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Podcast: Decolonizing Our Systems - feat. Dana Brown (It's Wellness Time at the Southern Indian Health Council)

Check out the podcast here . Dana Brown, our Community Organizer, Trauma-Resilient Professional, TREC Pioneer, and PACEs Science Statewide Facilitator, was recently featured on the It's Wellness Time podcast. During her conversation with Nathan Ball from the Southern Indian Health Council, Dana discussed numerous transformative systems changes emerging across the nation. By integrating equity-focused services and healing-centered practices into public health models, she sheds light on...

Breaking the Cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences (Psychology Today)

To read more of Dr. Glenn Schiraldi's article, please click here, Breaking the Cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences | Psychology Today . Image: Source Key points Effective parenting is a learned skill. Those who didn't see effective parenting modeled at home can nevertheless become very effective parents. The consistent application of effective parenting practices promotes healthy adjustment in children. Congratulations! You’ve worked hard to heal the inner wounds from childhood adversity...

Disconnected youth: Some young Californians lack work, school options [calmatters.org]

A person does skateboard tricks in Los Angeles. A new study says “disconnected youth” are being left behind. Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Reuters By Felicia Mello, Cal Matters, May 13, 2024 A new analysis from the Public Policy Institute of California finds the state’s economy is leaving a significant share of young people behind . More than 1 in 10 Californians between the ages of 16 and 24 were not in school, working, or looking for a job in 2022, the Institute found. That’s lower...

Elements of Trauma-Informed Journalism (echo)

To read more of Echo's blog post, please click here; Trauma-Informed Journalism . The power dynamic between journalist and trauma survivor is inherently unequal. Unlike survivors, journalists know and control the reporting process. They ask the questions, choose the quotes, and frame the story—often without any input from the survivor. Power and control (“agency”) are taken from the survivor during the traumatic experience; therefore, trauma experts agree, restoring agency is essential for...

Editorial: Palm Springs brutally displaced hundreds. They're finally getting a measure of justice (msn.com)

To read more of the Times Editorial Board's opinion, please click here, Editorial: Palm Springs brutally displaced hundreds. They're finally getting a measure of justice Image source: Jason Armond | Los Angeles Times They were children when their families’ Palm Springs homes were bulldozed and burned as part of the systematic destruction of a community. Now they're in their 60s or older, and their loss is finally being acknowledged. The mostly Black and Latino families affected had found a...

Readiness for Trauma-Informed Health Care and uptake of ACEs Screening

Brigid McCaw, MD, MS, MPH, FACP and Edward Machtinger, MD, will be joined by Nicole Eberhart, PhD, for the presentation November 18, 2024, at Noon PDT, 1 pm MT, 2 pm CT and 3 pm ET. Continuing our series from the TIHCER Special Section on TIC in The Permanente Journal… Readiness for Trauma-Informed Health Care and uptake of ACEs Screening: Learnings from the California ACEs Learning and Quality Improvement Collaborative (CALQIC) We will present evaluation data from CALQIC, a 48 clinic and...

It's Not About Food, Drugs or Alcohol, It's About ACES! Get A FREE Audible Version Today!

Hello My PACESconnection Colleagues! I published the print, ebook, and Kindle versions of my book It's Not About Food, Drugs or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD over a year ago. However, getting the audiobook version done has been much more challenging than I anticipated. The great news is I didn't give up, and I got it done (with my voice narrating it), and it's now available on Audible, Amazon Music, and iTunes! The Audible version includes a 70-page PDF with all of the images from...

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