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Building Community Health
Dr Sandy Escobar is transforming healthcare in East Palo Alto, one family at a time.
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ACEs screening in CA — a Q and A with Dr. Dayna Long
Last year, the California Department of Health Care Services rolled out its plans for universal screening for trauma among its pediatric and adult Medicaid population. Beginning January 1, 2020, California physicians were able to receive an incentive payment of $29 for each pediatric patient screened for ACEs using the PEARLs ( Pediatrics Adverse Childhood and Resilience Study) tool. Dr. Dayna Long talked with ACEs Connection staff reporter Laurie Udesky about ACEs science, what led to the...
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Screening for Childhood Trauma
Dr. Ken Epstein has been in the social services sector for nearly four decades and has witnessed firsthand the long-term effects of trauma. As both the son and father of fellow social workers, the work runs in his blood. Now, he’s helping Bay Area health clinics screen for and address childhood trauma through the Resilient Beginnings Collaborative (RBC), led by Center for Care Innovations (CCI) and made possible by Genentech.
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Dr. Mona Delahooke Will Present at The Trauma-Responsive Schools Conference in California
Have you been hearing all the buzz about Dr. Mona Delahooke's new book, Beyond Behaviors ? In my opinion, it’s the best new book of 2019. Dr. Delahooke is a practicing pediatric clinical psychologist of thirty years. She is gaining critical acclaim and grassroots support for challenging the prevalent and pervasive behaviorist bias in schools. As a result, she is an emerging authority in the growing revolution to re-interpret children's misbehavior. She highlights much of the books' content...
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Love in the TIme of Coronavirus: Inequities and Supporting Children
This blog is re-posted from positiveexperience.org/blog/ Link there for associated resources, and for the other blogs in the series. Having safe, stable, and equitable environments to live, learn and play forms the second of the 4 Building Blocks of HOPE. Children need homes where they feel safe and secure and have their basic needs met. Children thrive in an environment that encourages curiosity and provides opportunities for learning to play and interact with other children. Today’s blog...
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Policymaker Education Day Registration STILL OPEN!
Registration is still OPEN for another week to the second annual Policymaker Education Day hosted by the California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity (4CA) in Sacramento on May 22nd! Don't miss this opportunity to be able to share your thoughts and expertise with your Assemblymember or Senator on how to address childhood adversity in your communities. Guest speakers include Assemblymember Dr. Arambula of Fresno County, Ted Lempert of Children Now and Sarah Pauter of Phenomenal...
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COVID-19 Quarantined with Dr. B
Join ME 10am (pst) on Facebook Live Doctor Beasley for an awesome idea to SHARE! Just say, “NO!” to Social Distancing! Feeling Alphabet: “Q” is for Quiet. [ Please click here for the Facebook post .]
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How collaboration helps clinic in San Mateo County, CA, tackle ACEs in children
Dr. Elizabeth Grady is a pediatrician at the South San Francisco Clinic, a community clinic of San Mateo Medical Center. She and Susana Flores , a senior public health nurse with San Mateo County Health, spoke with me about how the clinic and other health agencies in San Mateo have been able to craft ways to work together to prevent and heal toxic stress in children. Grady also talked about how she and Flores have been working with the Resilient Beginnings Collaborative (RBC), a group of...
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Facebook Live: Delusional Optimism with Dr. B TODAY at 1:00 p.m.!
Link to event: https://www.facebook.com/events/170794351383725/?sfnsn=mo
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Impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) inspires launch of Number Story national public awareness campaign
Understanding the story behind one’s score can empower and support people and families, which is what NumberStory.org -- and “The Story of Your Number” campaign -- is designed to do.
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Trauma Informed Care, ACES & Resilience Podcast
Hi Everyone, Pick your platform and checkout Delusional Optimism with Dr. B! We are wrapping up our first year of podcasting with Saint Agnes Medical Center, Every Neighborhood Partnership, and ACES Aware as sponsors. I'd love your feedback, suggestions, questions, & comments. Please take a listen and share with anyone looking for information on the neurobiology of emotions and building resilience. ❤ https://linktr.ee/DelusionalOptimism www.drbconnections.com Thanks,
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ACEs Aware Grantee Spotlight Webinar - June 2021
Hi Community! Incase you missed us during this phenomenal event! On Wednesday June 16, 2021, three ACEs Aware grantees shared their successes promoting ACE screenings, sustainable trauma-informed systems-level changes, and self-care and resilience to health and human services staff during their grant activities. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris listened to each presentation with an opportunity to ask the grantees targeted questions about what they are learning and how their promising practices can...
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Indigenous climate action leaders discuss racist colonialism with Dr. Gabor Maté
Raging wildfires in California and Turkey, hurricanes in the U.S. southeast, flooding in West Africa, droughts in Iraq and Syria and other environmental catastrophes across the globe traumatize hundreds of thousands of people. Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, founder and director of Indigenous Climate Action , has a different view of these events than what we typically see. She says the trauma of climate change spans generations and is interwoven with colonization in the form of modern extraction...
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Compliance to Compassion: Supporting Students, Teachers & Staff in Challenging Times
The past two years have been so very challenging. As we start yet another school year, we know that we’ve seen an increase in stress-related/trauma-related behaviors. The focus on “managing” behavior in many schools is failing children and the educators who serve them. This full-day virtual event will focus on hope, reframing our lenses and compassionate solutions. The day will be headlined by Alfie Kohn, author of Punished by Rewards . Other speakers include: Jim Sporleder Dr. Stuart...