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Voices for Virginia’s Children has put together a 2017 Election Guide, which is a useful resource to highlight policy decisions that will impact children. As you are aware, the 2017 election is incredibly important in Virginia; one where we will vote for a new Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and all 100 House of Delegates seats. The guide includes the KIDS COUNT report on the well-being of Virginia's children and 8 "cheat sheets" with infographics and questions that you can use to...

July 2 - July 8, 2017 is Substance Exposed Infant (SEI) Awareness Week. Approximately 100,000 babies are born in Virginia every year and, according to national estimates, about 10,000 of them are substance exposed in utero. The 2017 General Assembly passed a resolution when they met early this year declaring that, beginning July 1, 2017 and every year thereafter, the first week in July will be considered Substance Exposed Infant ( SEI) Awareness Week. Please spread the word and consider how...

Greater Richmond SCAN and Bon Secours are pleased to announce another opportunity to view the film Resilience. Thursday June 29, 2017 6:00pm-7:30pm Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital 5801 Bremo Rd. Henrico, VA 23226 Feel free to pass this along to those in your personal and professional networks. Here is the info to register: http://grscan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Invite.pdf

A colleague of mine -- here in New Zealand!! -- recently passed the attached PDF, from Scotland, onto me. It concerns a relatively recent, and still developing, proposed trauma training framework. This might be helpful to others wishing to go further in introducing TIC in their own services. It includes a consideration of ACEs. Naturally, it needs to incorporate culture-specific additions or modifications to suit your local conditions. The document as it is likely has broad application.

A growing number of organizations in Greater Richmond are working to educate the community about the impact of trauma on children and families. The effort involves service providers, educators, government agencies and community groups. In the first of an ongoing series on Trauma and Resilience, WCVE’s Catherine Komp has more for Virginia Currents . Learn More: Find information about the Greater Richmond Trauma Informed Community Network and follow ChildSavers to learn about upcoming...

A nice article on the ACEsConnection main site. Worth a look. Maybe post the Infographic on your office message board. At ChildSavers we use the copy room wall as a bulletin board for trauma and resilience learning. http://www.acesconnection.com/blog/what-lies-beneath-behavior-introducing-echo-s-new-infographic

Download the Summit Flyer here . The summit’s schedule-at-a-glance is provided below. Full details of the summit are provided in the Summit Packet . Events which are free are denoted with an asterisk (*). Thursday, June 1, 2017 Tabernacle Baptist Church Family Life Center 7:30am – 8:30am: Registration 8:30am – 3:15pm: Workshops on Building Trauma Sensitive Schools and Building Trauma Sensitive Clinical and Support Services 4:15pm – 4:45pm: Meet and Greet 4:45pm – 5:30pm: Dinner and Music...

The Veterans Resiliency Holistic Clinic through Herbalists Without Borders is now open. The clinic operates the 4th Wednesday of each month at 800 Blanton Avenue, Richmond, Virginia for veterans who would like to experience the peace of a more regulated and resilient nervous system. Modalities offered to date are craniosacral therapy, somatic experiencing, acupuncture, western herbalism and reflexology. There is a recommended $25.00 donation, however no one will be turned away for an...

Go to THIS LINK to find the recent Family and Children's Trust (FACT) Fund issue brief on Trauma-Informed Schools. The TICN Schools Committee is highlighted!

Not sure the best way to share this. But wanted to make sure that folks saw on the main ACEsConnection site the post: http://www.acesconnection.com/blog/using-data-to-spark-action-on-the-pair-of-aces You can see the article on Wendy's Linked page too at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/using-data-spark-action-pair-aces-wendy-ellis-drph-c-mph.

http://go.reliaslearning.com/WBN2017-04-20UsingTraumaSensitiveLanguage_RegistrationPage.html Be Attentive: All Language Matters! Using Trauma Sensitive Language Thursday, April 20th at 2pm EST Join the upcoming webinar to learn the basics of trauma and how to use trauma-sensitive language verbally and in writing to support recovery while still meeting the deficit-based requirements of most insurance companies. Learn more about the urgent need for all individuals working in behavior health...

Attached are meeting minutes from our 3.31.17 meeting! See our picture with Delegate Carr and the TICN copy of Resolution 653 to recognize TICNs across the state.