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By Jennifer Elias, September 3, 2020, CNBC. google is giving employees another day off to avoid burnout as the Covid-19 Pandemic enters its seventh month. The company is marking Friday as a one-time paid holiday for "collective wellbeing" that applies to full-time employees and interns, according to documents viewed by CNBC. The added off day turns the Labor Day holiday into a four-day weekend. "We strongly encourage you to take this day off — and managers should actively support their team...

ACEs member Dianne Couts was interviewed about her memoir. The article highlights the impact that abuse had in her life.

By John Carroll, KPBS, September 1, 2020 If you’re driving through the intersection of 30th and Lincoln in North Park, you might do a double take at a pop-up next to Hangers Cleaners. There sits an old refrigerator, painted mustard yellow, with shelves of dry goods and diapers next to it. A community fridge, to be more precise. "I just wanted to include it into my own community,” said North Park resident Annie Lein. After seeing community fridges in other cities like LA and Oakland, Lein...

By Carla Hildebrandt, The Daily Telegraph, August 30, 2020 “Parents should not be afraid to use the word ‘suicide’ or use terms like ‘thoughts of death’ or ‘being better off dead’ when talking to their child who they suspect is struggling with their mental health,” Black Dog Institute clinical psychologist Aliza Werner-Seidler said. Ms Werner-Seidler said there was no evidence to suggest such a conversation would put the idea in their children’s heads. “Research has shown that ­acknowledging...

Dear Community members, Please join us on Tuesday, September 8 th , 2020 to hear Dr. Toni Dupont-Morales’ expose on our current situation and how we need to prepare. Dr. Dupont-Morales in Emeritus retired Penn State professor who also taught at California State Fresno for 7 years. Toni has worked with trauma since 1973 beginning with violence and the victims of violence. Her dedication to addressing traumas and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has her now sitting on our steering...

Friday, September 25, 2020 from 8:00am – 12:00pm (Arizona Time) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER LICENSURE BOARD COMPLAINTS, RECORDS REQUESTS, AND SUBPOENAS! OH MY! How often has the social service agency water cooler drama included salacious topics such as these? By unintentionally spreading many myths and misinformation about counselor ethics, liability and risk management, many counseling professionals create and perpetuate liability anxiety contagion. This session will review the Second Edition...

Known for her contagious enthusiasm, Becky Haas is a seasoned presenter on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study and is nationally recognized for her pioneering work in developing a trauma informed region throughout Northeast Tennessee.

We’ve all been through tough times; some of us more than others. However, some of us aren’t as able to rebound after difficulties, or maybe we notice that we’re a bit more sensitive or reactive to things that remind us of that tough time. This is especially true when excessive hardship was faced in childhood. While many of us can relate to the idea of struggle, not everyone may relate to the word “trauma”. Numerous people associate this word with emergency rooms, combat, or sexual assault.

The 2-hour Balance workshops meet over 8 weeks and include a story, craft and yoga practice. An important part of the program is a brief lesson for parents at the end of each workshop. By sharing what the children are learning in class, the Balance workshop helps parents use the concepts covered in class at home.

By Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, September 1, 2020 Rosa Villegas woke up at two in the morning on a late August Monday to make her way to the lettuce fields in California’s south Salinas Valley, where she was scheduled to start bagging heads of romaine at 4 a.m. The sky overhead wasn’t its usual dark, star-dotted self as she walked to her car. Instead, it glowed a sickly red, colored by the fires burning on the flanks of the Santa Lucia mountains, just a few miles west. “It was...

By Lois Parshley, Vox, September 3, 2020 2020 has been remarkably stressful — from the fear of nuclear war to a presidential impeachment to a pandemic that has killed more than 186,000 Americans as of September 3. And let’s not forget the record unemployment , the school closures , the police killing of George Floyd and other people of color, the months of protests against police brutality and systemic racism , and accelerating climate change. Many Americans are understandably feeling...

By Monica Burton, Eater, September 1, 2020 S hortly Shortly after the news broke that Sqirl, one of LA’s most popular restaurants, had been serving jam from buckets that developed mold, it became clear that food handling was just one of Sqirl’s issues . Jessica Koslow was accused of taking credit for her employees’ contributions and, then, the spotlight turned to comments she had made about Sqirl’s Virgil Village neighborhood years ago. Alongside moldy jam, there was another issue that could...