We recently posted a blog highlighting RISing leadership in ACE Response at Senior Hope Counseling, Inc., a center of healing for older adults recovering from addiction and a partner of the New York State Capital Region HEARTS Initiative . The blog made an appearance on the ACEs Connection home page. Here is a link to the blog in case you missed the post and would like to read more about an example of RISing leadership in ACE Response for older adults: ...

Hello! I’m a Community Manager for the Practicing Resilience for Self-Care & Healing community. This is an introduction to me and this new community. I graduated with a B.S. in Public Health from Santa Clara University June 2017. And I’m interested in preventing chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, at the community and population level by addressing biological, psychological, and social factors that affect chronic disease outcomes. As the...

A free online course is now available to anyone interested in learning more about ACEs, resilience, and RIS as an ACE response approach. A range of topics are explored in 13 course modules, covering approximately 12 hours of course material (which you are able to complete at your own pace). The online course was created and arranged by Associate Professor Heather Larkin and her team at the University at Albany. For more information about the course, download the attached flyer...

Attaining a level of self-awareness is an important part of the RIS model, which emphasizes the interplay of all dimensions comprising the person-in-environment. Burnout and vicarious traumatization are all too prevalent in the helping profession when...

I'd like to welcome those of you who have joined this group through the RIS for ACE Response online course to use this topic forum to share any thoughts and/or lingering questions you may have about the RIS model (anyone who has not taken the course is welcome to take part in the conversation as well and may want to take a look at the online course flyer attached below). It may also be helpful to share with other group members how you think RIS implementation could potentially benefit your...

Hi Ellen! Welcome and thank you kindly for your well-thought-out reply to the post. It's most encouraging to see a physician joining the group. Just so you know, you're not alone! There are quite a few others here who work in the healthcare field--hopefully they will see this post and offer up some ideas as we get a conversation started. Regarding your question about RIS outcomes, the model incorporates practices supported by evidence, such as promoting staff self-care and building social...

Former PACEs Connection employees Dana Brown (L) with Vincent Felitti, MD, co-author of the 1998 Adverse Childhood Experiences study, and Carey Sipp (R) in San Diego in January, 2024. The last few months have been quite challenging, but we pushed, persevered, and didn’t give up hope. The “we” is Carey Sipp and Dana Brown. We were long-time staff members of PACEs Connection determined to reinstate the website and the resources and information we provide to communities after the platform went...