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By Seamus McAvoy, Photo: Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, April 16, 2022 Charter Oak Cultural Center, a Hartford arts education organization, is using therapy and mindfulness to tackle childhood trauma. The center, located in Connecticut’s first synagogue, is now an “ACEs Aware” institution — one that formally recognizes the lasting effects of trauma and adverse childhood experiences, also called ACEs. It’s also partnering with 2AssureUs LLC, a Hartford therapy practice that serves...

By Edwin Rios, Photo: Bryan Dozier/Rex/Shutterstock, The Guardian, April 19, 2022 W hen Alma Adams’s daughter complained of abdominal pain during a difficult pregnancy, her doctor overlooked her cries for help. The North Carolina congresswoman’s daughter had to undergo a last-minute caesarean section. She and her baby daughter, now 16, survived. “It could have gone another way. I could have been a mother who was grieving her daughter and granddaughter,” Adams told the Guardian, following a...

By Jeff Lunden, Image: #Enough, National Public Radio, April 17, 2022 Wednesday marks the 23rd anniversary of the Columbine school shootings. Across the country, theaters and civic organizations are commemorating this event by presenting readings of eight short plays by teenagers. The program is called #Enough : Plays to End Gun Violence. Director Michael Cotey was in rehearsal on February 14, 2018, when the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland , Fla., occurred. "This...

It takes a village to raise a child (an old African proverb). This means that a child needs both the immediate and extended family to overcome adverse traumatic experiences to heal long term. Unfortunately, traditional trauma treatment often only includes the individual child. And if you do mobilize, the extended family, you are often unsure what their role is or how to actively incorporate them into trauma treatment. DATE: Wednesday, June 29 TIME: 12 - 1 pm EST COST: Free with REGISTRATION...

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The very best remedy for climate anxiety is knowing that this a collective experience, not an individual experience. This is a 12-month learning community to build understanding, resiliency and togetherness amidst the ecological crisis we and our planet are facing.

Learn! Connect! Discover! Friends, it's time for a good ol’ resource share out. There are so many excellent opportunities coming up in the next few months, from PACEs Connection and beyond, both no-cost and paid. I know we are tired…but these are too good not to check out! I invite you to add things I have missed in the comment section. Events PACEs Connection Virtual Trauma-Informed Schools Summer Leadership Institute June 21-24 https://www.pacesconnection.co...leadership-institute Join us...

Details and registration - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/301625769797 You can create a classroom and school environment where students feel connected and encouraged. Imagine a room filled with young people who are engaged in learning, contribute to problem-solving, and help build their own community. Introducing our 5-week Rooted Relationships series , which brings together the most helpful and practical tools from the latest brain science research, culturally responsive teaching, trauma and...

On Monday morning, Adrianne Haslet will step to the starting line in the Para Division at the Boston Marathon, ready to begin another 26.2-mile journey that will end at the spot where, nine years ago, she lost her left foot and very nearly her life.

By Jackie Mader, Photo: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report, The Hechinger Report, April 13, 2022 In a dimly-lit classroom in downtown Milwaukee, nine aspiring early childhood teachers scribbled notes as they watched a video about the capabilities of 4-month-olds. Babies at that age “can now follow an object 180 degrees,” the narrator explained, as a baby on screen watched a small toy move from side to side. After a few more scenes showing babies cooing, screeching and batting at objects,...

By Maya Yang, Photo: REX/Shutterstock, The Guardian, April 13, 2022 An “insidious and coordinated” effort between lawmakers and extremist groups is under way to undermine American democracy, according to a new report. On Tuesday, the nonpartisan civil rights organization National Urban League released the annual report in its analysis series The State of Black America. The report, called Under Siege: The Plot to Destroy Democracy, outlines the “conspiracy and the urgent case for a national...

By The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board, Photo: Eduardo Contreras/San Diego Union-Tribune, The San Diego Union-Tribune, April 14, 2022 Editors note: Godwin Higa was principal of the first trauma-informed elementary school in San Diego County. There are three candidates on the June 7 ballot for the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education race in District B to represent the northeastern part of the city — early education commissioner Shana Hazan, retired principal/teacher...