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Oaks Counsel: Michelle Katz is creating healthy ways to process and celebrate life's transitions
Michelle Katz of Nevada City, is the founder of Oaks Counsel, a program designed to bring rites of passage and nature-based healing back into the lives of busy Americans. Michelle Katz of Nevada City, is the founder of Oaks Counsel, a program...
#1 Discharge Diagnosis in CA - Mental Health
According to kidsdata.org, developed by Lucille Packard Hospital, the number one diagnosis for hospital discharges for children in CA is mental disease and disorders. What is going on with our youth when 13.4% of all hospital discharges for...
Teaching kids to cope with stress
Everyone needs some stress in their lives to build mental strength and resilience, even children. However, chronic stress in kids damages both their psyche and their physiology. Here’s how one hospital’s innovative care models help...
Photos from Day 1 of Beyond Trauma: Building a Resilient Sacramento
Reading Wendie's recap of the Beyond Trauma conference and film screening reminded me that I have a series of photos of the day to share. As Wendie wrote, the setting was incredibly beautiful: Throughout the lunch hour,...
Sacramento ACEs Elevator Speech
During our last Sacramento ACEs Connection meeting, the suggestion came up to develop an "elevator speech" to share with the group that they could use when speaking about ACEs and Trauma Informed Concepts in their organization or the community. ...
Beyond Trauma: Building a Resilient Sacramento
I had the awesome experience of co-f acilitating the Beyond Trauma: Building a Resilient Sacramento Workshop with many of those championing the work in our community. The energy of the workshop planners to include: Gail Kennedy and...
Putting Youth on the Map
The Sacramento County Student Mental Health & Wellness Collaborative hosted a presentation by Dr Nancy Erbstein, UC Davis Department of Human Ecology and Sergio Cuellar, UC Davis Center for Regional Change on the uses of PUTTING YOUTH ON THE MAP online applications. ( http://interact.regionalchange...edu/youth/index.html Putting Youth on the Map (PYOM) is a powerful information resource for youth and adults working to ensure youth well-being in California. Who can use...
In Fair Oaks, Meristem Supports Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum
Our own Karen Zamd, whom many of you met at the last Sacramento County ACEs meeting, and who is working hard on the event management for the Beyond Trauma conference and Paper Tigers screening, helped bring this event to life. The event,...
Flyers for Paper Tigers Screening and Beyond Trauma Conference
I've been watching the updates from other communities that have hosted discussions and/or conferences around Paper Tigers and am so excited for Sacramento! Julie has been super creative in promoting the Paper Tigers screenings coming to Woodland...
New Director Sacramento Gang Task Force
Councilman Rick Jennings announced yesterday that we now have a new director for the Sacramento Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force. Khaalid Muttaqi is returning to Sacramento from his time as program manager for the City of Santa...
Building A Trauma-Informed Nation
Many in Sacramento attende d the Building A Trauma-Informed Nation webcast on September 29-30 to learn how they could move the conversation around ACEs and trauma into action. Those that attended both days described the webcast as...
Washington, DC, forum examines trauma-informed approaches to end school-to-prison pipeline
A div erse group of school staff, mental health professionals, justice advocates, and city employees recently crowded the Moot Court Room at the University of the District of Columbia David E. Clark Law School to begin dismantling the school to prison...
Helping Children Heal: Promising Community Programs and Policy Solutions
Ad vo cate s and policy makers in public health are paying more attention to the impact of exposure early in life t o trauma or chr onic adversity, since it is now known to impair brain development in children and have rippling effects on c...
Health Equity Conference October 11
Come learn about Health Equity in Sacramento area! Free Admission! RSVP using the link found below Free T-Shirts for RSVPs before September 30th! Hear how leaders in Sacramento are bridging the health divide Discuss what UCDHS is...