Highlights of the November 8, 2018 Sierra Learning Community
Link to the recording: 11.8.18 Sierra LC
For the second Sierra Learning Community in the Building Resiliency Series, the topic for the November 8, 2018 Learning Community was: Build Resilient Communities by Fostering Trust and Finding Champions. Explore how innovative Child Abuse Prevention Month activities can promote resilience. Learn self-care strategies to stay motivated!
The Power Point distributed to attendees is attached. View the recording by clicking here: 11.8.18 Sierra LC
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Strategies 2.0 shared the availability of the Building Community Resilience (BCR) Toolkit Vol. 1. Based upon the framework for addressing Adverse Childhood and Community Experiences: The Building Community Resilience Model by Wendy Ellis and William Dietz (2017), the BCR toolkit series is designed to guide family and community strengthening organizations in the necessary balance between ideas grounded in research and data with the community’s own lived experience and perceptions of adversity and assets. The toolkit is available in the shareable link: Building Community Resilience Toolkit, Volume 1
Strategies 2.0, the Child Welfare Directors Association, OCAP, and the California Department of Social Services is pleased to announce a collaboration opportunity coming in January: A statewide Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Summit. This Summit will be different from a typical conference, in that individuals or organizations will not register themselves. County Child Welfare Directors and Child Abuse Prevention Councils (CAPCs) will apply to participate, and they would name a cross-sector team of up to 10 to attend with them. The goal will be to create a shared county plan for child abuse prevention and family-strengthening, or, if there is an existing plan, to regroup and strengthen it.
Please share the attached flyer with your contacts. This is a historic opportunity with the potential for real progress on behalf of California’s children, families, and communities. Also, reach out to your county’s CAPC and/or Child Welfare Director to recommend that they apply, and let them know that your organization wants to be part of the team!
The Learning Community program began with remote presentations from three state programs:
- Maria Doyle, MSS, Program Director, and Julie Day, Strengthening Families Director, New Hampshire Children’s Trust Fund. See Attached Power Point, and visit the website at: https://www.nhchildrenstrust.org/
- Shannon Moody, Director of the Face It Movement and Child Welfare Policy, FACE IT, Kentucky. See the attached power point presentation and visit the website at: https://faceitabuse.org/
- Allyson Halverson, Public Education Manager, SCAN of Northern Virginia. Visit SCAN’s website at: https://www.scanva.org/
At the hub in Jackson, Natalie Audage, MPH, Child Abuse Prevention Coordinator from Yolo County Children’s Alliance, provided information and materials developed for parents and providers as a part of their Child Abuse Prevention/Family Strengthening activities. Natalie’s power point is included in the power point distributed the day of the event and is also attached. Yolo County’s materials are available for download at:
- Link to parent guides:
https://www.yolokids.org/parent-education-guides
- Link to information for providers, including Conversation Starters for Providers documents:
https://www.yolokids.org/providers-guides
- Protecting Children: Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect can be found in the Child Abuse Prevention Council page of the Yolo County Children's Alliance website: http://www.yolokids.org/or directly at https://www.yolokids.org/sites...t_in_yolo_county.pdf
- The Be the One campaign from Resilient Yolo supports the power of relationships between and among children and adults. Visit http://www.betheoneyolo.orgto find information about the campaign, including a downloadable description of how to participate and a toolkit that can be used to develop a training on this topic.
We then had updates from Tracy Carlton of First 5 Amador and Robin Davis from First 5 Calaveras about Child Abuse Prevention programs that have worked well, and others that were more challenging.
Robin shared how Calaveras County has partnered with the local CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) program to organize a Lights of Hope event. They successfully recruited speakers to discuss their own personal experiences with the child welfare system, domestic violence, and adoption. To sharpen the presentations, the speakers worked with a storytelling coach. The event was held in a garden provided via the Master Gardeners program. Another highlighted activity was a display on a prominent corner with 700 pinwheels, to honor children that had died due to child abuse.
Tracy shared how Amador has moved from a focus on the Period of Blue Crying to a broader emphasis on ACES and Trauma Informed Care via the platform of Resilient Amador. They have had success bringing in the school district and other partners to participate in monthly meetings, trainings (recommended partnering with Strategies 2.0), to integrate trauma informed practices into local services and programs.
We ended the morning with Time for Us—focus on Self-Care. We first viewed a TedTalk by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky from the Trauma Stewardship Institute. Click here to view the approximately twenty-minuteTedTalk: http://traumastewardship.com/media/#ted
Each county in attendance, either remotely or at the hub, were gifted a copy of van Dernoot Lipsky’s book: Trauma Stewardship, An everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others, to place in circulation at their local library.
To purchase additional copies of the book, click here: http://traumastewardship.com/purchase/
Next Steps for the Sierra Learning Community…Continue the Resiliency Series
Thursday, February 7, 2019: Promoting Resilience through Partnerships with Behavioral Health Systems. Explore successful approaches to address behavioral health needs of children and families living in rural communities, including disaster related interventions.
Thursday, May 16, 2019: Tools to Build Resilience in Families, Agencies, and Communities. Explore evidence-based tools and interventions for addressing Behavioral Health and Domestic Violence issues in the Sierra Nevada Region.
All Learning Communities can be attended on-line from your own computer; at remote sites throughout the region, where you may view the presentation and participate in discussions with your local colleagues; or in-person, at the hub in Jackson.
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