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By Nadia Lopez, Caitlin Antonios, Bianca Fortis, and Jake Kincaid, The Fresno Bee, August 9, 2021 Junior Toscano’s mom texts him every day, pleading with him to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and giving him lists of clinics where he can get the shot. But the 29-year-old agricultural worker from Tipton isn’t ready. He knows many people, including his girlfriend, who have fallen ill to the virus. And in the past month alone, two of his friends died from complications related to the disease.

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...

Western Youth Services is hosting various Peer-to-Peer and Network of Care Events for May and June 2021.

1.0 Continuing Medical Education (CME) / Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Credit Available* Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Noon - 1 p.m. Register Here Join us on June 2 at Noon for the first in a series of webinars that will explore the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress, presented by California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris . This webinar will: Cover the science of how ACEs and toxic stress can impact our biology. Explain how ACE screening can be used to...

1.0 Continuing Medical Education (CME) / Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Credit Available* Providers seeking CME/CE and MOC credits* must complete a separate activity evaluation in order to request CME/CE certificate. Those seeking MOC credits must also successfully complete the post-test with a score of 75% and higher. P lease follow CME/MOC instructions available on ACEsAware.org. Presenters discuss: The physiology of toxic stress and the biological changes that may be a pathway to...

1.0 Continuing Medical Education (CME) / Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Credit Available* Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Noon - 1 p.m. Register Here Join us for our next ACEs Aware webinar to discuss the physiology of toxic stress and how to apply the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress in pediatric care. Please note that the webinar title has been updated. If you previously registered for the April 14th ACEs Aware webinar on toxic stress physiology, no additional...

On Tuesday March 30 at 1:00 pm (PST) join 4CA as we look at policy opportunities and challenges in the area of childhood adversity in the context of 2021 and beyond.

The CAPC has been universally screening all clients and families since 2018. In May 2020, just 2 months after COVID was deemed a global pandemic, we analyzed some of our year-to-date data average ACE scores from 2019 and compared them to the same time period post-COVID. Our analysis indicated significant increases in the average ACE scores of clients/families we served across our various departments. While we were careful not to establish a causal assumption and say confidently that COVID...

Enrollment Link: https://www.mitrainingcenter.org/courses/hthss1120ce CE and certificate of completion are free. Coming soon! This training module will help healthcare workers identify victims of human trafficking and know what to do if they encounter a victim of human trafficking within a healthcare setting. Audience Healthcare workers and public health professionals across disciplines including but not limited to health educators, nurses, administrators, environmental health workers, and...

New data reports are now available that detail the number of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) screenings conducted in California between January 1 and June 30, 2020, and the number of providers who have completed the “ Becoming ACEs Aware in California ” core online training. Since launching the ACEs Aware initiative in December 2019, more than 15,500 providers have taken the training. About 9,100 Medi-Cal providers in California have attested to completing the training and are receiving...

We would like to invite you and your community to our webinar on March 11, 2021. This Zoom webinar is free and open to the public to attend. This webinar will be facilitated by special guest presenter, Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, MD , one of the world’s foremost experts on childhood trauma and co-principal investigator of the groundbreaking 1998 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study. Learning Objectives While research shows that toxic stress and trauma in childhood can increase risk for...