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By Peter Hermann, The Washington Post, February 12, 2021 Engulfed in the crush of rioters storming the Capitol, D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith sent his wife a text that spoke to the futility and fears of his mission. “London has fallen,” the 35-year-old tapped on his phone at 2:38 p.m. on Jan. 6, knowing his wife would understand he was referencing a movie by that name about a plan to assassinate world leaders attending a funeral in Britain. The text confirmed the frightening images Erin...

By the end of March, Oklahoma will have 30 certified Master Trainers prepared to canvass our state and engage and motivate individuals and communities to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and improve well-being. The Master Trainer program is facilitated by Dr. Robert Anda and Laura Porter of ACE Interface , a company that provides education, analysis, process design, facilitation, and products designed to increase networks of trainers to disseminate education across communities.

Let's Be Real. Let's Be Real is the public session of All of Us, Every Family: the QIC-DVCW Virtual Conference. It will take place on March 2, 2021 at 10 am PT | 1 pm ET. Register here . If your work touches the lives of children and families impacted by domestic violence, we welcome you to join the Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare (QIC-DVCW) for a national conversation where we will challenge ourselves to take action and accountability toward advancing racial...

Mar 3, 2021 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) For many young people, the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified existing mental and behavioral health challenges. Learn how pediatric hospitals and providers are redesigning their behavioral health programs, leveraging technology, mobilizing community partners, and expanding research and treatment efforts to ensure that care is accessible and equitable. Hear from several health care leaders at the forefront of improving children’s mental...

If we think of drawing another person as a metaphor for truly seeing and honoring them, what does it mean that the children in our lives, White children and children of color alike, often exclusively draw White characters? As parents of multiracial Black girls we asked this question ourselves when we noticed that the racial diversity in their lives - friends, dolls, books, other children's media - wasn't reflected in the people they drew, who were largely White. It made us think about how we...

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"Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew. That even as we hurt, we hoped. That even as we tired, we tried." -Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb What’s Right With Us? – Creating Black History by Chloe Edwards on the Voices for Virginia's Children blog describes the importance of honoring the cultural resilience within Black community and the solutions the Black community has created for centuries to combat white privilege and supremacy. Check out...

Chaplin Xavier Justice and Jenny Brackman speak with Lisseth London about how Forward-Facing Trauma Therapy can assist BIPOC in dealing with trauma. In a conversation about the impact of trauma, Justice brings an enlighten perspective on how religion and spirituality are more intertwined into the concept of healing one's trauma and explores some basic concepts that he gleaned from Dr. J. Eric Gentry. Justice shares how he incorporates the principles in his work and continues to study data on...

The Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) , a leading organization in the trauma-informed care movement, is expanding its staff and hiring two new positions . Program Coordinator . This position entails managing a portfolio of client agencies implementing TSI's Whole System Change Model to Trauma-Informed Care . The person in this role does sales, contracting, training, consultation, and coaching with client agencies. Operations Support Specialist. This position entails supporting all operations...

CYW WEBINAR Cultural and Racial Differences in Understanding and Responding to Adversity, Trauma, Resilience and Healing Wednesday, February 24th 12:00-1:00pm PT/3:00-4:00 ET The Center for Youth Wellness is excited to announce our third ACEs Aware webinar on February 24 at Noon PT/3pm ET. Gatanya Arnic, CYW's Chief Executive Officer, will discuss how cultural and racial differences can impact ACEs screening and response. Gatanya will lead a discussion of how the biases inherent in the...

Early Childhood Educator, Trauma Support Specialist, Emotional Intelligence Consultant, Child & Family Advocate Jameelah Hanif brings serious weekly discussions to the public through Facebook Live. Her purpose to raise ACEs Awareness and the importance of early care and learning. This week discussion is about “Child in Adult Body”. Science tells us that the brain doesn’t fully develop until 25 years old or so. But yet we have so many unrealistic expectations for children who has a...

During COA Awareness Week - February 14 - 20th, here is a great opportunity to learn more about parental addiction: Children at the Center of Addiction, A Voice for the Voiceless, tomorrow at 1 pm ET. Register here >> Presenters: Judge Robert Rancourt , Appointed as a Minnesota District Court Judge and assigned to serve statewide as Senior Judge; served on the Advisory Council for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health. Judge Rancourt will provide...