AVA, APSAC,CAPSAC ,ZEROABUSE sponsored presentation: Learn about No Hit https://www.avahealth.org/what-we-do/aces-health-champions-gatherings.html
Download this PDF for full details and eligibility information. The UCLA-UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network (UCAAN) is partnering with PHI’s Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL) to build the Preventing and Responding to Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)-Associated Health Conditions and Toxic Stress in Clinics through Community Engagement (PRACTICE) grant. This is a multimillion-dollar California statewide grant to: Strengthen partnerships to screen for ACEs and respond to toxic...
Virtual Conference | April 5-6, 2022 Our world gets more complex every day. So it's more important than ever to address the traumas that affect our communities. That’s why we’re coming together at the Hanna Institute Summit: to heal our communities. But why should you join us? Here are the top three reasons people attend the Summit: 1) Learn from Experts From best-selling authors Ibram X. Kendi and Resmaa Menakem to Nancy Dome and Dr. Gary Slutkin, national and Bay Area experts will bring...
Hello Santa Clara County ACES Connection! I was on a webinar/meeting and received this resource: California Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Project (childmind.org) The COVID-19 pandemic and other mounting pressures have left many children struggling emotionally. In response, the Child Mind Institute has developed The California Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Project , made possible by a $25 million grant from the State of California. This series of free videos and print resources for parents,...
Santa Clara County's Cross-Agency Services Team (CAST), a partnership of social service agencies, government leaders, and community-based organizations, is working together to change conditions and remove barriers for families accessing programs and services. CAST's goal is to help children become resilient and lift families out of an on-going cycle of poverty. The partnership is pleased to offer its first learning opportunity in Spanish. Please share with community. You are invited to...
When School Health Clinics began screening all patients for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in December 2020, we were disheartened to see how many have suffered from abuse or neglect at some point in their lives. In addition to the behavioral health care and resources we offer, we wanted to do something to address this directly by creating a clinic environment that promotes positive discipline and non-violence, and fosters ongoing conversations with families about healthy parenting...
For Peter Buckley, program manager for the PACEs initiative, Southern Oregon Success (SORS), the “aha moment” around positive and adverse childhood experiences was more of an “aha month.”
He is sprawled out on the sidewalk, motionless, flushed cheeks framed by high cheekbones. He’s slender, probably in his mid-20s, his straight, coal black hair pulled back, and his orange t-shirt twisted up over his stomach. “He’s OD’ing on fentanyl!” shouts a guy holding a skateboard.
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Child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey have known each other for more than 30 years. Both are deeply interested in childhood trauma and healing. But it was following a 60 Minutes segment Winfrey did in 2018 on childhood trauma, for which she interviewed Perry, that the two decided to take their work together to the next level. They tapped Oprah’s star power and worldwide reach and Perry’s deep expertise in brain science to collaborate on a book project, the recently released,...
In a recent nightmare, 8-year-old Jovina dreamt that her father got COVID-19. He was getting sicker, but she and her mother weren’t able to get there in time. “There,” in her father’s case, is a cell at the California Correctional Center (CCC) in Susanville, California, nearly 300 miles from where she lives in San Jose. In Jovina’s mind are a swarm of worries about her father’s welfare, her mother Benee Vejar reports. If an earthquake shakes the Bay Area, Jovina says, “What if the building...
ACEs Health Champions Monthly Gatherings Each month, experts in the ACEs field will lead a one-hour interactive peer-to-peer discussion on a different hot topic. Join other champions like yourself and RSVP for an upcoming meeting! September 24, 2021 - 12:00pm PT - 1:00pm PT Spirituality-The Missing Link to Resilience? Shira Berkovits,Ph.D,Esq https://www.avahealth.org/
ACEs Health Champions Monthly Gatherings Each month, experts in the ACEs field will lead a one-hour interactive peer-to-peer discussion on a different hot topic. Join other champions like yourself and RSVP for an upcoming meeting! Link for recordings of previous meetings https://www.avahealth.org/resources/california-aces-academy/aces-champions-monthly-meetings.html
Please join us for upcoming Sacramento and Bay Area Racing ACEs Fall 2021 Series! Please join our expanded Racing ACEs Network and join our upcoming Fall series. You all are among the first invites as you have partnered with RYSE or Trauma Transformed at the nexus of racial justice, ACEs, and/or trauma-informed praxis. We do hope you can join us for this three part series. Please see attached Info Packet for our Fall Bay Area and Sacramento Racing ACEs series--September 1, September 23, and...