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Resilient Colorado brings you a FREE training at Pine River Library on the impact of trauma on brains, bodies, and behaviors. Learn about: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Risk and protective factors Trauma sensitive principles Strategies for resilience For ages 15+ Free pizza dinner at 5:30, Training at 6:00. Preregistration required: call the Library at 970.884.2222 or register online at https://bit.ly/2LVIbCx Friday, August 23 5:30-8:30 PM Pine River Library 395 Bayfield Center Drive...

This webinar will examine the rural landscape of ACEs, explore the role that health and human services play in mitigating and preventing ACEs and their related outcomes, feature a community and grassroots rural initiative developed in upstate New York, and highlight the Committee’s policy recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Click here to access the archived webinar & powerpoint handouts .

Room erupts in applause for the grandmother of witness William Kellibrew during July 11 House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing. The power of personal stories from witnesses and committee members fueled the July 11 hearing on childhood trauma in the House Oversight and Reform Committee* throughout the nearly four hours of often emotional and searing testimony and member questions and statements (Click here for 3:47 hour video). The hearing was organized into a two panels—testimony from...

The first session of the Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: Online & IRL (In Real Life) was a success. Over 100 ACEs Connection members tuned in despite some issues with registration. I have embedded the video in this post. You have also find the video on the ACEs Connection site here . If you have any questions about the series, please contact Ingrid Cockhren , TN & Midwest Community Facilitator.

Virtual Room of Refuge — A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic The Virtual Room of Refuge has been designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide a place of calm and release from stress. It is full of resources for mindfully taking a pause for self-care, and hopefully bring a smile to your face. Resilient Colorado has curated these resources and we will be updating it periodically. Feel free to bookmark this page for easy access any time you need a break. We hope these resources help...

Please join us for our new series entitled: Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice. This monthly virtual Zoom series will feature conversations facilitated by Dr. Porter Jennings-McGarity, PhD/LCSW, PACEs Connection’s criminal justice consultant, with special guests to discuss the need for trauma-informed criminal justice system reform. Using a PACEs-science lens, this series will examine the relationship between trauma and the criminal justice system, what needs changing, and strategies being...

One of the biggest questions that Andi and I get whenever we talk about a trauma-informed approach is something along the lines of “Ok I get ACEs and toxic stress, but what can I do about it in my organization?” We get it–this approach can seem overwhelming because it is literally a lens through which you see everything. We often say that a trauma-informed approach is less about what you do and more about how you do it. So how in the world do we even begin the work of operationalizing our unders