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A Message from Heather T. Forbes. Life sure is different than any of us imagined it would be at the beginning of 2020! I hope you're well and finding your way through this global situation. We will get through this and while I am certain that you know that this too shall pass , each day is challenging, especially with children home all the time . So, I'm writing to offer you a variety of resources to support you in the here and now. I am gifting to you all of my FREE Online Webinars . This...

Great reminder shared by our friends at Communities In Schools of Benton-Franklin to help deal with anxiety during stressful times like this.

Strengthening Families Washington at the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), in collaboration with Perinatal Support Washington (PS-WA), is pleased to announce that funding is available for perinatal mental health community capacity building. We i nvite Requests for Application (RFAs) from Washington State organizations interested in collaborative efforts to increase community-wide awareness and develop resources to support perinatal mental health. The RFA form is available...

Webinar – LEARN Saves Lives for Parents/Caregivers – April 2, 2020 UW SMART Center is partnering with the UW Forefront Suicide Prevention Center to offer a two-hour webinar for parents/caregivers on Thursday, April 2, 2020 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. The LEARN Saves Lives webinar teaches essential skills for suicide prevention. You are welcome to share this link and to register.

Washington State Essentials for Childhood is launching a series of lunchtime webinar series. Series three and four webinars are: 3 Guiding Truths for Building Regulation and Resilience in Children with Significant Trauma Related Needs Time and Date: April 14, 2020; 12:00 – 1:00pm Presented by: Tiffany Sudela-Junker Mother by adoption, Tiffany Sudela-Junker shares stories from her own personal and parenting transformation along with the science & insight that led her to uncover Three...

With all the messaging that includes the word "distancing" it is easy to feel like we are all alone in this situation. Many events, like sports and concerts, are currently canceled or postponed. Kids are home. Many employees are working remotely and few people are out in public places which might leave you feeling isolated. Social distancing doesn’t have to mean social isolation. There are safe ways to remain socially connected. Remember, social connections are as important for your health...

Times in our community have been challenging and traumatic recently. Shining a light on how we can come together and support one another is vital during this time, and is just what Kwabi Amoah-Forson is doing with The Peace Bus. This is incredible work and reflects the importance of connectivity at this time. Please consider supporting the work Kwabi is doing, and share with others to spread the word! Per his recent Facebook post: "Fear, division, and safety have been the reoccuring themes...

Greater Columbia Accountable Community of Health (GCACH) launched the Community Resilience Campaign Pilot on January 13, 2020 in Yakima, Washington. The campaign’s purpose is to build resilience at the community level, targeting the societal systems that bear the responsibility of providing protective factors to raise resilient individuals. The campaign's focus is to raise awareness of trauma-informed practices as well as the N.E.A.R (neuroscience brain function), epigenetics (gene...

By Diana Hembree, San Francisco Bay View, February 1, 2020 If you experienced severe hardship as a child, are you more likely to have children with behavior or mental health problems? The short answer is yes. A recent UCLA study shows that the children of parents with four or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), such as abuse or neglect, are twice as likely to develop ADHD, which makes it more likely children will become hyperactive and unable to pay attention or control their...

Please join this ACEs Connection co-sponsored webinar "Making Meaningful Change: Addressing ACEs through Public Policy" on Feb. 18 (11:30 am-1:00 pm ET) presented by the Health Federation of Philadelphia and MARC (Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities). In this webinar, three nationally recognized experts will discuss policy and advocacy strategies on a local, state, and national level using evidence from studies they have conducted with legislators and the general public. Speakers...

By Jac Davies, December 2, 2019 The members of the Southeast Washington Health Partnership (SEWAHP) have been working hard to identify common health priorities across the Columbia, Garfield and Asotin County region and to begin developing programs to address those priorities. Under the guidance of Steve Smith from the Spokane Regional Health District, the group used a structured process to select the top five health priorities for the region: 1) overweight youth; 2) immunization; 3)...

Please welcome these three new communities from South Carolina and Washington to ACEs Connection . More information about each one of them is below. Resilient Benton-Franklin (WA): Serving the Benton and Franklin area, we are strongly committed to serving as a network for community members across various sectors to collaborate in preventing and addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). We aim towards creating a resilient and trauma-aware community. Community Manager: @Carla Prock Risk...