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The clinic is unassuming, in an office building just blocks from the revitalized downtown strip in Winter Garden, Fla., 30 minutes from Orlando. As you head up to the third floor, you might share the elevator with pregnant women making small talk in Spanish, a grandmother holding a newborn in a carrier, or a white woman with a baby strapped to her chest in an eco-friendly wrap. When you enter the Birth Place, a friendly, bilingual receptionist greets you. After you’ve checked in, you can...

The International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC) is offering 4 free 1-hour introductory webinars next month on methods for helping individuals and groups constructively cope with the traumas and toxic stresses of climate impacts, and use them as catalysts to increase wellbeing. For more information and to register see below. Introduction to Transformational Resilience for Climate Change When : Tuesday March 13 from 12 noon--1 pm Pacific Time To register for this webinar click...

I really enjoyed chatting with Andi Fetzner, MS on Why Knowing Your Adverse Childhood Adversity (ACE) Score Is As Important To Your Health As Knowing Your Cholesterol Score last night! Andi & I covered how to c alculate your ACE score, get strategies for increasing resilience & preventing or healing ACE related issues! To take the ACE Survey, go to http://marygiuliani.net/adverse-childhood-experience-ace-q …/ To reach Andi Fetzner visit: https://originstraining.org/

Ever heard of the “Red Zone?” Many of us understand that when something enters the red zone, it can prove to be a daunting situation. For example, if your car overheats, and the temperature gauge moves into the red zone, it’s important to check the engine to see what’s going on. Otherwise, the car may overheat or cause a fire, and you may find yourself stranded and standing on the side of the road. Wikipedia has a few examples of the Red Zone: Unsafe areas in Iraq after the 2003 invasion A...

The entire ACE Overcomers staff joined the Valley Learning Community on February 13, 2018 in Clovis, California for a 1-day seminar on RESILIENCY . Strategies 2.0 facilitated the training, that brought together representatives from the following counties: Fresno, Kern, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare and Kings. Strategies 2.0 offers free training, consultation, peer learning, and other professional development opportunities both in-person and online. The day consisted of a...

How should we view trauma? We live in a society where we have a pharmacological agent for almost every ailment, real or imagined. When we are sick, we go to the doctor and we get a prescription for a drug. Prescriptions are usually written, but can be a verbal order. The drug is prescribed to heal an illness, or disease, or at least, to provide some relief. What happens, though, when an ailment is so deep within one’s core that it cannot be treated by any medication? As a seasoned...

There are a few more days to submit your proposal for a 90-minute workshop to be presented at our 2nd Annual Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference - Preventing Childhood Trauma and its Impact across the Lifespan: An Interprofessional Agenda for Providers, Advocates, Policy Makers, and Community Members The submission deadline is March 1st . If your proposal is accepted you will be granted free admission to the three-day conference . First launched in 2017, the Philadelphia Trauma Training...

A new study published by Child Trends says children in Arkansas are more likely to go through an adverse childhood experience (ACE) than all other states. The non-profit organization says such an experience can include children’s parents who divorce, parental incarceration, and living with an adult battling substance abuse. The group says it aims to improve the lives and prospects of children and their families. Study co-author Vanessa Sacks says 56 percent of children in the state have had...

The National Conference of State Legislatures Juvenile Justice Principles Work Group’s latest report identifies 12 principles for effective juvenile justice policymaking. The principles and illustrative examples are intended to help states invest in proven methods of juvenile justice reform. See this report and more newly added resources on the Hub . [To access this report and the Hub, go to http://jjie.org/2018/02/13/new-hub-resource-principles-of-effective-juvenile-justice-policy/ ]

On Jan. 25, the Fayette County Board of Developmental Disabilities hosted “Trauma-Informed Care: An Introduction” at our local Southern State Community College. This training was provided free by The Central Ohio Trauma-Informed Care Collaborative, which is a collaboration between the Ohio Mental Health & Addiction Services and the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities. With the Fayette County board adhering to Trauma Informed Care (TIC) as the guiding principles for case...

Are we there yet? Understanding if we have reached our ‘destination’ is becoming an ever more present question for schools on the path towards becoming trauma-informed. How do we measure success? How do we know when we have reached the goals and outcomes that will signify we are a trauma-informed school? As with most long trips, it is as much about the journey as the destination. Becoming a trauma-informed school or district is not a program to be implemented; it is a strategy or approach...

(VIDEO TRANSCRIPT) Hi, I'm Anna Runkle, also known as the Crappy Childhood Fairy . As many people know, I talk a lot about growing up poor. Now my family was a certain kind of poor. We weren't like trailer poor and we weren't like refugee poor. We were more like addiction poor, where we started out kind of middle class and educated, but then we started sliding down the ladder. As alcoholism took over my parents' lives, it turned them from nice people into people who weren't very stable. Then...