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Educators at all levels are asking for practical applications of what they've heard their students need due to ACEs, Trauma and brain research. Here are a few strategies from my upcoming book "The Whole Child School."

By Dr. Bob Sege, 10/22/20, positiveexperience.org/blog [...] The spirit of HOPE is simple: children are not products to be graded, sorted, and labeled, and parents are complex human beings who love their children and do everything in their power to care for them. This sounds simple. However, we live in an age where accountability has been translated into systematic evaluation–including children’s physical and developmental progress, parents’ and caretakers’ mental health education and...

In the last two posts, we have examined together some of the types of psychotherapy and the therapeutic alliance. In this piece, we shall explore what to and not expect in psychotherapy, and how to find the help you need. Important Qualities of a Great Therapist Just as there are many different types of therapists with many varying qualifications, finding one that meets your needs may take time and be frustrating. However, if you understand the qualities that make a great therapist you stand...

Mental health disparities, are as much a public health issue as racism itself, which is affirmed in over 20 states, 700 counties, and rising). The gaps in culturally-informed and inclusive treatment providers and interventions must also be mitigated. Defining the Social Determinants of Mental Health (SDoMH) is an unparalleled opportunity for integrated and wholistic health care models moving forward, plus all behavioral health professionals

By Ashleigh Panoo, The Fresno Bee, October 21, 2020 After working for three months as a tutor at Fresno City College in 2016, Khoi Quach got a call that he needed to go to the campus police station. “As soon as I heard that, I knew there wasn’t going to be any good news,” the now 28-year-old said. At the station, he was told his background check came back, showing a conviction. He was fired. [ Please click here to read more .]

By Louis Freedberg, EdSource, October 21, 2020 California is the most diverse state in the nation, so having a diverse leadership of its schools and colleges shouldn’t be that notable. But it is. Even for California. This January when Joseph Castro, a Mexican-American and native Californian, becomes chancellor of the 23-campus California State University system, for the first time, leaders of color will head up all four systems of public education in the state. [ Please click here to read...

By Ayanna Pressley and Carolyn B. Maloney, STAT, October 21, 2020 Like many nations across the globe, the U.S. continues to combat the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic. The Trump administration’s deficient response has elevated the emotional, physical, and economic harm suffered by families in America. As we move through this moment of collective trauma, we must adopt focused, evidence-based approaches to make our country whole again and ensure that these approaches prioritize a...

https://medium.com/@BloombergCities/philadelphias-trauma-informed-approach-to-youth-justice-give-kids-a-lift-3549d2e44122 Article written by Bloomberg Cities /Bloomberg Philanthropies “Hope” is not a word typically associated with juvenile arrests. Dr. Meagan Corrado thinks it should be. Corrado is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in trauma treatment fo r children and teenagers. She’s also an adviser to a Philadelphia initiative aimed at changing the ways the criminal...

Cultivate Mattering with Maine Youth

We are just a few days away from our 2020 National Community Leadership Summit. And we are almost at capacity. I feel so proud of the amazing speakers who have come together to make this a truly honest and powerful series of conversations. We have many panels on structural racism and racial trauma and racial justice and childhood wellbeing that I think the ACEs community would really value. We have many speakers of color and several speakers representing Indigenous communities. Our Future,...

A recent report – FOCUSING THE LENS: Language and framing related to the experience of adversity in childhood -- challenges ACEsConnection members and Communities to join an “an inclusive and deliberate process of field-building” and a collective reappraisal of the language we employ to describe childhood adversity.

The election is upon us. In two short weeks, we voters in this country decide who will lead us for the next four years. We have the opportunity to embrace — as a national priority — the tenets of understanding, nurturing and healing that underlie the science of adverse childhood experiences and move in a direction that embraces cultural and racial equity and anti-racism. Or not. What is clear is that no matter what, the ACEs movement will continue.