Tagged With "Education"

Bringing Baby Home Training of Trainers, Sacramento May 17-18, 2018 A friend of mine recently referred her grandchild and his pregnant wife to a Bringing Baby Home class, because she noticed that the wife had a horrible background of abuse and at times had difficulty functioning. What the grandmother noticed with this couple was a change in the family dynamics. The couple knows how to get along, the father is engaged in parenting, and the baby thriving. This is really starting at the root of...

By Amber Revels-Stocks The Times-Leader Saturday, November 3, 2018 Pitt County Schools is implementing a new practice in an attempt to decrease the amount of discipline referrals in its schools. Trauma-informed practices take into consideration adverse childhood experiences or ACEs that can affect physical, mental or emotional health, according to Karen Harrington, director of student services. Examples of ACEs include having a household member in prison, having divorced or separated parents...

This month the Sonoma County Office of Education dedicated their January Bulletin to raising awareness on Trauma-Informed Teaching Knowing Our Students’ Stories and Fostering Resilience. "Recent social and scientific research calls upon educators to provide student with not only academic learning, but also the social and emotional tools needed to be successful in life. We once though subjects like math and history to be disconnected from basic social skills and emotional resilience. Now,...

Regulation Before Education: The Roots and Fruits of a Trauma-Informed School July 29-31st | 12:00 - 3:00pm EDT These times are unsettling in many ways. But the disruptions have widened opportunities for different ways of being, thinking and doing in education. The trauma-informed schools movement has never been more relevant. Schools committed to cultivating trauma-informed change can successfully buffer the adverse effects of the pandemic, economic collapse, and persistent racial...

I recently had the pleasure of attending via zoom, a Trauma-Informed Care training. I wanted to share some take always and encourage all to attend one. Hosted by Community Resilience Initiative, with trainer Rick Griffin. The trainer had such a lovely way of taking heavy topics that can feel uncomfortable to talk about and deliver them in a gentle, authentic way that provided the human touch with extensive knowledge. This being my first formal training on just Trauma-Informed care I learned...

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...

Trauma-Informed Practices & Resiliency Building for Early Childhood Educators Tuesday, Oct 12, Tuesday, Oct 19, and Tuesday, Oct 26 6:30 pm--8:30 pm This 3-part Trauma-Informed Care series will guide early childhood educators working with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary-aged children to understand trauma as well as its impact on young children's brains, behavior, learning, and development. You will learn trauma-sensitive strategies to create environments that...

The work Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) has been doing in collaboration with Sonoma Connect | Sonoma Unidos to support professional development for school staff with trauma-informed practices recently captured the attention of ACEs Aware. Take a look at the storytelling video that illustrates how ACEs science and trauma-informed practices are being applied in Sonoma County schools to help students and educators! ACEs Storytelling Video

Every year, Soroptimist distributes more than $2.8 million in education awards to about 1,700 women all over the world. Over half of our Live Your Dream Awards recipients are survivors of domestic violence, trafficking or sexual assault. Nearly all of the women and families we serve have overcome enormous obstacles including poverty, teen pregnancy, and drug or alcohol addiction. Live Your Dream Awards recipients may use the cash award to offset any costs associated with their efforts to...

This is great! Do you have this application in Spanish, as well? Thank you!

@Sandra Lemus I am working on it!! Once I get it, I will email it to you straight away!!

As we head into our full CRC curriculum this January, we invite current and future CRC Accelerator participants to join us with collective care and self care in mind.