Building Resilience on a Solid Foundation: Community of Practice
March 21st, 2017 9:00am-12:00pm
Sonoma County ACEs Connection and partners brings you together to raise awareness about Adverse Childhood Experiences and resiliency. This Community of Practice Session will help each participant to continuously improve their knowledge and ability to share ACEs science with fidelity, as well as to realize important core values in the work.
We also invite up to 35 community members to join us. Please purchase a community member ticket.
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Presenter Learning Objectives:
- Identify the five parts of ACEs science and why it’s important to include all parts in laying the foundation for integrating resilience-building practices in an organization or community.
- Define the essential common activities that organizations that are incorporating trauma-informed and resilience-building activities have used to implement practices based on ACEs science.
- Analyze their own community's progress on integrating resilience-building activities.
Presenter: Jane Stevens, MA
JANE ELLEN STEVENS is founder and publisher of the ACEs Connection Network, which includes ACEsTooHigh.com, a news site for the general public, and its accompanying community of practice social network,ACEsConnection.com. The sites focus on adverse childhood experiences science, and how people are implementing trauma-informed and resilience-building practices based on that science. The network is supported by funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The California Endowment. Stevens has been a journalist for more than 30 years, and focuses on health, science and technology. Her articles have appeared in the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and National Geographic. She began reporting about the ACE Study and related research in 2005. She has lived and worked in Kenya and Indonesia, and has been to Antarctica – in the winter -- three times on reporting fellowships.
Presenter: Grace Harris, MFT
Grace Harris is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and also has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. She has combined these skills to advocate for programs that reduce the risks of child maltreatment. As the Parent Resources Director at California Parenting Institute, she supervises a multicultural staff that provides parenting support for families experiencing many challenges including mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness and language barriers. Grace is an enthusiastic in sharing information on the impact of ACES and the ways individuals, organizations and communities can reduce this impact and build resilience.
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In the case of course cancellation, fees will be returned to applicants. Refunds must be requested in writing to alea.tantarelli@sonoma-county.orgby March 17th, 2017 at 5:00pm. Refunds will not be granted after that date and payment will be forfeited.
This program is pending approval by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 12787, Contact Hours XX, awarded by the County of Sonoma, Department of Health Services.
The next session will be held April 25, 2017.
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