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Free 2-Day Course on Community Resiliency Model

Kelsey Visser ·
August 15-16, 2019 , 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Valencia College School of Public Safety 8600 Valencia College Lane, Room 149 Orlando, Fl., 32825 NO COST Registration Link: https://web.spcollege.edu/survey/28951 The Community Resiliency Model® (CRM) introduces participants to six wellness skills to help create “trauma-informed” and “resiliency-informed” individuals and communities that share a common understanding of the impact of trauma and chronic stress on the nervous system. Resiliency can be...
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Highlights from Resilience Screening & Workshop for First Responders

Kelsey Visser ·
On October 11th, nearly 100 people gathered at Valencia's School of Public Safety in Orlando, FL for a workshop and screening of the documentary film Resilience. This event was largely attended by individuals in the public safety sector and was a partnership between the Peace and Justice Institute and the School of Public Safety at Valencia College. Dr. Jeffrey Goltz, Executive Dean at Valencia's School of Public Safety shared this message following the event: The School of Public Safety...
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Hope for the Opioid Crisis--Community Meeting

Kelsey Visser ·
The Central Florida community continues to look for solutions to the ongoing opioid crisis. Join Project Opioid's leadership team as we convene business and faith leaders from across Central Florida to learn how they can make a difference and help stop the opioid crisis. Registration Link: https://hope-for-the-opioid-crisis.eventbrite.com/ With special guests: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis At this free event, you will learn about: The current status of...
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League of Women Voters Hot Topics: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Kelsey Visser ·
League of Women Voters Orange County - Hot Topics Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): The Biggest Public Health Crisis You've Never Heard of March 11th, 2020 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Sorosis Club: 501 E. Livingston St., Orlando, FL 32801 ACEs are traumatic experiences that occur in childhood (0-17 years) and are now scientifically linked to changes in the brain that lead to an astounding increase in a lifetime of poor life outcomes. Tragic outcomes include suicide, chronic diseases (cancer/heart...
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Major decline in poverty rate for Central Florida children, report shows [Orlando Sentinel]

Kelsey Visser ·
There’s some rare good news for Central Florida’s kids — the poverty rate dropped significantly from 2012 to 2017, juvenile arrests were down and more children were covered by health insurance. The findings were released Wednesday by the Florida Kids Count 2019 Child Well-being Index, produced by researchers at the University of South Florida and based on 16 measures of health, financial stability, education and social welfare in each Florida county. On the whole, St. Johns County — in the...
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Mental Health Workshop Series- Hosted by The Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church

Rachel C. Allen ·
Mental Health Workshop Series When: April 17th – June 5th, 2019 Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm Address: 5200 W South St, Orlando, FL 32811. Hosted by: The Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Larry G. Mills, Pastor. Sessions are not exclusive but primarily focus on the minority community and include: Session 1: It’s OK Not to Be OK Wednesday, April 17th & 24th (7:00pm to 8:30pm) This two-part session will examine the history of mental illness in our community, faces of mental health,...
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NEMOURS CEO LARRY MOSS: LET'S INVEST MORE IN KIDS' HEALTH [HealthLeaders]

Kelsey Visser ·
Medical care represents only a fraction of what we should consider when we think about health, Moss said. The rest includes things like social determinants of health, in their various forms, including education, literacy, housing, safety, freedom from adverse childhood experiences, and other social factors.
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Press Release: Central Florida’s Working Families Continue to Struggle - New United Way ALICE Report Reveals 46% of Households Fail to Cover Basic Needs [Heart of Florida United Way News]

Rachel C. Allen ·
Photo: ALICE Florida Report 2018/ United Way Orlando, Fla. (February 6, 2019) – Heart of Florida United Way announced that more than 350,000 households in Central Florida struggle to afford basic necessities such as housing, food, transportation, health care and child care, according to the 2018 ALICE Report. Statewide, 46% of households face the same financial challenges. In Central Florida, the number of low-income workers struggling to cover essentials grew by approximately 1.1 percent...
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Register now for Creating a Resilient Community; keynote speaker: Vincent Filetti, MD

Carey Sipp ·
Valencia College’s Peace and Justice Institute, the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County, the Orange County Health Department, along with partners and sponsors, invite you to a community conference, Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing on April 3rd, 2019. The event, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Vincent Felitti, co-author of the Adverse Childhood Experience Study, will be held at the Florida Hotel & Conference Center in Orlando. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. To learn...
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Road to Resilience

Rachel C. Allen ·
Join The Department of Health in Orange County, Orlando Health and Carolann Duncan, MS, trauma-informed response trainer, for an overview of the science of ACEs, how ACEs impact children and how professionals can help children grow and heal after adversity. RSVP by April 26, 2019 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/road-toresilience-training-tickets-59169504581 *CEUs will be issued for qualified participants. See registration website for details
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Town Hall Meeting -Two Years after Parkland: Are schools safer, and at what cost?

Kelsey Visser ·
Events that Make an Impact Two Years after Parkland: Are schools safer, and at what cost? Sponsored by the Orlando Sentinel and Valencia's School of Public Safety Thursday, February 13th Doors open at 6:30 pm Valencia College School of Public Safety 8600 Valencia College Lane, Orlando, FL 32825 We will address the safety measures in place and still to come, and what they’ve meant to the students and staff who now have to live with it. The panel will include parents, mental health...
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Announcement: 4th Annual National Healing Neen Trauma Informed Care Conference- November 6th-8th

Rachel C. Allen ·
We encourage all of you to plan on attending the 4th Annual National Healing Neen Trauma Informed Care Conference - November 6th-8th, 2019 in Orlando. Click here for the Eventbrite page. Tonier Cain-Muldrow , an internationally recognized trauma-informed care expert, experienced childhood and life full of adversity. She said she had 10 out of the 10 Adverse Childhood Experiences. However, she was able to overcome that adversity because of help, healing, and hope due to her belief in God and...
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A Florida ACEs Tour

James Encinas ·
RADICAL GRACE – WHAT I LET GOD SEE AND ACCEPT IN ME ALSO BECOMES WHAT I CAN SEE AND ACCEPT IN MYSELF. AND EVEN MORE, IT BECOMES THAT WHEREBY I SEE EVERYTHING ELSE. ~ RICHARD ROHR For the past three months, I’ve been driving through various parts of Florida witnessing events and gatherings of communities committed to creating safe, loving, trauma informed, and trauma healing spaces. On Friday February 22nd, I was in Tarpon Springs, attending the monthly gathering of Robin Saeger’s...
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A Lesson in Resilience [The Grove - Valencia College]

Kelsey Visser ·
Left to right: Director of the Peace and Justice Institute Rachel Allen, Administrative Manager of the PJI Community Will Jefferson, Keynote Speaker Kenneth Ginsburg and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer To View the Entire Conference Video, Click Here --- Tuesday, May 12, 2020 By Rachel Allen , Director, Peace and Justice Institute The second annual Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing conference scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, 2020, was certain to be a success. Our first...
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ACEs Connection Central Florida Launches at First Annual Conference

Carey Sipp ·
Photo by James Encinas Raising yellow “Visions & Commitments” cards, 550 attendees at yesterday’s Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference pledged their enthusiastic support to create a more resilient Central Florida. The standing-room-only crowd heard Dr. Vincent Felitti deliver a morning keynote address detailing the findings of the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) . He also shared moving testimonials of people who are...
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After Bryce Gowdy’s suicide, let’s elevate the conversation about poverty’s effects on youth | Commentary [The Orlando Sentinel]

Carey Sipp ·
By Shannon Green, The Orlando Sentinel, January 3, 2020 Are you going to be OK, mom? Shibbon Winelle said those were among the final words uttered by her son, Bryce Gowdy, before he left their motel room and stood in front of a freight train. Bryce, who was 17, died of suicide a week before the Deerfield Beach football star was due to start classes at Georgia Tech on a scholarship Jan. 6. Bryce, his mom and his brothers were homeless again, and family members said he wrestled with his...
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Alachua County resources deputies find alternatives to arrests [Florida Times Union]

Kelsey Visser ·
By Sadie Darnell (Alachua County Sheriff) This column was written in response to the Oct. 6 piece by University of Florida Associate Professor F. Chris Curran, “Arrests show perils of putting police in primary schools.” When law enforcement actions such as the recent arrests of two 6-year-olds in Orlando take place on campuses, we all take a step back and reflect on what our own policies and practices are. Fortunately, for the citizens of Alachua County, we have long practiced restraint and...
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"Before Pulse, there was Ocoee"

Kelsey Visser ·
Right now, Florida legislators, Senator Randolph Bracy and Representative Kamia Brown are advancing bills about reparations for the Ocoee Massacre and “want to see a reconciliation, including a state study of what happened on Nov. 2, 1920, for the state record, and compensation for the descendants of victims.” (FLAPOL) In the Spring of 2018, the Peace and Justice Institute led film forums in partnership with the local Truth and Justice Project. Earlier this year, the City of Orlando and...
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Clínica Mi Salud Community Forum

Kelsey Visser ·
Clínica Mi Salud YOU'RE INVITED Community Forum Join Dr. Sherin and his team to learn more about Clínica Mi Salud, a new linguistically- and -culturally competent free clinic for uninsured. Learn about a special place for health care. OCTOBER 8, 2019 • 10 AM - 12 PM CHICKASAW BRANCH LIBRARY 870 N CHICKASAW TRAIL ORLANDO, 32825
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COMMEMORATING JULY PERRY AND ADDRESSING THE HISTORY OF RACIAL VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA [WMFE]

Kelsey Visser ·
On Friday, an historic marker was unveiled outside the Orange County History Center in Orlando, commemorating July Perry. Perry was lynched during the Ocoee massacre in November 1920, a wave of violence in which up to 30 black residents of Ocoee were killed and the town was burned by a white mob. The marker is a reminder of the horror of what happened in Ocoee and the decades of racial terror that gripped the South. So what does this commemoration say about how far this community has come,...
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Community Resilience Model - Orlando, FL - May 16-17, 2019

Rachel C. Allen ·
The Community Resiliency Model ® (CRM) introduces participants to six wellness skills to help create “trauma-informed” and “resiliency-informed” individuals and communities that share a common understanding of the impact of trauma and chronic stress on the nervous system. Resiliency can be restored or increased using this skills-based approach. CRM ® is an effective tool to be used for self-care and is especially helpful for those community members who are the front-line workers, responding...
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Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing

Carey Sipp ·
Welcome to ACEs Connection Central Florida! For a copy of the program for our conference, Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing, please check the resources below.
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Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference (April 21, 2020 - Orlando, FL)

Kelsey Visser ·
Raising yellow “Visions & Commitments” cards, 550 attendees representing 176 organizations at the 2019 Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference in Orlando, Florida pledged their enthusiastic support to create a more resilient Central Florida. One year later, we are convening again for our 2020 conference to learn from experts in the field, continue community conversations and collaboration, and focus the tremendous momentum around this work. 2020 Creating a...
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Creating A Resilient Community: Panel Comments From Orlando Pediatrician, Dr. Candice Jones

Rachel C. Allen ·
Panelist Dr. Candice Jones at the Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference in Orlando, Florida on April 3rd, 2019. When I was asked to be a panelist for the community conference on healing from ACES and give my vision as a pediatrician on how to create a trauma-informed and resilient Central Florida, I was both honored and nervous. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t know about the science of toxic stress or the word, ACES until about 4 years ago. No, I didn’t learn...
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Early Registration is Open! Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference - April 21st, 2020

Kelsey Visser ·
The Second Annual Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference hosts cutting-edge keynote speakers and convenes participants representing multiple community sectors including Health, Education, Business, Public Safety, Government, Criminal Justice, Faith, and Non-Profit. This community initiative provides a space to discuss the impact of trauma, ways of healing, and how Central Florida can continue to build a resilient community. Come together again as we continue to...
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Ending cycle of violence starts with making children priority [Orlando Sentinel]

Kelsey Visser ·
By Guest Columnists Rachel C. Allen and Dr. Judi Addelston “Teenage time bombs: A generation in danger,” a series of South Florida Sun-Sentinel stories printed in the Orlando Sentinel between Dec. 15 and 19, might lead readers to fear our children. Today, thanks to the research of Vincent Felliti and Robert Anda, we have a pathway to resilience and healing from the violence we see in our communities. Felitti and Anda studied the relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood...
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Florida officer fired for 'traumatic' arrest of two 6-year-old students at school [The Washington Post]

Kelsey Visser ·
An Orlando school resource officer who arrested two 6-year-old children on the same day last week was fired Monday amid growing outcry, officials said. Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón said Dennis Turner, who had been suspended after the incidents Thursday at a charter school, did not follow the department’s policy requiring approval from a supervisor for any arrest of a minor younger than 12. “On behalf of myself and the entire Orlando Police Department, I apologize to the children...
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Florida’s children: A missed opportunity [The Orlando Sentinel]

Carey Sipp ·
Assistant teacher D'onna Hartman, reads to Frederick Frenious, left, and Gus Saunders at the Creative Kids Learning Center, a school that focuses on pre-kindergarten for 4- and 5-year-olds, in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson / AP) By Kevin Sherin and Karen Willis | My Word Columnists |The Orlando Sentinel May 23, 2019 Florida’s 2019 legislators missed an opportunity to put our children first in the priorities of our state. And the first priority should include early childhood nurturing, bonding,...
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Re: The Impact of Racism on Children’s Health [New York Times]

Roger Weeden ·
Thank you Kelsey, Appreciate every thing you are doing to manage our ACEs Community. What a wealth of info and resources! Best regards, Roger Roger L Weeden, Esquire Attorney and Counselor at Law 200 E. Robinson Street, Ste 1150 Orlando, Florida 32801 (O)407-894-9004 (C)321-945-7447
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Virtual Professional Development Workshops on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Systems of Privilege and Oppression, Restorative Practices & Much More! [Peace & Justice Institute at Valencia College]

Kelsey Visser ·
The Heart of a Teacher is Within Us All By The Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College In this time of turmoil and pain surrounding the systemic injustice that still prevails in our nation compounded with the collective trauma of a global pandemic, many are asking themselves, “what can I do?” More specifically, those of us who work with children and youth worry about the potential life-time impacts of these traumas and how this could contribute to the negative health outcomes we know...
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Last Week to Register and Apply for Scholarship for PJI Academy for Teachers - Session 1 [Peace and Justice Institute]

Kelsey Visser ·
As we navigate through our current global crisis, the PJI Academy for Teachers extends an invitation to all educators who are leading the way for our students and teachers to become resilient, lifelong learners. We realize that many of us have added the role of a teacher to our diverse set of responsibilities. With that understanding we open the PJI Academy for Teachers to all educators from Pre-K through higher education who wish to create more inclusive, respectful, compassionate and...
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Orlando and UCF to Design Disaster Resilience Hubs [Brendan O'Connor]

Tracy Calato ·
The City of Orlando is co-applying for a National Science Foundation Civic Innovation Challenge Planning Grant with the University of Central Florida to design a series of resilience hubs that would help the city respond to disasters. Please follow the link to read more and watch https://bungalower.com/2020/06/22/orlando-and-ucf-to-design-disaster-resilience-hubs/
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Access the Recording: Parenting in an Age of Uncertainty with Dr. Ken Ginsburg [Peace and Justice Institute]

Kelsey Visser ·
Thank you to those who were able to participate in Part 1 of our Community Resilience Series with Dr. Ken Ginsburg-- Parenting in an Age of Uncertainty , on July 7th, 2020. In case you missed it or want to watch it again, here is the video recording of the workshop. Please share this widely with your networks so this message of resilience, self forgiveness, and love can get out to other parents during this challenging time! Thank you to our sponsor Orlando Health and thank you to those who...
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We must be willing to sacrifice for common good in troubled times [Orlando Sentinel Guest Column]

Kelsey Visser ·
Guest Column: We must be willing to sacrifice for common good in troubled times By Rachel Allen, Director Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College We are living in unprecedented times which invite each of us to grow our inner resources and resilience. Nurturing these strengths may seem daunting in light of the health, social and economic crisis our world is facing. Our humanity is being disrupted and tested. How will we adapt? COVID-19 lays bare the reality of our interconnectedness...
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Building on the Strengths of ALL Young People [Peace and Justice Institute & Orlando Health]

Kelsey Visser ·
Community Resilience Series 3: Building on the Strengths of ALL Young People Register HERE About this Event Dr. Ken Ginsburg was overwhelmingly well-received as the keynote speaker at the recent Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference earlier this year. The Peace and Justice Institute (PJI) at Valencia College and Orlando Health partnered together to bring him back to deliver 3 additional workshops as a Community Resilience Series. The third and final workshop in...
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Local ACEs Awareness Champion Dr. Candice Jones named Orange County Government "Citizen of the Year"

Kelsey Visser ·
In case you missed it, Dr. Candice Jones was named 2020 Orange County Government Citizen of the Year! 2020 Orange County Government’s Community Conference Names Community Award Winners, Distinguished Citizen of the Year https://newsroom.ocfl.net/2020/10/2020-orange-county-governments-community-conference-names-community-award-winners-distinguished-citizen-of-the-year/ At the 2020 Orange County Community Conference , which was held virtually on October 17, 2020 on the County’s social media...
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Resilience: Virtual Film Screening & Discussion

Kelsey Visser ·
Facilitated Virtual Screening and Discussion of the the film "Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope" Date And Time Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resilience-the-biology-of-stress-the-science-of-hope-tickets-135569527105 About this Event Delve into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress through a facilitated virtual film screening and dialogue...
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Early Registration Ends Soon! Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference [Peace and Justice Institute]

Kelsey Visser ·
Third Annual Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference April 20 - 21, 2021 On April 20 and 21, the Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College, along with the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County and title sponsor, Orlando Health, will welcome participants to the “ Third Annual Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference ”. What started in 2019 as an idea to raise awareness about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Central Florida,...
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Let's Continue Learning Together as a Community! Early Registration Ends Friday (Creating a Resilient Community Conference)!

Kelsey Visser ·
As a community, we have been reading Donna Jackson Nakazawa's book, Childhood Disrupted as part of our Common Read initiative. Now, we will get to experience her research directly and deepen our learning together at the Creating a Resilient Community Conference on April 20 - 21, 2021! Early Registration Ends Friday! REGISTER HERE The Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College, Early Learning Coalition of Orange County, Creating a Resilient Community Network and Title Sponsor, Orlando...
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Last chance to apply for a scholarship for the Creating a Resilient Community Conference!

Kelsey Visser ·
Apply for a Scholarship In this new video PJI Director, Rachel Allen shares some exciting information regarding what you can expect at the upcoming Conference! Register for the Conference Conference Overview: The Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College, the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County, the Creating a Resilient Community Network and Title Sponsor, Orlando Health, are excited to invite you to register for the Third Annual Creating a Resilient Community (CRC): From Trauma...
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Register now! Best-Selling Author, Best Trauma-Informed Practices -- Including Handle With Care, Safe Baby Courts -- Highlight Packed Third Annual "Creating A Resilient Community" Conference!

Britney Pierce ·
“The agenda for the third annual “Creating a Resilient Community Conference (Virtual Event)” reads like an all-star cast of trauma-informed experts coming together to share the best of what they know, and offers myriad opportunities for communities at all stages of becoming trauma-informed to learn about best practices, in many instances, by people who created landmark trauma-informed programs,” said Rachel C. Allen, PJI Director. The two-day conference, which starts April 20th, features...
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Best Practices, Internationally Respected Experts Featured at ACEs Central Florida Conference. Registration Closes Monday!

Rachel C. Allen ·
Donna Jackson Nakazawa ( photo by Marshall Clarke ), award winning science journalist and author of Angel and the Assassin , will join Dr. Mimi Graham , director of Florida State University's Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy , Andrea Darr , creator of Handle With Care, Captain Lovetta Quinn-Henry , from the Orlando Police Department and many more featured at the conference. Help your community move the needle toward a trauma-informed, resilient community by learning from...
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Why Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs) Matter Workshop (virtual)

Allison Pinkerton ·
Why Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs) Matter Workshop (virtual) Date: December 8, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 pm EST Location: Zoom (you will receive a link to attend after registering) Registration Link: https://bit.ly/PACEsMatter_12-8-2021 Questions? resilience@valenciacollege.edu About this event We now know that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can impact lifelong health and opportunities and that ACEs are incredibly common. 1 in 6 adults have experienced four or...
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Resilience: Virtual Film Screening & Discussion (virtual)

Allison Pinkerton ·
Virtual Screening & Facilitated Discussion of the Documentary Film Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope November 5, 2021 10:00 AM 12:00 PM EDT virtual (zoom) Free tickets (registration required) Register HERE: https://bit.ly/Resilience11-5-2021 About this event Delve into the science of Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs) and a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress through a facilitated film screening and dialogue event. Program...
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Program Announcement: Orange County Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Learning Collaborative

Kelsey Visser ·
Program Announcement and Requirements Title: The Orange County TF-CBT Learning Collaborative Date: November 10, 2021 *** Letter of Intent *** Friday, November 19, 2021 at 5:00 PM ET *** Participation Form Deadline *** Monday, December 13, 2021 at 5:00 PM ET The Orange County Mental Health and Homeless Division will be sponsoring trainings in Evidence Based Practices to our community clinicians. We are excited to offer another quality learning collaboration in Trauma-Focused Cognitive...
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Taking a Closer Look at Trauma-Informed Care: Myriad effects on future outcomes [Orlando Medical News]

Kelsey Visser ·
Check out the cover article by Joy Chuba, in the November issue of Orlando Medical News (page 4, continued on page 11)! Joy is the Executive Director of the Children's Advocacy Center of Osceola county. https://issuu.com/orlandomedicalnews/docs/orl_nov2021_web_temp?fr=sZTA4NzM0Mzk1OTY
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Monique Worrell Creates SVU to Manage Domestic Violence and Sex Crime Cases in Ninth Judicial Circuit

Rachel C. Allen ·
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Worrell has created a special victims unit to manage domestic violence and sex crimes cases in the Ninth Judicial Circuit. Assistant State Attorney William Jay will lead the unit, which was created to reduce the backlog of cases. There has been a nationwide increase in domestic violence cases since the pandemic began in 2020. PJI recently hosted State Attorney Worrell as part of a panel of local leaders to discuss how domestic violence is being addressed in...
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Dr. Candice Jones' Book High Five Discipline

Rachel C. Allen ·
Dr. Candice Jones' book, High Five Discipline: Positive Parenting for Happy, Healthy, Well Behaved Kids , details ways that parents can create a family discipline plan. Dr. Jones' states that parents often default to the ways in which they were disciplined as children, which can be harmful. Instead, the family discipline plan Dr. Jones advocates is one that takes into account a child's developmental stage and a parent's motivations. For more information, check out Dr. Jones' website . Bio:...
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As We Transition to the Recovery Phase of Hurricane Ian “Look out for the Helpers”

Sofiya Asedrem ·
The last 24 hours have reminded us of our individual vulnerability, as well as the vulnerability of our community and our state. Hurricane Ian is an example of a traumatic event in the third realm of ACEs that can bring about increased stress and strong emotional reactions. We acknowledge that this can be an incredibly challenging time for many and we encourage people to stay connected, reach out for help when needed, and support each other as you are able. This is how we can build...
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Join Peace and Justice Institute's Community Film Screening of "Broken Places"

Genevieve Cooper ·
"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places." - Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms Event Details: Join us for a free community screening and facilitated discussion of the film Broken Places by Roger Weisberg. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/broken-places-community-film-screening-tickets-401393467667 Date: November 4, 2022 Doors Open: 11 am Event: 11:30 am -1:30 pm Location: Enzian Theater 1300 Orlando Ave. Maitland, FL 32751 Audience: All are...
 
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