Wisconsin elementary-school teachers are incorporating simple mental exercises in the classroom to promote well-being, thanks to a partnership between the Madison Metropolitan School District and the Center for Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzd444JvjCs
A group of middle and high school students in Compton have filed a first-of-its-kind federal lawsuit saying violence at home and in their neighborhoods has impaired their ability to learn at school. The students, along with three teachers who are also plaintiffs, allege the Compton Unified School District has failed to recognize and address their trauma-induced disabilities, and therefore has denied their legal right to an equal education. ....You have to address trauma in order to do...
Echo's conference this year is bursting at the seams with great workshops for teachers, parents and anyone who works with children and their families. In addition to the not-to-be-missed keynotes such as Dr. Ross Greene, we are proud to present: Robbyn Peter Bennett Workshop Spotlight: Self-Regulation, Dysregulation & Co-Regulation - Neurologically Informed Teaching & Parenting You may have seen Robbyn Peters Bennett in her TEDx talk . In our conference workshop, Robbyn will discuss...
Human memory is a sensory experience, says psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk. Through his longtime research and innovation in trauma treatment, he shares what he's learning about how bodywork like yoga or eye movement therapy can restore a sense of goodness and safety. What hes learning speaks to a resilience we can all cultivate in the face of the overwhelming events which, after all, make up the drama of culture, of news, and of life. Listen to a series of Podcasts recorded for On Being by...
For more than a week, Peter Bell worked the phone lines, trying to get the last of his kids into a home. Bell runs Wind Youth Services 6-bed emergency shelter for homeless adolescentsthe only one of its kind in the five-county Sacramento region. At least he did. Citing a running deficit in the high five digits, one it could no longer keep pace with, Wind suspended its shelter operations on Friday, February 19. Before then, the shelter, which serves homeless youths between the ages of 12 and...
Turns out, the San Juan Unified School District here in Sacramento is served by a mobile health van, called Health on Wheels (HOW) Van, part of a Wellness Without Walls initiative of Elica Health Centers. Elica's goal is to provide medical services to hard to reach populations, and provides these services to MediCal clients, as well as to uninsured patients at no cost.
Two free trauma treatment programs for children at the UC Davis Children's Hospital
Check out their video at :https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ti7VvTOy9sM
SB 877 will allow California to Partner with President Obama in his Effort to Reduce Gun Violence January 19, 2016 SACRAMENTO Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician and Senator representing Sacramento announced today that he has introduced SB 877 along with Senator Bill Monning, representing Carmel, as the principal co-author. The bill will require the state to establish and maintain a data-tracking system on violent deaths in the state, including gun deaths. We know that the statistics are...
If you've seen the documentary Paper Tigers , you may remember the stress target -- or color wheel -- in Lincoln High School Principal Jim Sporleder's office. Now you can have one, too! The steering group members of the Yolo Resilience Network in Yolo County, CA, (you can find them on the Yolo County ACEs Connection group) realized the needed to have some tools that they could give to local educators for whom they did presentations about ACEs and trauma-informed practices. "We'd see people...
Psychiatric hospitalizations of Latino children and young adults in California are rising dramatically and at a much faster pace than among their peers, according to state data. While mental health hospitalizations of young people of all ethnicities have climbed in recent years, Latino rates stand out. Among those 21 and younger, rates shot up 86 percent, to 17,813, between 2007 and 2014, according to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Thats compared with a 21 percent...
Some of the 400 patients who visit the teen health van each year have never seen a doctor. Great sounding program in San Jose - something like this for Sacramento? Listen to the KQED article HERE
Most people know how to help someone with a cut or a scrape. But what about a panic attack? Read complete article HERE and then see Blog post by Daniel Cisneros from Feb. 8th to sign up for a class near you!
FIRST EVER EFT FOR FAMILIES PRESENTATION IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA, Saturday, February 20, 2016 This CE program combines practical, concise instruction with video-taped & live examples to help clinicians apply principles of EFFT to their practice right away. Emotionally focused family therapy is a model of practice based on conceptualizations of family distress and love through an attachment lens.
Did you know that you can watch every episode of The Raising of America--Early Childhood and Future of our Nation -for FREE until February 15th? Watch the episodes of interest to get informed and join us at ACEs Connection Network to recognize and share solutions that communities all over the US are doing to combat these very real issues in our society. Join the movement to build resilient communities! http://raisingofamerica.org/ Episodes: Raising of America Signature Hour: T he U.S. is the...