Tagged With "Brain Architecture Game"

The effects of ACEs on the developing brain of a child come to life in a hands-on game developed to engage policy-makers, community leaders, and health providers. Del Norte County Child Abuse Prevention Council (DN CAPC) is bringing this Brain Architecture Game to the community, starting with the Family Assistance Network--a group of service providers who meet once a month to share about local activities. Groups of four to six gathered around their tables with one goal in mind: To build a...

Resiliency is the buzz word for 2018 in Del Norte County! Today, Del Norte's local newspaper featured the activities our community is doing around ACEs and Resiliency , including our upcoming CAPC Roundtable on April 14th. This is a landmark for our community! Thank you to all the amazing, passionate people who have joined together to bring us here. Let's keep going! From the article: This year’s CAPC roundtable discussion will include a basic rundown of what ACEs are and what they mean ,...

Organizations, community members, and youth came together on April 14th for a roundtable on resiliency. Every year, Del Norte County's Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) holds a roundtable on topics relevant to our community and preventing child abuse. This year's roundtable was Roots to Resilience, a follow-up to 2017's roundtable Shine a Light on ACEs, which helped raise awareness of ACEs in the community. This year was all about resilience. An appropriate follow-up topic, as it is the...

Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: One-Pager

A mother, frantic with worry, brought her newborn in for a checkup at the pediatric clinic at San Francisco General Hospital. But there wasn’t anything wrong with the baby. And over the next several months, no amount of reassurance could convince the mom that her child was eating, sleeping and growing just fine. If anything, the mother’s worry led to behavior that raised alarm bells for her health care providers. Dr. Kate Margolis “[The family] wasn’t returning calls from the provider, and...

English: The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative , ACEs Connection , and the Yolo County Children’s Alliance co-created “Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in both English and Spanish. This material is intended for Californian families experiencing the severe economic consequences resulting from...