind as responsive caregivers. A soon-to-be published survey of more than 1,600 teenagers by the Harvard Education School’s Making Caring Common project found that almost twice as...

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In February of 2020 while working for a regional healthcare system as the Trauma Informed Administrator, the last in-person training session I conducted before COVID 19 impacted public gatherings, was for all of the staff of the Sullivan County Regional Health Department (SCRHD). In the winter of 2022, as organization doors began reopening from the pandemic, SCRHD Director Gary Mayes learned I was now doing this work as a national trainer, organizational coach and consultant, so he reached...

Parents often enter treatment with a “just fix my kid” mindset and refuse to engage or change their behavior. When this happens relapse rates skyrocket as the child returns to or remains in an unchanged family. Join Dr. Scott Sells, the author of the FST| Family Systems Trauma model for this free webinar that shares a 5-question FST Motivational script handout that you can immediately use the next day at work. DATE: March 8 TIME: 12 - 1 pm ET Click HERE to register to watch live or receive...

[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!! — Rafael Maravilla] Child Abuse Arthur L, Schiro S, Tumin D, et al. Shelter in Place and an Alarming Increase in Penetrating Trauma in Children and Concerning Decrease in Child...

Join hosts Ingrid Cockhren, CEO of PACEs Connection, and Mathew Portell, PACEs Connection director of communities, for this encore episode of their interview with Melissa T. Merrick, Ph.D., president and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America), wherein she focusses on “celebrating the possibility of prevention,” and the importance of examining the socio-political conditions we as a society must address to help all people thrive. For the month of March, PACEs Connection’s History.

Children living with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) face a variety of challenges. Some of these may be developmental, such as building social skills. They may also be at greater risk of mental health problems or substance abuse later in life. This is why it is so important to establish methods to help your child to gain the resilience that empowers them to navigate past or ongoing trauma. This is, of course, a relatively complex matter. A child with ACEs is likely to need a range of...

Now working on another year of life … I can say that I’m better today than I was years, days, hours ago … yes, even hours – because each moment of life presents its own unique opportunity. Speaking of unique opportunities... From February 14-February 23, I sat vigil with my mother for 9 nights as she died after a decade long journey with Alzheimer's. Mom, even in her dying process, had lessons to teach me, and I'm sure I'll share more about those lessons down the road. For now, as I was...

Carly Simon’s 1971 single, “Anticipation,” opened with the following lines: We can never know about the days to come But we think about them anyway And I wonder if I'm really with you now Or just chasin' after some finer day Anticipation, anticipation Is makin' me late Is keepin' me waitin' This is a season of anticipation and waiting. Many are anticipating warmer days and outdoor activities that come with spring. I am anxiously awaiting the start to another baseball season. What might you...

Flashbacks. Nightmares. Distractability. Mood changes. Hyper-arousal. Developmental arrest. We are taught about the signs and symptoms of traumatic wounding through books and articles, trainings and conferences, symposiums and panels. We have learned how to adeptly detect our clients’ injuries—the moral, psychological, physical, and emotional wounds that have left them forever changed. We feel the magnetic pull of their pain points. We know which dark corners of their life stories are...

Our 2022 Guide to Implementation was a great introduction to the trauma-informed model, and the updated 2023 edition is even better! We've given our guide a fresh new look, provided even more helpful visual resources, and added over 30 pages of content. Get your downloadable copy for free today! Our Complete Guide to Implementation is a free downloadable resource that we encourage every member of our community to access and share. Full of essential introductory content, this free resource is...