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From Kidsdata, February 23, 2021 Kidsdata introduces a new category to our site, COVID-19 Pandemic . The category features data that describe child and family well-being in California during the pandemic. We will regularly release new data over the coming weeks. Click on the hyperlinked text below to access data that are currently available. As the pandemic unfolds, caregivers reflect on: Education, Health Care, and Social Activities Supportive Services Positive Childhood Experiences...

Peer-to-Peer - Resilient Parenting: Tools and Strategies that Work. A two-hour discussion of tools and strategies that providers can use with parents to buffer toxic stress and build resiliency in their children. Learn how to talk to parents about ACEs, support the process of parental coregulation, and promote buffering through healthy coping. Join us on Wednesday 3.03.21. ⁠

Toxic stress can have lifelong impacts. Here’s what you need to know about adverse childhood experiences and how you can help to mitigate the effects.

The training is provided at no cost to residents of Yuba and Sutter Counties. It is sponsored by Prevention & Early Intervention Program, which is a part of Sutter County Public Health & Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health. "The Nurtured Heart Approach provides great strategies and techniques to build honest & healthy relationships for children & adults." For more information see flyer and register by completing the referral/self-referral form and emailing it to ...

The heart of medicine is healing. Ultimately, the goal of working with patients (and their families) is to support, encourage and move toward healing, together. Just as in all professions, as we become more aware of new information we have to adapt, continuing to keep the larger mission at the forefront of practice. “A consensus of scientific research demonstrates that cumulative adversity, especially when experienced during critical and sensitive periods of development, is a root cause to...

By Araceli Martínez Ortega, La Opinión, February 10, 2021 A María Olmos, el 30 de enero, la pandemia de COVID-19 le arrebató a su esposo Dagoberto Martínez, integrante del Mariachi Tierra Mexicana de Los Ángeles. “Sé que necesitan ayuda para pagar la renta y la comida, pero también deben evitar exponerse al virus como lo hizo mi esposo. Les pido a todos los mariachis que se cuiden y cuiden a su familia. COVID es algo muy serio ”, dice María. Ella y Dagoberto formaron una pareja durante 34...

By Jackie Botts, Cal Matters, February 17, 2021 As Congress hammers out President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package, California has worked out its own plan to get more cash into the hands of struggling Californians, particularly undocumented families left out of federal assistance. After weeks of public hearings and closed-door negotiations, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate leader Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon today announced $600 one-time payments to households...

From PBS Kids, Public Broadcasting Service, February 2021 Children are never too young to learn about diversity. As young as 3 months old, they may look differently at people who look like or don’t look like their primary caregivers. As parents and caregivers, we must have confidence in ourselves and in our children — that we, and they, can handle tough topics and tough situations. We must understand that our role is to be honest, specific, and trustworthy as we raise the next generation to...

ACEs Parenting Theater Course Parents with a high ACE score may find it difficult to draw upon their own childhood memories for examples of positive parenting. They aren’t alone. For many, the way we parent our own children often mirrors the way we ourselves were raised, whether we do this consciously or not. You may think this only natural since one’s parents are the primary reference point for how to communicate, relate, and respond to others and to life. As they say, “You don’t know what...

2/18/21, positiveexperience.org/blog We are thrilled to invite you to the Seizing the Moment – First Annual HOPE Summit on April 9! Our virtual summit seeks to inspire a group of leaders who will, together, champion a HOPE-informed movement. We have the opportunity to shift how we support children and families and create a system of care based on understanding, equity, and trust. The morning sessions, open to all, will provide a background of the HOPE framework and an inspirational keynote...

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Let's Be Real. Let's Be Real is the public session of All of Us, Every Family: the QIC-DVCW Virtual Conference. It will take place on March 2, 2021 at 10 am PT | 1 pm ET. Register here . If your work touches the lives of children and families impacted by domestic violence, we welcome you to join the Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare (QIC-DVCW) for a national conversation where we will challenge ourselves to take action and accountability toward advancing racial...