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PLEASE JOIN US! As our communities wait on the outcome of the presidential election, it’s critical to hear from our leaders about the importance of adopting radical self-care to aid in the well-being for ourselves and our communities. Join us on Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 12 - 1 p.m. for Growing as a Community: Fostering Wellness During Times of Political Stress. We will discuss the following: Validate tension surrounding the election Strategies to manage our holistic wellness Building...

Register for A Better Normal- Our reckoning with race and equity at ACEs Connection

The COVID-19 Resilience Poll series tracks the experiences, perceptions, concerns, and hopes of people in the Capital region ( demographically representative of the Capital region, encompassing eight counties, including Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado, Placer, Yuba, Sutter, Solano and San Joaquin counties, and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percent) , via three polls conducted through the first twelve months of the COVID-19 pandemic – including health impacts and fears, the...

In a conversational style, join physician Drew Factor who will speak with Dr. Tracy Gaudet, Liza Guroff and An é Watts in a discussion entitled "Reimagining Health Care". Dr. Gaudet will speak about her experience engaging in transformational change at the Veterans Administration and how this has shaped the development of her own Functional Medicine Institute, while Ms. Guroff and Ms. Watts will speak about their knowledge of a Trauma-Informed Approach both at a systems (National Council for...

Information session at 9:00AM on Friday, October 23rd Want to know more about the Greater Sacramento Community Network ? Increase the health and well-being of their clients/patients by facilitating connections with network partners. Collaborate with other organizations serving the same clients to ensure those clients’ needs are met. Save staff time by making the referral and follow-up processes more efficient. Demonstrate impact by tracking the referrals and outcomes of services delivered.

The election is upon us. In two short weeks, we voters in this country decide who will lead us for the next four years. We have the opportunity to embrace — as a national priority — the tenets of understanding, nurturing and healing that underlie the science of adverse childhood experiences and move in a direction that embraces cultural and racial equity and anti-racism. Or not. What is clear is that no matter what, the ACEs movement will continue.

This survey will be used to help create marketing and outreach resources related to childhood trauma for Sacramento County. Your feedback will help us develop key messages for the community and will support connections for families to various resources. Thank you for your help in contributing your voice to the development of these materials! This one is tailored to the community. Please pass it on to your family and friends. It takes about 5-10 minutes. Remind them that they represent the...

Dr. Rhea Boyd to present at the MBK Sacramento Trauma and Healing Learning Series on 10/29/20, 10:00 AM PST- 12:30 pm. Registration link and event flyer included in this post.

Dear Community Partner, This survey will be used to help create marketing and outreach resources for the Sacramento County Office of Education's (SCOE) ACEs Aware Communication Grant. Your feedback will help us develop key messages about ACEs for Sacramento County and will support connections for families to various resources within the community. We are requesting that you complete this survey yourself to contribute your voice to the development of these materials. Please also share this...

Here is the link to October 2020 Resilient Sac Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84761579742?pwd=OENJS24zaDB6RGV0dTVReHJFSkJBZz09

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Portal & Center for Child & Community Health Register now and be eligible for 5 hours of AMA Category 1 CME credit and ABP MOC Part 2 credit. Saturday, October 10, 2020 8am - 3:30 pm Recognizing & Addressing Childhood Trauma - Dayna Long MD Trauma-Informed Care Principles in COVID-19 - Saun-Toy Trotter MFT & Ken Epstein LCSW, PhD Patient Perspective - Jen Leland MFT & Joan Jeung MD Early Adopters Discuss...

The ACE Study reveals how typically unrecognized adverse childhood experiences are not only common, but causally underlie a number of the most common causes of adult social malfunction, biomedical disease, and premature death. Moreover, it enables one to see that the Public Health Problem is often an individual’s attempted Solution to childhood experiences about which we keep ourselves unaware. A renowned physician and researcher, Dr. Vincent J. Felitti is one of the world’s foremost experts...