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Where were you when you first learned about ACEs science? What do you remember about that moment? Were you relieved, scared, shocked, happy or sad? And where were you when you first learned about ACEs Connection? How did it feel to know there was a community of people who knew some of what you knew, and, perhaps, felt as passionately about learning more of the science and preventing childhood trauma as you do? On March 4th at 12 pm PT (3 pm ET), we’re stopping for an hour to gather around...

Hi all! I am excited to share with you that Sonoma County ACEs Connection has partnered with Project Whole Child, Dovetail Learning, Early Learning Institute, Santa Rosa Junior College, Sonoma Parent Voices, First 5 Sonoma County, and Children's Trust Fund Alliance to offer a small but significant gesture to showing our local families that they are seen and supported. We acknowledge what a challenging year this has been for families and want them to know they are doing a good job! The value...

This article originally appeared on RACMonitor News 2/10/21 “Permission to republish this article was granted by RACmonitor“ It’s just February, but a steady stream of reports and surveys touting the top social determinants of health (SDoH) and mental health (SDoMH) for 2021 have already begun to appear. First up is the 2021 Consumer Sentiments and Insights Survey by The Root Cause Coalition , an organization co-founded by AARP Foundation and ProMedica. The survey was conducted online last...

The California Preterm Birth Initiative is pleased to share our spring 2021 request for applications for innovative research proposals on preterm birth! About the Opportunity Twice a year, in the spring and fall, we request research proposals via the UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP). The spring RAP applications are due by March 1st. What We're Looking For We are looking for proposals focused on: Reducing preterm birth rates Addressing racial disparities in preterm birth and/or...

February is National Parent Leadership Month and together we can acknowledge what a challenging year this has been for our parents. Our heroic parent partners have risen to the challenge and this a small way to honor them. If you would like to have your logo added so you can distribute to your families you can email SCAC Community Manager at: elizabeth@projectwholechild.com

The daughter and granddaughter of leading farm labor advocates, Alegria De La Cruz is taking on the next role in her family's long campaign for social justice. https://www.sonomamag.com/santa-rosa-attorney-takes-on-racial-disparities-within-sonoma-county-government/

By Katherine Minkiewicz, Sonoma West Times & News, January 27, 2021 Amid a pandemic that isolates us and has not been friendly to mental health, the Hanna Institute recently announced that it was awarded a $275,000 grant that will allow the institute to provide a series of free Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) trainings and seminars on trauma-informed practices, screening and mental health for Medi-Cal providers starting Jan. 30 and continuing through the month of June. The grant...

With 12 years of experience in social and emotional learning education, Dovetail Learning realized that promoting an SEL program for children was not addressing the educators’ core SEL challenge. We have learned that the best way to help children is to ensure that the adults who serve them have strong Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and resilience skills . We Are Resilient™ was created to meet that need. We know that “ stress affects teachers’ health and well-being, job satisfaction, job...

Today during the Sonoma County ACEs Connection meeting Elizabeth from Child Parent Institute gave us a glimpse into a longer presentation focused on "risking connection". Such timely information - check it out! Helping Everyone Every Time from CIR:SouthernCoordinator on Vimeo .

By Nate Galvan, Sonoma State University News, January 26, 2021 Sonoma State University has been awarded $4.96 million from NASA to design and implement a program that will engage students on the autism spectrum in informal STEM learning. NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) aims to broaden participation in NASA programs to include autistic and other learners with neurological differences. As part of NASA’s Science Activation Program , which is composed of teams across the nation to help...

Hello, Sending a reminder that the Sonoma County ACEs Connection meeting is TOMORROW 1/28/21 from 3-4:30 PM. Please delete the standing calendar event for today's meeting, I am unable to do so as I do not have access to the email that it was set up originally with. Below is the agenda. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Zoom Link: ID: 91864522660 Password: 557951 Welcome Introductions- What brings you to SCAC? National Parent Leadership Month Recognitions Community...

ACEs Aware has recently released a brand new video featuring Dr. Burke Harris explaining the symptoms of toxic stress and encouraging providers to sign up for ACEs Aware's free, two-hour online training. The ACEs Aware video is available in full, half, and no animation versions. Links are included in the attachment with recommendations for each channel, but you are encouraged to post the animation version that best suits your audience. Links to all three versions – and an additional...