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ANTHC's EpiCenter partered with the State of Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project (AFVPP) and Adolescent Health Program to create the "Getting Together" and "We Are Worthy" safety cards, which are evidence-based tools used to address violence. Following the safety cards, ANTHC’s Behavioral Health’s Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative (DVPI) partnered with the Epicenter to create the “Getting Together” and “We Are Worthy” posters that deliver the same positive messages on the cards...

ANTHC's EpiCenter partered with the State of Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project (AFVPP) and Futures Without Violence to create the "Getting Together" and "We Are Worthy" safety cards, which are evidence-based tools used to address violence. Following the safety cards, ANTHC’s Behavioral Health’s Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative (DVPI) partnered with the Epicenter to create the “Getting Together” and “We Are Worthy” posters that deliver the same positive messages on the cards...

Southeastern ACEs Connection and national CTIPP leaders on the quarterly leader call welcomed guest speaker Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz (top left) for their quarterly call. Also among those present were (top row l-r) Carey Sipp, Jesse Kohler, Jesse Hardin, (second row, l-r) Patti Tiberi, Mebane Boyd, Jen Drake-Croft, Dan Press, (third row, l-r) Mimi Graham, Christopher Freeze, Margaret Stagmeier, (fourth row, l-r) Emily Marsh, Liz Peterson, Alyssa Koziarski and Janet Pozmantier. Also present was...

Thanks for great the re-cap Carey! I missed joining this call but will look forward to calls and updates coming in 2021!

The brain doesn’t fully develop until about the age of 25. This fact is sometimes quite surprising and eye opening to most adults. It can also be somewhat overwhelming for new parents and professionals who are interacting with babies and young children every day, to contemplate. It is essential to realize however, that the greatest time of development occurs in the years prior to kindergarten. And even more critical to understand is that by age three 85 percent of the core structures of the...

Because of the efforts of COPE24, Missouri has mandated a new requirement for high school graduation. We have changed the previously required "Health" class to "Health and Family Education". We begin merging pieces of the health, parenting and child development curriculum into this class. All states should be seeking a way to get this done. We cannot break the generational cycle of family dysfunction without education.

Emotion has an enormous impact on imprinting memory in our brains. I had an experience when I was 6 years old that included emotion and I have the memory of it all of these many years later. It was a 6 year old birthday sleepover party. There were 7 girls invited that lived near each other and played together most days. A girl new to the neighborhood was invited only due to the requirement of the birthday girl’s mother. I was also invited. I lived a block away but did play with these girls...

The Mr. Nice Guy syndrome's dysfunctional thought patterns are common in survivors of adverse childhood experiences. Uprooting these patterns can improve self-esteem and relationships.