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ACEs Connection Overview
ACES CONNECTION NETWORK OVERVIEW ACEs = Adverse Childhood Experiences 2 SITES ACEsTooHigh.com A solutions-oriented news site for the general public that covers stories on ACEs, trauma, and resilience. ACEsConnection.com An action-based...
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Do you live in Arizona, Hawaii, California, Nevada or the US Pacific Islands? Come to our no-cost mental and school mental health Winter Institute!
Do you live in Arizona, Hawaii, California, Nevada or the US Pacific Islands?If so...Check it out! 👇 NO COST. MENTAL HEALTH & SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE. AMAZING FACULTY. JANUARY 14, 15, & 16th! LONG BEACH, CA. JOIN US. 🤝 👏 Learn more here: http://bit.ly/mhttc-winterinstitute-flyer Register here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07egq2f9gaebafa6bd&llr=8wdk4ubab
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Fewer people being involuntarily held thanks to SLO’s new mental health facility, data show
BY MATT FOUNTAIN OCTOBER 11, 2019 A $1.2 million facility that opened last year to stabilize people who are in the midst of a mental health crisis has had a big impact on alleviating strain on resources needed for more urgent cases, data released by the county shows. Namely, seeking help at the new facility means fewer people — nearly half — are requiring intensive treatment at the county’s in-demand psychiatric inpatient unit, which can only serve 16 people at a time. As part of San Luis...
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Join CFS to combat 2 major risk factors for child abuse and neglect
Now more than ever, prevention matters. At Center for Family Strengthening every year we raise awareness for April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month—but this year, under these extraordinary circumstances, the designation takes on an even greater and more urgent significance. Suddenly we've been isolated from each other, and from children, our most vulnerable community members. Mandated reporters such as teachers, health care professionals, and even family members, friends, and...
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Link Family Advocate Support During COVID-19 Crisis
A Message of Support from The Link Family Resource Center Please know our thoughts and hearts are with you and your families during this strange and uncertain time. Our mission at The Link Family Resource Center is to foster a safe, healthy, and thriving community by linking children, youth, and families with programs and services to address their unique needs. Our programs remain operational and we are committed to serving families in our community during this unusual time. The Link Family...
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New CA budget benefits young children and families
Solidifying his commitment to California’s youngest children, Governor Gavin Newsom on June 27 signed his 2019-2020 budget that includes nearly $2.8 billion focused on early childhood development priorities. Advancing a whole child approach, these significant investments will strengthen families, improve child health and development, and fortify the state’s early care and education system. ...
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Podcast: Alison Cebulla Discusses Paid Parental Leave, Toxic Stress, and ACEs on Hometown Radio Show
Click here to listen here to the audio recording. This summer I joined Hometown Radio Show host Dave Congalton to discuss a series of public health issues. I'm Alison and I'm a Master of Public Health student at Boston University. I spent the summer interning for ACEs Connection. In this episode, which was broadcast live from San Luis Obispo, CA on July 30, 2019 at 5pm, and was #3 in the series of 4 episodes, we discussed the absence of federal level paid parental leave policy in the United...
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Recognizing mental illness before making an arrest in SLO County
By TYLER PRATT • OCT 2, 2019 One-third of San Luis Obispo County jail inmates have mental illness, and half the jail population is either homeless or doesn’t have stable housing on the outside. That's according to county health experts, who said the numbers have held steady even as they work to improve jail healthcare . The county board of supervisors got an update on jail health care this week and discussed ways to keep some of the area’s most vulnerable from ending up behind bars. But not...
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Register now: Free ACEs Connection Webinar on the Human Impact of Climate Change
A year after 85 people died in the wildfire that swept through Paradise, CA, and nearby towns, one of the town’s survivors will talk about how she and others are using resilience practices in their recovery from the trauma. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Paradise resident Kelly Doty will have a conversation with Elaine Miller-Karas, who developed the Community Resiliency Model (CRM). Doty, who lost her home in the fire, and Miller-Karas will discuss resilience education skills designed to help...
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San Luis Obispo County Data Dashboard: Child Adversity and Well-Being
A product of the Essentials for Childhood Initiative (EfC), the Child Adversity and Well-Being Dashboards contain indicators of child adversity, health and well-being utilizing data available on kidsdata.org . For more information about the dashboards, please refer to the California Data Dashboards page. The San Luis Obispo County Data Dashboard contains select indicators of child adversity and well-being. The dashboard is a product of the Shared Data and Outcomes Workgroup of the California...
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Webinar: Change Package for Advancing Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) in Primary Care Settings
THIS TUESDAY, November 19, 2019 @ 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST Please click here to register . Are you looking for concrete guidance about how to make your primary care organization more trauma-informed? If yes, join us as we introduce a new Change Package focused on the most current strategies, tools and resources for launching and growing a trauma-informed initiative in your primary care organization. This resource, the result of a three year initiative between the National Council for Behavioral...
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ACEs Connection launches Cooperative of Communities
The ACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities launches today. We want to continue to contribute to the ACEs movement for as long as it takes to create a worldwide healing-centered culture based on ACEs science. We want that to take hold in this world in the same way electricity has — we only notice it if it isn’t there.
First, a clarification: Nothing on ACEsConnection.com changes! Membership remains free! Everything our current 300+ communities use stays free, and remains free for new ones.
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A Better Normal Friday, June 19th at Noon PDT: LGBTQ+ Identity and Race in the US: An Intersectional Discussion On Historical and Generational Trauma
Please join us for the ongoing community discussion of A Better Normal, our ongoing series in which we envision the future as trauma-informed. LGBTQ+ Identity and Race in the US: An Intersectional Discussion On Historical and Generational Trauma With Panelists Rev. Dr. D. Mark Wilson and Alexander Cho, Ph.D., Moderated by ACEs Connection staff members Jenna Quinn and Alison Cebulla Friday, June 19th, 2020 Noon to 1pm, PT (3pm to 4pm ET) >>Click here to register<< Please join us...
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Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: One-Pager
Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: One-Pager
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CALIFORNIA ACES ACADEMY: Parental ACEs and Pediatrics: Transforming Well Care [avahealth.org]
CALIFORNIA ACES ACADEMY (CAA) , funded by ACEs Aware, is providing free online training to Medi-Cal providers and others featuring: Practical strategies for integrating trauma-informed health care into your team’s practice that improves patients’ well being and the productivity of your practice. Meet colleagues with experience and success providing trauma-informed health care in their practices. Learn from national and local experts. Talk to other professionals from your region in small...
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ACEs Aware Invests in Santa Barbara County, CA
September 10, 2020 Resilient Santa Barbara County is proud to support the efforts of the statewide ACEs Aware initiative, led by the California Department of Health Care Services and the Office of the California Surgeon General. This initiative seeks to change health outcomes and save lives by helping Medi-Cal providers understand the importance of screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and responding to patients with trauma-informed care. ACEs Aware offers Medi-Cal providers...
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Creating Regional ACEs Aware Care Networks
The Aces Aware initiative is about health care partnerships. In the Coastal Tri-Counties region we're building capacity for those partnerships through the development of Care Networks composed of medical care providers, education, community based organizations and more. At our recent ACEs Aware Care Network Tri-County Leadership Convening we gathered virtually to build relationships and explore how to develop effective networks. Read a wonderful refection on the Convening from Hanna Kiefer...
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Bridges to Resilience Conference - Wednesday June 9, 2021 8am-3pm | SLO, SB, & Ventura Counties
The 5th Annual Bridges to Resilience conference is this Wednesday. This live, virtual event focuses on educating and increasing awareness about the widespread impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and provides hopeful strategies to build resilience within our communities and system of care. Wednesday June 9, 2021 8am - 3pm REGISTER HERE! Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress represent a public health crisis that has been recently recognized by the Office of the...
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Resource: Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic One-Pager (English & Spanish!)
English: The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative , ACEs Connection , and the Yolo County Children’s Alliance co-created “Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in both English and Spanish. This material is intended for Californian families experiencing the severe economic consequences resulting from...
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A Childhood Emotional Neglect Christmas: Humorous & Touching Holiday Stories From The Nurturance Void
Latchkey Urchins & Friends is a podcast by me* and my co-host Anne Sherry, a therapist. We explore different topics within The Nurturance Void, the space left when we experienced childhood emotional neglect. Childhood emotional neglect happens between parents and their kids, within families, across generations, in communities, in nations, and in policies and programs. We seek to heal through humor and holding space. Each week a guest shares their childhood emotional neglect stories,...
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Andrew Holland Foundation merges with mental illness group in SLO County
BY SARA KASSABIAN JANUARY 04, 2022 5:00 AM The boards of two San Luis Obispo County organizations dedicated to serving the needs of people with serious mental illness have merged, according to a news release. The San Luis Obispo County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the Andrew Holland Foundation merged effective Jan. 1, according to the release from the National Alliance on Mental Illness San Luis Obispo County. The programs and services that were offered through both...
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PACE of Nature Workshop
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Trauma-Informed SLO Meeting Minutes: January 26, 2023
Here are the meeting minutes from the Trauma-Informed SLO Meeting on January 23, 2023.
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Re: Trauma Informed SLO agenda 5.25.23.pdf
Good afternoon, Please see agenda for upcoming Trauma Informed SLO meeting on Thursday, May 25 th from 1:30 – 3:00 PM. In addition to needs assessment proposal updates, and breakout groups to foster connections we’re excited to share with you the following presentations: Family Healer TV Ron Huxley, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years’ experience. He is the former director of the Central Coast Seneca Family of Agencies, founder of the TraumaToolbox.com,...
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Re: Trauma Informed SLO Meeting
Please see agenda for upcoming Trauma Informed SLO meeting on Thursday, May 25 th from 1:30 – 3:00 PM. In addition to needs assessment proposal updates, and breakout groups to foster connections we’re excited to share with you the following presentations: Family Healer TV Ron Huxley, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years’ experience. He is the former director of the Central Coast Seneca Family of Agencies, founder of the TraumaToolbox.com, FamilyHealer.tv, and...