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Focusing on "Creating Nurturing Systems"

Jenny Cooper ·
In just six weeks, stakeholders from across North Carolina will get together to learn about system integration work with youth involved with child welfare. This is the third annual Benchmarks' Partnering for Excellence (PFE) Conference and this year, we have decided to really focus on "Creating Nurturing Systems". While the daily work of PFE can be hard and challenges us to think of new ways to meet the needs of the family, the annual conference offers us a way to celebrate our successes and...
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New CDC Resource: Preventing ACEs

Chinyere Nwamuo ·
CDC Toolkit: Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Leveraging the Best Available Evidence Access other technical packages for violence prevention at: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/communicationresources/pub/technical-packages.html?deliveryName=USCDC_2023-DM9684
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Nurturing Communities Civic Dinners in Georgia Need You!

Deborah Chosewood ·
You’re invited to join communities across Georgia in a conversation exploring how safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments are essential to the healthy development of all children. April through June of 2018, over one hundred Civic Dinners will take place across Georgia with the aim of building a stronger social infrastructure among parents, families, and communities. The stories, ideas and feedback collected from these dinners will inform a statewide campaign led by the...
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Youth Suicide Prevention PSAs released in Georgia

Deborah Chosewood ·
So far this year, there have been 23 completed youth suicides in Georgia and countless more attempts. Please take a few minutes to watch the following videos on how you can help prevent even more injury and deaths. Taken from interviews with youth who have attempted suicide and their families, these videos shine a light on the needs of these young people. Then please share the video with any adult you know. It will take as many of us as possible, working together, to protect and support our...
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ARCHIVED WEBINAR | Working “Upstream” to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Chinyere Nwamuo ·
Children's Safety Network: Professionals in many fields are working to address the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which have been shown to increase risk for a wide range of problems. One of these adverse experiences is child abuse and/or neglect, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates has been experienced by at least 1 in 7 US children in the past year. (1) If we work further “upstream,” we may prevent many traumatic events from occurring. In...
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Connections Matter Training: Preventing and Mitigating ACEs

Julia Neighbors ·
Every day connections are more important than we ever believed . Science tells us that relationships have the power to shape our brains. Relationships help us learn better, work better, parent better. When we experience tough times or traumatic experiences, they help us heal . With each connection, we develop a healthier stronger community. Connections Matter Georgia is an in-person training designed to engage community members in building caring connections to: • Improve resiliency, •...
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Re: Nurturing Communities Civic Dinners in Georgia Need You!

Carey Sipp ·
This is wonderful, Deborah. I would love to be included when you go to communities in the Atlantan area, especially Carrollton, Douglasville, Villa Rica, The Westside, Athens, Bowdon, Savannah, the Coast, and others where I could possibly be a help in serving, bringing ACEs literature, including community leaders I know, whatever. Thank you! Carey
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Re: Nurturing Communities Civic Dinners in Georgia Need You!

Deborah Chosewood ·
Even better - you should host a dinner!
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Re: Nurturing Communities Civic Dinners in Georgia Need You!

Carey Sipp ·
Let’s talk. I am from Carrollton and know there are people there whom I believe we could include. I need to find out the details! Let me know when you want to talk next week or the next! We can discuss who you all work with in the other places, too! Thanks! C.
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Re: Balancing-ACEs-with-HOPE.pdf

Deborah Chosewood ·
Dr. Robert Sege of Health Resources in Action presented to the National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds in LIttle Rock about this publication. This gives a great message of hope and illustrates the importance of strengthening our families and promoting resiliency to mitigate the impact of ACEs.
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Baby courts: A proven approach to stop the multigenerational transmission of ACES in child welfare; new efforts to establish courts nationwide

Carey Sipp ·
The organization Zero To Three estimates that in the U.S., a child is taken into the child welfare system every six seconds. “Many of society’s most intractable problems can be traced back to childhood adversity. Being in the child welfare system increases the likelihood of more adversity and criminality. Baby court is a proven approach to healing the trauma of both child and parent, and breaking the cycle of maltreatment,” says Mimi Graham, Ed.D ., director of the Florida State University...
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Families that thrive don't do so alone [northwestgeorgianews.com]

Carey Sipp ·
By Tina Bartleson Northwest Georgia News Nov 17, 2020 When I think on the word “thrive,” the vision that comes to mind is that of a vibrant garden where plants grow healthy and strong. The dictionary defines thrive as a “child, animal, or plant growing or developing well or vigorously”; “to prosper or flourish.” Children and families deserve to thrive and I have lately been thinking about the conditions that support growth. Think for a minute about thriving families you have known. What...
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Resilient Georgia: National Landscape Scan of Trauma Informed Care and Adverse Childhood Experience Prevention Efforts, April 2019

Neha Khanna ·
Shortly after Resilient Georgia was founded in April 2019, our Board of Directors convened a Strategic Planning session which allowed us to identify our No. 1 priority–to learn from our peers. The stakeholders and partners at the table identified that, to be truly successful, Resilient Georgia needed to first look at what other states were doing–and how they were doing it. After many calls, internet searches and conversations, we completed the National Landscape Scan of Trauma Informed Care...
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Resilient Georgia Newsletter: Ninth Edition | A Preventative Approach: Mental Health is the Next Pandemic

Neha Khanna ·
In this latest edition of Resilient Georgia's newsletter, we are maintaining our focus on taking a preventative approach to address the impact of the global pandemic on mental health. We also continue to provide timely, helpful & relevant national & state resources on ACEs, children’s mental health, COVID-19, racial equity & more.
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Introducing Resilient Georgia's 8 Regional ACEs/TIC Coalitions

Neha Khanna ·
Introducing Resilient Georgia's 8 Regional ACEs/TIC Coalitions Resilient Georgia , in partnership with the Pittulloch Foundation, has been working with 8 cities across Georgia and the surrounding counties to provide a regional emphasis on trauma informed awareness and care, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and child sexual abuse prevention training as a basis to transform systems and procedures crossing both public and private sectors. Resilient Georgia serves as a supportive and guiding...
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Resilient Georgia Newsletter: Tenth Edition | A Preventative Approach: Mental Health is the Next Pandemic

Gbemi Famule ·
Aligning Resources Across Georgia To Support Resiliency To Our Resilient Georgia Partners and Stakeholders: We hope you are all managing to remain safe, well, and resilient as we usher in a new year and resume the school year. Resilient Georgia continues to be here to support you and share as many helpful resources as possible. In this edition of the newsletter, we are maintaining our focus on taking a preventative approach to addressing the impact of the global pandemic on mental health. We...
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Introducing Resilient Georgia’s Trauma Informed Training Roadmap

Neha Khanna ·
Resilient Georgia, in partnership with Georgia State University Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, School of Social Work, Professional Excellence Program Child Welfare Training Collaborative, conducted a widespread trauma training inventory in March-April 2020 to begin to assess assets across the behavioral health continuum in Georgia. Resilient Georgia’s Education and Training Committee worked diligently with our partners to develop a Trauma Informed Training Road Map ...
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Eleventh Edition | A Preventive Approach: Mental Health is the Next Pandemic

Gbemi Famule ·
Aligning Resources Across Georgia To Support Resiliency To Our Resilient Georgia Partners and Stakeholders: As we welcome a new month, we wanted to promote mindful self compassion . We hope each of you are able to treat yourselves with the same compassion you provide to others during these stressful times. Resilient Georgia continues to be here to support you and share as many helpful resources as possible. Next month we will host our first Resilient Georgia General Meeting of the new year.
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Twelfth Edition | A Preventive Approach: Mental Health is the Next Pandemic

Gbemi Famule ·
Aligning Resources Across Georgia To Support Resiliency To Our Resilient Georgia Partners and Stakeholders: As the month of February rounds up, we wanted to share another resource outlining how you can celebrate Black History Month with Kids. To continue our theme of mindfulness, here is a great meditation honoring inclusiveness . Next month we will host our first Resilient Georgia General Meeting of the new year. Please mark your calendar for March 11th, from 11:00-12:30. We will be sending...
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Thirteenth Edition | A Preventive Approach: Mental Health is the Next Pandemic

Gbemi Famule ·
Aligning Resources Across Georgia To Support Resiliency To Our Resilient Georgia Partners and Stakeholders: Please join us tomorrow on March 11th, from 11:00 am -12:30 pm at our first Resilient Georgia General Meeting in the new year to learn and engage in discussion around Early Childhood Mental Health (0-5 years). Watch this In Brief: Early Childhood Mental Health Video from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University for a quick introduction to the topic. We will have several...
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Resilient Georgia’s ACEs Prevention & Trauma-Informed Efforts Statewide Landscape Scan: Chapter Two

Neha Khanna ·
Chapter Two of Resilient Georgia's statewide landscape scan provides an overview of child and adolescent behavioral health services available across the state, and outlines some of our workforce and access issues in Georgia. It also highlights the regional work our regional grantee coalitions, as well as other local coalitions, faith-based efforts and community organizations are doing to prevent ACEs and increase trauma informed awareness in Georgia.
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Fourteenth Edition | A Preventive Approach: Mental Health is the Next Pandemic

Gbemi Famule ·
Aligning Resources Across Georgia To Support Resiliency To Our Resilient Georgia Partners and Stakeholders: Many of us are reeling from recent news events. Here is a heart-warming video of a brother helping his sibling practice mindful breathing and reminding us all to take deep breaths to help ground ourselves. First we center, and then we do everything else. That said, we would like to take a moment to share this article about talking to the children in your life about racism. The end of...
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Fifteenth Edition | A Preventive Approach: Mental Health is the Next Pandemic

Gbemi Famule ·
Aligning Resources Across Georgia To Support Resiliency To Our Resilient Georgia Partners and Stakeholders: We recognize that it has been a hard year filled with social isolation & upheaval, anxiety, stress and mental health struggles for many, and that it has hit some teens the hardest . Here is a free toolkit with 6 yoga and mindfulness tools for youth to help, and if you know a Georgia teen who'd like to make a difference in the mental health of their peers, ask them to check out the...
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Early Childhood Mental Health – Resilient Georgia General Meeting

Neha Khanna ·
The first few years of life provide the foundation for children's mental health and brain development. Resilient Georgia recently convened several Early Childhood Mental Health (0 to 5 years) experts from across the state to share exciting updates and leading practices at our quarterly General Meeting in March.
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Sixteenth Edition: Preventing ACEs | Healing Adversity | Promoting Resilience

Gbemi Famule ·
Aligning Resources Across Georgia To Support Resiliency To Our Resilient Georgia Partners and Stakeholders: Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! To help celebrate, we hope you can join the Georgia Parent Support Network and Voices for Georgia's Children, in partnership with DBHDD, for a special, virtual edition of Children's Mental Health Awareness Day at the Capitol on May 6th (R egister here ). DECAL is celebrating children’s mental health by designating May 3 rd –7 th as Children’s Mental...
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Join the Resilient Georgia Conversation on Social Media

Audrey Price ·
Resilient Georgia is dedicated to healing adversity and promoting resiliency in children and families. We do this through the prevention and early intervention of ACEs and by sharing best practices with our 500+ stakeholders and 80+ partners. As we wrap up Mental Health Awareness Month, we’d like to invite you to join the Resilient Georgia conversation on social media. Our Facebook and Instagram accounts are filled with ongoing content on children’s mental health at the intersection of...
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Seventeenth Edition: Preventing ACEs | Healing Adversity | Promoting Resilience

Gbemi Famule ·
Aligning Resources Across Georgia To Support Resiliency To Our Resilient Georgia Partners and Stakeholders: Please mark your calendars for our upcoming Resilient Georgia General Meeting focused on Teen Mental Health on June 10th, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. We will have several experts share leading practices & exciting efforts underway to bolster teen mental health across the state. Please use this link to register, and access the meeting agenda and materials on our General Meeting...
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Parenting to Prevent & Heal ACEs Handout

Natalie Audage ·
This handout is based on the work of Donna Jackson Nakazawa , who worked with us and generously allowed us to paraphrase content from her book, Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology & How You Can Heal . Donna's book specifically addresses those of us parenting with ACEs (which she also does brilliantly in the powerful documentary, Wrestling Ghosts , which is about parenting and healing from ACEs). This handout can be downloaded, distributed, and used freely. It is...
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Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience Workshop Series Session 2 - January 21st, 2022 from 1-5pm ET/10am-2pm PT - Education and Health Care

Jesse Maxwell Kohler ·
Lee Johnson III PhD and Sandra Bloom MD to lead discussion on emerging trauma-informed policies and practices in the education and health care fields. What are ways that these fields are taking PACEs, Prevention, and Trauma science into consideration, and what can advocates do to help further advance these and other promising practices? It's free to join, so sign up at this link today! You’re invited to participate in Building the Movement in Education and Health Care , the second of eight...
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Tips for a Delightful and Healthful Summer

Dr. Michelle Ned ·
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2023), there are several tips for individuals to stay happy and healthy this Summer season. A few preventative health tips include the following: Insure to move more, at least 1 hour and 30 minutes of physical activity each week (keep moving), protect yourself from harmful sun rays by wearing sunscreen, wear appropriate clothing to cover skin to eliminate skin cancer, and when outdoors for extended periods of time, be sure to wear...
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A BETTER CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM

Jeoffry Gordon ·
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Veterans and Kidney Disease

Dr. Michelle Ned ·
Kidney disease is a rare disorder that affects 1 in 6 veterans (Deely, 2022). The prevalence rate of the disorder is at a 34% increase than the rest of the general population (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases as cited in Deely, 2022). Similar to hypertension, kidney disease is a disorder that is often hard to detect. As the disorder worsens, the kidneys lose their ability to function properly resulting in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). This disease ranks within...
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