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On behalf of ACEs Connection , the CTIPP (The Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice), and the Relentless School Nurse , we want to invite you to the streaming of parts 4 and 5 of the Whole People documentary series on the weekend o f March 12th through March 14th, 2021. We will stream both parts on ACEs Connection in the Transforming Trauma with ACEs Sciences Film Festival community. The documentary viewing weekend will be followed by a discussion with special guest, Father Paul...

The Florida Department of Health in Charlotte County (DOH-Charlotte) is pleased to announce that the 2021-2023 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is complete and now available. Healthy Charlotte, an initiative of the Department of Health in Charlotte County, composed of local community agencies and county residents, has come together to address Adverse Childhood Experiences through the community's health improvement plan. Recent data on child abuse and neglect, opioid/substance abuse,...

I respect and appreciate the research and science of Hope and think people should learn about Chan Hellman's work. I do not believe you can replace resilience with Hope. They are two distinct concepts that work together to bring about trauma integration. I believe, and science research supports the idea, that children or adults living in adversity and toxic stress must first achieve some aspects of resilience before we can ask them to strengthen their decision-making and goal setting skills...

In this episode of the Heart Rate Variability Podcast, Matt, Curt, and Jerry examine physiological markers and individual differences in response to intervention and how it relates to folks with trauma. Over the past decade or so, research within the field of behavioral health has given rise to a wide variety of evidence-based practices. Characterizing and legitimately testing the effects of treatments has been a significant positive direction for behavioral health. However, notably missing...

What is Forward-Facing and who does it help? Learn how Forward-Facing Practice helps parents, law enforcement officers, medical professionals, athletes, musicians, and everyone else! Interested in taking a Forward-Facing training? Register for the on-demand Forward-Facing Trauma Therapy training with the link below. What you'll learn The focus is to increase understanding of individuals through the trauma/adversity history lens. Motivation and meaning of behaviors will be explored and...

By Julia Rock, Andrew Perez, and David Sirota, The Daily Poster, February 9, 2021 It is not a revelation that elite media outlets bake ideology into their news coverage and manufacture consent — in fact, a new poll shows Americans sense the scam and are well aware that something is deeply rotten in the news industry. However, the press-driven discourse about promised $2,000 survival checks offers something new and rare: an unvarnished glimpse of exactly how this consent-manufacturing process...

By David Sachs, Denverite, February 2, 2021 A young program that puts troubled nonviolent people in the hands of health care workers instead of police officers has proven successful in its first six months, according to a progress report. Since June 1, 2020, a mental health clinician and a paramedic have traveled around the city in a white van handling low-level incidents, like trespassing and mental health episodes, that would have otherwise fallen to patrol officers with badges and guns.

By Alexis Ty, International Business Times, February 8, 2021 Although negative experiences in childhood are known to increase the risk of developing mental illness, a recent study has suggested that having a happy childhood isn't exactly the key to good mental health in adulthood. In the study published in the journal Current Psychology , researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA), in collaboration with the University of Canberra, examined how early childhood experiences...

By Jessie Laurore, Yuko Ekyalongo, Salomon Villatoro, et al., Child Trends, February 9, 2021 Environmental racism occurs when policies and practices disproportionately expose Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color (BIPOC communities) to pollution and hazardous conditions in their homes, neighborhoods, places of work, and other parts of their lives. Despite the direct role of policy and regulations in creating and perpetuating environmental racism, its harmful, lasting effects on...

By Lonnie G. Bunch III, Yes!, February 5, 2021 No one has played a greater role in helping all Americans know the Black past than Carter G. Woodson, the individual who created Negro History Week in Washington, D.C., in February 1926. Woodson was the second Black American to receive a Ph.D. in history from Harvard—following W.E.B. Du Bois by a few years. To Woodson, the Black experience was too important simply to be left to a small group of academics. Woodson believed that his role was to...

PACEs Connection members are encouraged to join as many communities as they are interested in. Keep scrolling to find our list of geographic communities to join your local, state, or country community! Interest Based: 16 Strong Project ACEs & African Americans ACEs and Nourishment ACEs and the Social Sciences ACEs Connection Community Champions, Facilitators, and Managers (for Community Managers only) ACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities (for coop affiliates only) ACEs Connection...

By Colin Berry, Oregon Center for Nursing, February 5, 2021 Last month, when the Oregon Department of Education announced its new guidelines for school re-openings, one group was listening closely: school nurses. Before the pandemic, an Oregon school nurse’s job description was already daunting. Charged with individualized care for students with identified health concerns, they address the needs of students on individualized education plans (IEPs) as well as provide support for mental and...