Tagged With "Contact Carolyn Curtis"
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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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Could We Have a Revolution in the Lives of Teachers and Students?
Rebecca Pepper Sinkler- former editor of The New York Times Book Review and editor of SafeKidsStories shares the perspective of staff who attended a course given by the Institute for Family Professionals (IFP) , an organization based in Philadelphia that, since 2003, has provided training for professionals who work with children and families. Using recent research on brain theory and the effects of childhood trauma, IFP provides researched and proven best practices on topics such as...
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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...
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Free Mind Matters Online Series -- Build skills to overcome anxiety and increase resilience
In appreciation of and support for the tremendous work you are doing under challenging circumstances, Dibble is hosting a free, 12-week Mind Matters online series with Dr. Carolyn Curtis and Dixie Zittlow. Unprecedented times, such as these, are stressful and call for everyone to think about ways to help others and themselves. Thus, we see this as an opportunity to offer free, professional development and help you and your staff practice self-care. Join us as we teach the Mind Matters...
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Mind Matters Makes Headlines
Carolyn Curtis, member of Resilient Sacramento and author of Mind Matters, recently made headlines in the San Antonio Express News with the success of her trauma program. Read the story of this 12 year old girl making new decisions about getting into fights. You will love her. This is the beginning of three research studies being done with Mind Matters. The others are the University of Louisville and another in Arizona. We are excited about this initial report. ...
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Next "A Better Normal" community discussion series: April 2, 2020/ Secondary Traumatic Stress and Caregivers
Our next COVID-19 "Better Normal" community discussion is Thursday, April 2, with Vic Compher and Rodney Whittenberg, producers of CAREGIVERS (Portraits of Professional CAREgivers: Their Passion, Their Pain). These wonderful folks are bringing an entire team of people from the secondary traumatic stress committees from the Philadelphia ACE Task Force (PATF).
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Prevention: Teaching people how to create healthy families
PREVENTION: a key solution to reducing ACEs. Bringing Baby Home Training of Trainers, Sacramento, April 25-26, 2019 Building healthy families is key to reducing ACEs. Even the strongest relationships are strained during the transition to parenthood. Lack of sleep, never-ending housework and new fiscal concerns can lead to profound stress and a decline in marital satisfaction — all of which affect baby’s care. Not surprisingly, 67% of new parents experience conflict, disappointment and hurt...
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Recap: Notes from August Meeting
Kristina sent these wonderful notes on the same day of the meeting; I forgot to post! What a wonderful recap full of great resources to refer back to.
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'Invitation Challenge' for April's Sacramento ACEs meeting, APril 12th, 4-5:30pm
Carolyn Curtis invited Peter Dannefelser, architect and a leader in Rotary Club of Sacramento who has accepted the invite and will be at the April meeting. He has a view that the way we build our communities leads to isolation which can create neglect for our children. She has also invited Don Nottoli, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, to either send a staff member to our next meeting or have a meeting with someone from our group. She has a phone call in to Peter Tateishi President of...
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July 2016 Meeting Summary
Resilient Sacramento held our first workgroup meeting on July 12, 2015. As of this July, we have been meeting for one year!
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June Meeting Summary
Featured Presentation: Educating Health and Behavioral Staff about Trauma-Informed Care at WellSpace Health
Presented by DeAngelo Mack and Dr. Piri Ackerman-Barger
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March Meeting Summary
What's new: ACEs impacts in the community; presentation materials available to you to share with your colleagues about ACEs; new ways to participate in the Sacramento ACEs Working Group
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May Meeting Summary, plus important announcements...
We have a new name! And other announcements... read the meeting summary notes and please share your feedback.
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April Meeting Summary
Meeting notes from April 12, 2016 are pasted below and attached as well.
We had a great presentation from Kaytie Speziale of the San Francisco Traum-Informed Systems Initiative, and Sacramento ACEs members shared concrete ways that they have collaborated to increase trauma-informed work in Sacramento (links provided). Additional materials from the special presentation will be posted separately.
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August 2016 Meeting Summary Notes
Major Announcement: Nadine Burke Harris confirmed her availability for November 1. Other logistics are still being worked out. The goals of the event are: getting policy stakeholders to become informed about the work of Resilient Sacramento and its relevance to creating a healthy Sacramento community. Join us for our September meeting as we continue to build out this event.
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Bringing Baby Home Educator Training
The Bringing Baby Home Educator Training prepares people to independently teach pregnant and parenting couples to successfully prepare for the transition to parenthood. These research-based Bringing Baby Home workshops which prepares couples for life with baby and helps them be the best parenting team possible. Learn how to create a relaxed and supportive environment where parents learn to strengthen their relationship and foster baby’s development during this challenging time. They build on...
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Bringing Baby Home Facilitator Training comes to California
ALL NEW, UPDATED TRAINING! Sacramento, CA May 19 - 20, 2016 San Diego, CA August 11 - 12, 2016 This newly designed, research-based 2-day training equips participants to independently teach pregnant and parenting couples to successfully prepare for the transition to parenthood. Participants learn to show couples how to: Strengthen their relationship Effectively manage stress and conflict Recognize and respond to postpartum mood anxiety and adjustment issues and postpartum depression Meet the...
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Cal WORKs Training Academy: Compassion Fatigue
Front-line and case workers for the TANF program (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) are at high risk for compassion fatigue. They hear approximately 30 stories of trauma, abuse and hardship each day. Complaints from workers vary from “How many stories of torture will have to I hear.” “It feels like I am spitting at a forest fire.” “After 12 years in the field, I am now on blood pressure medication.” This year the Cal WORKs Training Academy featured a workshop on compassion fatigue...
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Resilient Sac ACEs Connection Meeting April 11, 2017
The Resilient Sac monthly meeting went on despite many being away on spring break. The presentation this month was from CASA's Sarah Torres and Crystal Burns. They did a great job informing the group about CASA's nation wide program and the work happening in Sacramento. CASA's goal of building resilient foster youth is enhanced by including a trauma informed lens in the training CASA volunteers receive. CASA is always looking for new volunteers to meet the needs of area foster youth.
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Resilient Sacramento met with Superintendent Nottoli
On June 1st Resilient Sacramento ACEs Connection representatives Carolyn Curtis, Barbara Stern, and Wendie Skala met with Sacramento Superintendent Don Nottoli to share how they are working together to reduce the number of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the greater Sacramento area and provide opportunities to promote healing and increase resiliency. Superintendent Nottoli expressed interest in helping Resilient Sacramento increase awareness about trauma-informed practices.
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September Meeting Summary
Resilient Sacramento Meeting Summary for September 13, 2016 (For attendees, see attached version of notes) Welcome and Mindfulness Minute We practiced vagus nerve breathing exercise. Included handouts on this exercise and other ways that mindfulness calms stress. Introductions and Celebrations Action Group Report Backs Outreach : We have materials (at meeting for people to take away and share) and multiple trainings and information sessions scheduled to get the word out about ACEs Policy :...
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Re: Sacramento ACEs Connection’s Successful First Step at Developing Guiding Principles
Hi Imani, You have done a great job leading this group in developing a mission statement. It is a difficult job and requires a great deal of patience. I appreciated you submitting samples of possible mission statements for us to start. Would you please post them so that we can use them to start our thinking and comment on before the next meeting. Thank you Carolyn
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Re: Mind Matters Makes Headlines
Carolyn, So happy your program is making such a difference in communities. Wendie
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Re: Prevention: Teaching people how to create healthy families
Thanks Carolyn On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 5:57 PM ACEsConnection < communitymanager@acesconnection.com> wrote:
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Re: Spring Event for Resilient Sacramento: Share Your Ideas!
Another film suggestion from Carolyn: https://www.pacesconnection.com/...ghts-streetroots-org
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Re: Cal WORKs Training Academy: Compassion Fatigue
Case workers and intake workers are so over looked for experiencing compassion fatigue. Thanks for your supportive comments. Carolyn
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Re: The Impact of Mind Matters: Early Results from the University of Louisville’s Pilot Study
This is our own Carolyn Curtis's program!
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Re: Bringing Baby Home Educator Training
Couples that experience this relationship dissatisfaction many time experience post partum depression. This depression can lead to fathers disengaging in the family system. Fortunately, Bringing Baby Home deals with those issue.
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Re: Fall Meditation
Resilient Sacramento had another great meeting. Lisa William did a great job of introducing us to TBI, an area that is easy to overlook. Many of us commented that this was an area that affected our lives, but was not talked about. Resilient Sacramento has been meeting for over five years. The leadership could use some assistance. Please let us know if you are available to join our meetings and the Steering Committee. We know this organization is an important part of our community and we need...
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Re: Resilient Sacramento met with Superintendent Nottoli
He is going to facilitate meetings with health and human services and a presentation to the board as starters. We told him we would like to have a trauma informed county. I believe he thought we could work toward that. Carolyn Curtis suggested this would help with federal funding in light of possible TNAFF reform.
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First Ever: Mind Matters Online Facilitator Training
Online: September 21-25, 2020 Confidently teach Mind Matters after participating in this five day facilitator training (3.5 hours a day). Based on current research and neuroscience, Mind Matters helps people develop skills and coping mechanisms to overcome anxiety and build resilience. Mind Matters can be used separately or combined with other programs. It is being used in schools, community agencies in classrooms, online, retreats, and in-home visiting. Jane Stevens says, “Curtis and...
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ONLINE TRAINING: Mind Matters Facilitator Training
November 2 – 6, 2020 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific / 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Limited to 25 participants. CEs are also available. Registration Deadline: October 19, 2020 at 5:00 PM Pacific Confidently teach Mind Matters after participating in this five-day facilitator training (3.5 hours a day). Conducted online, you will be guided through the program and taught how best to share its insights and skills by its developer, Dr. Carolyn Curtis, and Dibble Master Trainer, Dixie Zittlow. You will...
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Press Release: No-Cost “Mind Matters Minutes” Builds Resilience in Youth
BERKELEY, CA (January 14, 2021) - Young people, especially in these times, can be stressed and anxious. Are you seeing this in the youth you serve? What about those youth who have experienced prior trauma or ACEs? Would building resilience skills help them? The Dibble Institute is pleased to announce Mind Matters Minutes , a free, virtual self-regulation series, created especially for today’s youth. Mind Matters Minutes provide teachers and youth workers with nine no-cost short video...
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ACEs Champion: Carolyn Curtis brings ACEs healing to community networks through the ‘Mind Matters’ program
“Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience” builds on Carolyn Curtis’s lifetime experience. It is as if she had been predestined to teach people to overcome the adverse experiences in their lives. Like many of us, Curtis grew up in an alcoholic home. This gives her a deep understanding of the damage that comes from early childhood trauma – and a passion for helping others overcome it. Her experience eventually led her to become a marriage and family counselor. After 30...
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Resilient Sacramento Monthly Meeting - WEAVE Midtown Counseling Center
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 3:00pm - 4:30pm Greetings! You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: May 11, 2021 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://baymark.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqdO2hpjIvGN3l6EqkVm2IVt47dr6dH4QR After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Introduction to Resilient Sacramento/PACEs Connection - (Formerly ACEs Connection) - Ramee Serwanga Mindful minute - Alejandra...
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Me & My Emotions: A New, Free Resource for Teens
The pandemic has had a lasting effect on youth mental health. Moved by a desire to reduce youth’s toxic stress and increase their resilience, The Dibble Institute, in partnership with a team of students and alumni from ArtCenter College of Design and author Carolyn Curtis, PhD, is releasing Me & My Emotions —a new, free adaptation of our beloved Mind Matters Curriculum. The mobile-friendly Me & My Emotions website features engaging graphics and bite-sized lessons teens can access and...
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Scholarships now available for Mind Matters Now!
Has the pandemic stressed you out? Want to learn the self-soothing skills of Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience directly from the author, Dr. Carolyn Curtis? Good news! The Dibble Institute has received generous funding for scholarships to the online, full 12-lesson series, Mind Matters Now . The course helps teachers, social workers, medical professionals, and others manage their stress by building resilience skills and practices for mental well-being. (CEUs are...
