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El Dorado County ACEs Connection (CA)

Our mission is to prevent and heal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) by promoting ideas, policies, and practices that increase awareness, compassion, and resilience in El Dorado County. Our vision is that everyone thrives in a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment.

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PREVENTION: A key solution to reducing ACEs

Bringing Baby Home Training of Trainers, Sacramento May 17-18, 2018 A friend of mine recently referred her grandchild and his pregnant wife to a Bringing Baby Home class, because she noticed that the wife had a horrible background of abuse and at times had difficulty functioning. What the grandmother noticed with this couple was a change in the family dynamics. The couple knows how to get along, the father is engaged in parenting, and the baby thriving. This is really starting at the root of...

The Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative (CRC) first Quarterly Adaptation Exchange in 2018

The Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative (CRC) conducted our first Quarterly Adaptation Exchange in 2018 on how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma can be a detriment to an individual’s physical, social, and mental health that has lasting effects into adulthood. Climate impacts and an individual’s and/or community’s capacity to respond to trauma with resilience is intrinsically tied to access to a support system, resources, and past traumas. The reality is with Climate...

Trauma Informed Practices for Schools Training April 23, 2018

Trauma Informed Practices are the link to academic achievement and social/emotional success for students who’ve experienced toxic stress and trauma. Due to repeated triggering of the fight or flight system, the neurology of these students is different than their grade level counterparts, and taking in new knowledge can often be challenging. Navigating social/emotional situations can also be difficult. Trauma Informed Practices help teachers and students to be better regulated, which...

At El Dorado ACEs Collaborative meeting, NPPC talks ACEs, new connections forged

More than 65 people showed up in person in Placerville or via teleconferencing from South Lake Tahoe on Feb. 21 to learn about the National Pediatric Practice Community on ACEs (NPPC), a program of the San Francisco-based Center for Youth Wellness . Among the discussion points made by NPPC Program Manager Leena Singh were the connection between ACEs and health outcomes, the need for doing universal ACEs screening, and the necessary infrastructure to implement ACEs screening, according to...

Webinar: Enhancing Resilience for Yourself and Client Populations

Enhancing Resilience for Yourself and Client Populations Most stress management efforts focus on relaxation methods, nutrition and exercise interventions, work-life balance programs, or offering employee assistance programs and resources, but many omit resilience training. Resilience training helps people learn how to train their minds and bodies to bounce back from misfortune using cognitive, affective and physical strategies that can become reflexive. A growing body of research on...

Neurological Reorganization Events

Hello Everyone, I am very excited to share that Nina Jonio of Neuro Developmental Solutions, Certified Practitioner of Neurological Reorganization (NR) is coming to Placerville the weekend of March 17, 2018!!! There are two separate events scheduled, each with a different purpose, so please check out the following links to get more information and to sign up (space is limited). I hope to see you at these events! Presentation Link:...

Family Support Hubs Open [Villagelife.com]

There was reason to cheer inside the El Dorado Hills Library last Wednesday. Community Hub 1 officially opened — one of five hubs housed in public libraries in each of the five county supervisorial districts. In the fall of 2016 the Community Hubs project was launched in El Dorado County. It’s a partnership between First 5 El Dorado Children and Families Commission, El Dorado County libraries, El Dorado County Office of Education and the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency.

Building resilient families through collaboration [mtdemocrat.com]

Families, community members and local dignitaries came out to support the official opening of Community Hubs, an innovative and collaborative project in El Dorado County that is connecting parents to resources and building strong, resilient families. Ribbon cutting events are taking place during the month of February at each of the five Community Hubs located throughout the county to recognize and celebrate the hubs and their teams. The Community Hubs in Placerville and South Lake Tahoe...

2018 CALIFORNIA CHILDREN’ S REPORT CARD - Children Now

A review of kids’ well-being & roadmap for the future. The 2018 California Children’s Report Card grades the state on its ability to support better outcomes for kids, from birth to age 26, through early childhood to higher education systems. This year's grades range from an A on Health Insurance to a D in several areas including Academic Outcomes, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, and Youth Justice. Overall, the state’s grades show a disappointing lack of investment and progress in...

Free Presentation - Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness and Humanity - Dr Ronald Epstein - February, 6, 2018

Ronald Epstein MD -- family physician, teacher, researcher and writer -- has devoted his career to understanding and improving patient-physician communication, quality of care and clinician mindfulness. Dr. Epstein has conducted groundbreaking research into communication in medical settings and developed innovative educational programs that promote mindfulness, communication and self-awareness. Dr. Epstein directs the Center for Communication and Disparities Research and co-directs the Deans...

El Dorado County Data Dashboard: Child Adversity and Well-Being

A product of the Essentials for Childhood Initiative (EfC), the Child Adversity and Well-Being Dashboards contain indicators of child adversity, health and well-being utilizing data available on kidsdata.org . For more information about the dashboards, please refer to the California Data Dashboards page. The El Dorado County Data Dashboard contains select indicators of child adversity and well-being. The dashboard is a product of the Shared Data and Outcomes Workgroup of the California...

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