Tagged With "National Alliance on Mental Illness"
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STRATEGIES 2.0 -Fires/Floods/Earthquakes: Resiliency in the Face of Disaster (FREE)
Fires/Floods/Earthquakes: Resiliency in the Face of Disaster Friday, February 9, 2018, 8:45 am – 1 pm in Fairfield Remote in Sacramento and Chico Registration is open via the link below RSVP for a convening and learn more at StrategiesCA.org/Learning-Communities Strategies 2.0 facilitates six regional Learning Communities that are your opportunity to engage with your colleagues and leaders in your region about the needs and interests of the communities you serve. Take part in the quarterly...
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Structural Oppression is Trauma: Resources from the Resilient Sacramento Best Practices Presentation
Our June meeting focused on best practices in broadening the trauma lens to include structural oppression. Key resources attached.
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Supporting Safety and Well-being of Children and Families during COVID-19
The following information is from a tip sheet created by Sacramento County. To access the tip sheet for the full copy, please access it at the link below: The outbreak of COVID‐19 is a concern on everyone’s mind. While we may be comforted to know that the risk to our children’s physical health from the outbreak itself appears to be low, child and family serving agencies are worried about the increased risk for child abuse and neglect during this time of crisis and economic insecurity .
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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...
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8/18/18: The Annual Coalition for Health Equity Conference at UC Davis Medical Center
For more information about this free conference on Saturday 8/18 in Sacramento, see attached flyer. Registration information is here: bit.ly/2uAdCYM
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The Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative (CRC) first Quarterly Adaptation Exchange in 2018
The Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative (CRC) conducted our first Quarterly Adaptation Exchange in 2018 on how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma can be a detriment to an individual’s physical, social, and mental health that has lasting effects into adulthood. Climate impacts and an individual’s and/or community’s capacity to respond to trauma with resilience is intrinsically tied to access to a support system, resources, and past traumas. The reality is with Climate...
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The Developing Brain & Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Thanks to an explosion in scientific research now possible with imaging technologies, such as fMRI and SPECT, experts can actually see how the brain develops. This helps explain why exposure to adverse childhood experiences can so deeply influence and change a child's brain and thus their physical and emotional health and quality of life across their lifetime. The above time-lapse study was conducted over 10 years. The darker colors represent brain maturity (brain development). I have added...
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The Economics of Child Abuse: A Study of California
While the impact of maltreatment on a child and their family is devastating, child maltreatment also has serious effects far beyond those for the victim. Maltreatment results in ongoing costs to taxpayers, institutions, businesses, and society at large. Local communities bear the brunt of these costs in the form of medical, educational, and judicial costs, though more tragic signs are seen in homelessness, addiction, and teen pregnancy. To create a concrete understanding of the widespread...
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THE IMPACT OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
The 2016-2017 Yolo County Education and Equity Summit Series Presents:THE IMPACT OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES Speaker: Daniel Ewon Choe, Ph.D. DATE: November 9, 2016 TIME: 3:00pm - 4:30pm PLACE: Yolo County Of ce of Education 1280 Santa Anita Court, Ste. 120, Woodland Please register by: November 2, 2016 GO HERE to register (http://www.ycoe.org/summit-series/register) SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL INFORMATION
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The Impact of Mind Matters: Early Results from the University of Louisville’s Pilot Study
Becky Antle, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and esteemed University Scholar at the University of Louisville, won The Dibble Institute’s national competition to evaluate Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience in 2019. As a result, Dr. Antle and her colleagues are conducting a randomized control trial to examine the impact of Mind Matters on a host of outcomes related to youths’ emotional regulation, anxiety, interpersonal skills, and resilience. Join the researchers on...
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The unexpected role librarians are playing in Sacramento’s homeless crisis (sacbee.com)
For many of Sacramento’s homeless men and women, the public library is a haven from harsh weather, a primary source for bathroom facilities, a place to rest from the stress of the streets. But as the homeless crisis deepens in the capital city and around the country, libraries increasingly are seeing people with untreated mental illnesses that cause them to act oddly, or put themselves or others in danger. Now, for the first time, employees of Sacramento’s library system are taking training...
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The X That Marks Sacramento - Beth Ruyak interview with urban sociologist Dr Jesus Hernandez [Capitol City Radio]
Driving to Policymaker Education day yesterday, I caught Beth Ruyak's interview of urban sociologist Dr. Jesus Hernandez from UC Davis Dept of Sociology. Has anyone reached out to him about our Resilience work in Sacramento and UC Davis? His interview was very informative. He traces the origins of social ills in Sacramento back to decades-old policy decisions that racially divided the city into neighborhoods with disparate access to resources and economic opportunities. Viewed on a map, this...
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Toxic Stress, Behavioral Health, and the Next Major Era in Public Health by Mental Health America
To view the document, click on the following link: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/toxic-stress-behavioral-health-and-next-major-era-public-health
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Trauma and Healing Learning Series Launches on May 30 in Sacramento! Tickets still available.
How does racism impact health? Come discuss this topic and more at the launch event of the Trauma and Healing Learning Series on May 30!
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Trauma Informed Principles through a Culturally Specific Lens (pdf)
This document attempts to define the core principles of trauma informed work through a culturally specific analysis. The content of this resource is primarily intended for culturally specific, communitybased organizations and seeks to provide practitioners with accessible language to describe the trauma informed/culturally specific overlap of their work. In our experience at Casa de Esperanza, as a national technical assistance provider, we come in contact with many culturally specific...
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Traumatic Brain Injury and the Relationship to ACEs
Laura Williams, MA, LPC spoke on the relationship between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and ACEs at the Oct 8 Resilient Sacramento Meeting. One striking research finding was the rate for TBI is increased in children and youth who have pre-injury psychiatric disorders and those who are experiencing high psychosocial risk (ACEs). In her work at the Veterans Treatment Courts in Colorado Springs and Denver, assessments showed over 80 percent of the clients had both ACEs and TBI. A lively...
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Travel ban, targeting of mosques trigger mental health concerns among California Muslims [SacBee.com]
When Ayman Mohamed arrived at the Tarbiya Institute in Roseville for morning prayer on Feb. 1, he saw his religion had been attacked. On the mosque’s white front walls, “Muslims Out” and other hateful messages about Islam had been spray-painted in black. Even a nearby truck had been vandalized. Shocked and saddened, the mosque’s director of Islamic studies opened up the building and ushered in his congregants for the day’s first prayer. His message to his stricken congregation: Stay strong,...
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UC Berkeley Extension Offering Professional Program in Trauma-Informed Interventions
From UC Berkeley's Extension Website : Researchers have documented the prevalence of trauma in the lives of the vast majority of public sector clients. Programs and systems that are seeking to integrate trauma-informed interventions include mental health, substance abuse, criminal justice, victim assistance and child welfare. Post-traumatic stress disorders and other trauma-related disorders and symptoms are increasing in the population of war veterans and those who have been exposed to...
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UC Davis CAARE Center receives $1.6 million grant by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency [UC Davis Health System Newsroom]
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The UC Davis CAARE Center has been awarded a $1.6 million grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) to provide mental health services to all newly placed foster children throughout Sacramento County for the next five years. The “Fostering Secure Placements for Traumatized Children in Transition” project, led by Susan Timmer, will allow UC Davis mental health therapists to provide services in the home of newly placed foster children who...
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Unique opportunity to receive *Travel Assistance* to a health conference!
The conference will focus on how we can deliver better care through coordinated, data-driven, and patient-centered approaches—with attention to the social correlates of health like housing, transportation, hunger, and education.
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Upcoming Events in Sacramento: Touched By Fire Screening and the FREE Healing Festival
February 17 at Tower Theater, 7:00-10:00 pm: Katie Holmes stars and Spike Lee produced Touched With Fire , a film about the experiences of people with bipolar disorder. For complete details, see attached flyer and click here to view the event on our calendar. March 5 at South Sacramento Christian Center, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm: Sponsored by Californians for Safety and Justice, the Healing Festival will feature activities that promote well-being, including...
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Walking with NAMI
Hi Sacramentans - I'd like to share about the NAMI walk. Always held on the first Saturday in May, it has been occurring for 6 or 7 years. I have been walking or leading a team the last 3. NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. They are nationwide, and we do have a chapter in Sacramento. It is the same as many 5K walks these days - fundraising for their cause. Mental illness (or mental health conditions) reach across all boundaries - economic, age, gender, race. 1 in 4 people are...
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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...
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June 1 Webinar: Alternative Tools for Trauma-Sensitive Practice
Check out this free online webinar course on trauma sensitive mindfulness awareness. It was developed with people in recovery in mind, but can be a useful tool to adapt for others struggling to heal from trauma. Wednesday, June 1, 2016 @ 3-4:30pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT) Instructor: Angela Jones, LCMHC, MLADC, RYT, has over two decades of experience working in addictions and behavioral health. Learning Objectives: As a result of participating in this webinar, you will be able to: Understand the...
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Webinar Oct. 17 — Integrating ACEs science in pediatrics: Early adopters share lessons from the field
An ACEs Connection webinar co-sponsored with 4 CA In 2017, California became the first state in the country to pass a law supporting universal screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in the 5.3 million children in the state’s Medicaid program. As clinicians around California await the state’s announcement of what this new policy will entail, many are wondering what it takes to integrate ACEs science in a pediatric practice. Meet Drs. Deirdre Bernard-Pearl, R.J. Gillespie and...
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Welcome to Sacramento County ACEs Connection Group!
Hi everyone and welcome to the Sacramento County ACEs Connection group! We had a great first in-person meeting a couple of weeks ago and decided to meet monthly. Our monthly meetings will be held the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 4-5:30pm...
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What to do for Presidents' Day Weekend? Watch 'The Raising of America' for FREE through Monday!
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...
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When 1 ACE Can Get You 8 More
There is one ACE in particular that can result in a child experiencing 8 additional ACEs measured in the ACE Study. That particular ACE is having a parent who abused alcohol or other drugs or was addicted to alcohol or other drugs. As someone with 40+ years of experience coping with various loved ones who drank too much and 16+ years of work studying the scientific research on brain development, ACEs , alcohol use disorders , and the family member's experience , this fact is especially near...
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When It Comes to Your Health, Your Local Economy Matters (yesmagazine.org)
Public health experts often talk about the “ "social determinants of health" : community traits such as housing quality, access to nutritious and fresh food, water and air quality, education quality and employment opportunities. These factors are thought to be among the most powerful influences on a person’s health. Local communities in every state across the U.S. face similar poor economic realities: 52.3 million Americans live in economically distressed ZIP codes. This means that about 17...
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Why Stephon Clark's Death Is Having Serious Mental Health Impacts — Especially On His Brother Ste’Vante [capradio.org]
Ste’Vante Clark has seemed consumed by grief since the March 18 shooting of his younger brother Stephon Clark. At the funeral, he took the microphone and led the crowd in a fierce chant of his brother’s name. When his rage subsided, he became anxious and fidgety. “They’re talking about walking me out already, they’re talking about kicking me out of my brother’s funeral,” he told attendees at his brother’s funeral. “They’re all in here for money, the Christians have never looked out for us,...
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Workshop: SUPPORTING FAMILIES with PARENTAL DEPRESSION
The River Valley chapter of the Infant Development Association is giving a presentation on Parental Depression. The event is on Friday, November 3 at the Sacramento County Office of Education Office. There is a fee for the event and registration is required. The flier and registration form are attached. I will also cross post this to our calendar events. Please direct any questions to Maurean Stephenson: mstephenson@scoe.net
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YBRS survey and report from Monroe County, New York
Elizabeth Meeker, an ACEs Connection member from Monroe County, New York shared that her county schools added ACEs questions to their Youth Behavioral Risk Survey (YBRS) in 2015, which is administered to students in schools. They were kind enough to share the instrument as well as a summary report of findings (both attached here). Elizabeth has indicated that she is available to answer questions that you all may have about the implementation of the survey. Thank you Elizabeth, for sharing!
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You're Invited! TOMORROW! Coping as a Community: COVID-19 - Activating Your Wellness Pt II [ucdavis.edu]
From The Office for Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, University of California at Davis, April 22, 2020 Sent on behalf of Dr. Hendry Ton, AVC for Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion. Please distribute widely! Join Us Tomorrow! Activating Your Wellness - Our physical health is tied to our mental and emotional health. The calmer and more centered we are, the more quickly our bodies can heal with a strong immune system. RSVP: bit.ly/copingasacommunity4-23 In this interactive...
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Youth Mental Health First Aid Training's 2016
Get trained and certified in YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (YMHFA) You could save a life. Community members, teachers, youth workers, and parents in 11 high-need Sacramento County neighborhoods will be trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) , at no cost to participants , through a 3-year project funded by a "Now is the Time" Project AWARE Community Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). YMHFA is an...
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2019 Champions of Mental Health Awards Dinner
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3rd Annual Sacramento Youth Mental Health Community Forum
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Adversity and the Development of Regulation (Davis, CA)
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Coming next week! FREE training on Youth Mental Health First Aid
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is an 8 hour in-person certification training that teaches you how to help a young person who appears to be experiencing a mental health crisis or developing a mental health problem. Receive this training for free in Sacramento! Click link within to register.
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Communities Poised to Expand Groundbreaking Work in Childhood Trauma: 14 Localities to Join National Initiative on Adversity and Resilience Launched by The Health Federation of Philadelphia
Fo urteen communities from across the country (including Sonoma County and San Diego) now have an opportunity to expand their innovative work in addressing childhood adversity through a new project launched by The by The Health...
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Community Violence Well-Being Webinar
Hi everyone, This webinar is not Sacramento specific, but since we have so many on our growing team who are working on this topic area, I wanted to share a webinar that I found on Community Violence. I do believe this webinar appeared on...
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County Health Rankings & Roadmaps [countyhealthrankings.org]
The annual Rankings provide a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work, and play. They provide a starting point for change in communities. There are a bunch of tools on this page, so please check it out! I have attached the ranking for Sacramento County to this post. To learn more, go to http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/
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Cross Post for Inspiration: Trauma-informed care strides in La Crosse County, WI [LaCrosseTribune.com]
Back in 2010, after Tonette Walker became Wisconsin’s first lady, she went to a workshop with other new first ladies from other states, a kind of orientation. One of the topics there was choosing causes to champion. “They were talking to the first ladies about ‘pick what you love, do something you love so you can make a difference,’” Walker recalled Tuesday morning during a visit to La Crosse as part of the Walker administration's two-day Cabinet on the Road event. Walker, who became first...
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CSSP: On resilience building
The Center for the Study of Social Policy is doing some amazing work on defining and building capacity for resilience in communities. I've attached their Protective Factors framework as a resource for our group.
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Culturally competent mental health in Sacramento
Finding culturally competent care is sometimes an issue in Sacramento. There is a group of minority therapist in Sacramento we just found out about from De Angelo Mack. They run the Rosetta Center for Counseling and Wellness right here in Sacramento. See link below. Attached is a 10 week series they are doing with black women around depression. http://www.therosettacenter.com/default.html
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CYW releases "Children Can Thrive: A Vision for California's Response to ACEs"
The Center for Youth Wellness released a new report “Children Can Thrive: A Vision for California’s Response to ACEs”. This report is a follow up to last November’s Children Can Thrive Summit. ...
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Data on adverse childhood experiences in children in Sacramento
Att ached is a two page brief on current ACEs in children in Sacramento County and City, with comparison with state data. This was based on household based telephone survey data of parents about their children from 2011/2012 prepared b y the...