Tagged With "Community book study"
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PHC6937 Grant Proposal: Creating a Trauma-Informed Church
The Diocese of Palm Beach states as its mission “the Church of Palm Beach will strive to discern God’s will in satisfying the spiritual, moral, sacramental, educational, and basic needs of all people, with justice, respecting the dignity of each person.” Considering the landmark ACE Study by Drs. Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda (1998) which linked childhood adversity with health and well-being throughout the lifespan, and understanding that childhood trauma has been identified as the single...
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Public Health Campaign
We all know that walking is great exercise, but what if a walking group could build resiliency in communities and in individuals? I believe it can, if done correctly. This is what my final project focused on. Walking is beneficial in that it allows people to perform non-strenuous activities while still getting in shape. Groups are important in building friendships in communities, which we know in turn builds resiliency. And the walking group was born.. 1. I first began my project with a...
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Reminder: Free Webinar on How to Create Trauma Responsive Educational Institutions
Title : How to Create Trauma Responsive Institutions and Why it Matters Date : Friday, January 31, 2020, 1-2:30pmET Description : We live in a world of increasing trauma, whether created by nature (fires, floods, earthquakes) or by individuals (shootings, suicides, family dysfunction, addictions). We carry our trauma with us and many students in college, arguably one in two, has experienced trauma in their lives and will display trauma symptomology moving forward. Trauma symptomology affects...
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Systems Are Not People-Shaped
A few weeks ago I was at a big kickoff event for a new county-wide project to address what our communities feel are the biggest concerns we face. It definitely had its moments and I was all eyes and ears ready to absorb new info and be inspired by the power of coming together for a purpose. One of the last things that I heard that morning was to show the promise of next steps – the speaker said that basically in order to do anything meaningful – you, of course, need a building which – good...
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Tools and how to use them is focus of second webinar on Community Resiliency Model, May 14, 2020
The second of two free Community Resiliency (CRM) webinars with Elaine Miller-Karas , key creator of the CRM, will be held Thursday, May 14, from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET, (10 a.m. CT; 9 a.m. MT, and 8 a.m. PT) and will include the practical application of tools of the model. CRM is an ACEs science-based biological model for helping individuals become emotionally regulated during natural disasters and other dysregulating times. Miller-Karas will be joined by CRM trainers from Wilmington, NC:...
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"Warriors of HOPE" Series Continues This Sunday on "Breaking the Silence" Radio Program with Special Guest, Judge Steven Teske!
The fourth week of the 6-week "Warriors of Hope" event will continue this Sunday night at 8 pm Central Time on "Breaking the Silence with Dr. Gregory Williams" radio program. This 6-week event features six very special guests that will offer their insight on the power of HOPE in their lives and provide encouragement, wisdom and insight on the need for resilience in lives today. This series has resulted in praise from around the world from the listeners that have tuned in. This week's guest...
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Webinar: Cultivating Our Best Selves in Response to COVID-19 | Tuesday, March 17 at Noon PDT
How to use the skills of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) for self and others to be the calm in the storm as we face the unknown. Free Webinar Tuesday, March 17 at Noon PDT Speakers: Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW Linda Grabbe, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC Zoom Webinar Registration Link: https://zoom.us/j/715837300 Additional ways to join are listed at the bottom of this post. About the webinar leaders: Elaine Miller-Karas is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute and...
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When the Cross is On the Table
Susan Traylor says “When they see the cross on the table, they know someone has died.” The ‘they’ she is talking about are the many folks experiencing homelessness in our small community of Tarpon Springs, Florida. A few weeks ago, the cross was on the table for Terry. I knew him by sight but never knew his name. I observed him over the past few years quite often in a state that makes most people not only uncomfortable, but anxious and fearful as he argued with someone only he could see. He...
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PHC6937: A Community-Based Resilience Intervention for the Native American Community in Taos, New Mexico
As evidenced in the literature, it is clear that Native American children experience more Adverse Childhood Experiences than other groups, including non-Hispanic whites [1]. Native American children are more than twice as likely to grow up in a household where one or both parents use drugs and/ or alcohol [1]. Additionally, NA children are more than three times as likely to have lived with a parent who has been incarcerated, and are seven times as likely to have been treated unfairly due to...
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ACEs & African Americans Community on ACEs Connection
ACEs Connection envisions a resilient world where ALL people thrive. We are an anti-racist organization committed to the pursuit of social justice. In our work to promote resilience and prevent and mitigate ACEs, we intentionally embrace and uplift people who have historically not had a seat at the table. ACEs Connection celebrates the voices and tells the stories of people who have been barred from decision-making and who have shouldered the burden of systemic and economic oppression as the...
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Community Physicians: What We've Learned [thepermanentejournal.org]
By Brian R. Stork, Nicholas John Akselberg, Yongmei Qin, and David C. Miller, The Permanente Journal, January 24, 2020 ABSTRACT Introduction : The prevalence of childhood trauma, as measured by the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study questionnaire, has been studied in a wide variety of community settings. However, little is known about physicians’ familiarity with and use of the ACE questionnaire or the prevalence of childhood trauma in the physician community. Objective: To survey a...
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Donna Jackson Nakazawa on bringing down the stress-threat response
Cissy's note: Donna Jackson Nakazawa has graciously allowed me to cross-post some of her current and future Facebook page posts here in the Practicing Resilience for Self-Care and Healing community on ACEs Connection . Hello Friends. As a SciComm journalist with 30 years of reporting and 6 books under my belt, which focus on how our stress response governs our immune health, I’ve been thinking about what I have learned, and how I might help you quiet your body and mind during this # pandemic...
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During COVID-19: The need for your skills. Self-care resources. Share your TI responses? Thank you!
Dear Trauma F riends and C olleagues: The COVID 19 pandemic offers a critical opportunity to share your unique skills in coping with stress and trauma. Many of us and the families we serve may be shifting through the stages of change and grief----denial, anger, bargaining, acceptance---about this pandemic. You may be adjusting to telehealth and virtual visits but know that our families need your reassurance and help in regulating and coping. Hope you’re all practicing self-care while you...
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HSC4930: "Destination: Home. A Center Rooted in LGBTQIA+ Identity Development and Social Connection"
Destination: Home is a public health intervention center and shelter designed to be multi-faceted and a leader when it comes to LGBTQIA+ rights and advocacy. What sparked the vision for this intervention is the need for social connection among diverse groups of LGBTQIA+ youth and the homelessness which they face. This center functions as a as a shelter targeting LGBTQIA+ youth within a specific radius. Although it functions as a shelter, there is also internal and external programming and...
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Last week to register or apply for a scholarship--Creating a Resilient Community Conference
This is the final week to register or request a scholarshi p to attend the virtual Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference on April 21st. This virtual event with cutting edge community resilience and trauma healing speakers Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg and Dr. Wendy Ellis will provide a platform to convene as a community to learn, connect, and envision a path forward together to transform our region into one of prevention, hope, healing and resilience for all. Conference...
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Let's Talk about Gender
Hello All! Gender is a complex, social construct that can be damaging to adolescents when gender stereotypes are perpetuated. I wanted to begin a health communication campaign that begins a community conversation about gender and the gender stereotypes present in our everyday lives. I chose to promote this campaign with three items. 1. An infographic that is targeted towards adolescents to help them understand how how gender stereotypes can harm us personally and others around us. This...
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ACEs Science Champions Series: Meet Florida's Johnny Appleseed. She plants seeds of ACEs science!
Dr. Mimi Graham is Florida’s Johnny Appleseed, but instead of planting apple trees, she’s been seeding hundreds of ACEs-science-informed schools, courts, juvenile detention centers, hospitals, childcare centers, home visiting programs, mental health agencies, law enforcement agencies, and drug treatment centers. Graham, who has served as director of the Florida State University Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy in Tallahassee since 1993, focuses on early childhood,...
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Personal stories from witnesses, U.S. representatives provided an emotional wallop to House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on childhood trauma
Room erupts in applause for the grandmother of witness William Kellibrew during July 11 House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing. The power of personal stories from witnesses and committee members fueled the July 11 hearing on childhood trauma in the House Oversight and Reform Committee* throughout the nearly four hours of often emotional and searing testimony and member questions and statements (Click here for 3:47 hour video). The hearing was organized into a two panels—testimony from...
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Community Resilience Series Part 1: Parenting in an Age of Uncertainty [Peace & Justice Institute]
Dr. Ken Ginsburg was overwhelmingly well-received as the keynote speaker at the recent Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference back in April of this year. The Peace and Justice Institute (PJI) at Valencia College is excited to share that we are bringing him back to deliver 3 additional virtual workshops in a Community Resilience Series. The first workshop in this FREE series will be specifically for parents: Parenting in an Age of Uncertainty , July 7th from 5:30 -...
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Help Navigating the Road to Community Resiliency
The first time I ever heard the words trauma-informed care and the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study was in the summer of 2014. At the time, I was working for the local Police Department as the Director of a grant-funded Crime Reduction Project aimed at reducing drug-related and violent crime. Of the many program goals, one was to develop a rehabilitative corrections program for felony offenders with addictions in order to reduce recidivism. Though I’ve lived in this region for...
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'A Better Normal' Community Discussion Series: How to Grow a Resilient Community - July 7, 2020
Interested in learning what it takes to Grow a Resilient Community? Do you want to learn how to become a member of ACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities? If so, please join us Tuesday, July 7th, 12-1pm PDT for our next 'A Better Normal' community discussion series. In this discussion we will be talking with Brian Semsem of Fresno's Every Neighborhood Partnership. We will be talking to Brian about what led him to work with ACEs and resilience. In addition, we will be discussing the path...
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Donald Trump is the product of abuse and neglect. His story is common, even for the powerful and wealthy.
“In order to cope,” writes Mary Trump, “Donald began to develop powerful but primitive defenses, marked by an increasing hostility to others and a seeming indifference to his mother’s absence and father’s neglect….In place of [his emotional needs] grew a kind of grievance and behaviors—including bullying, disrespect, and aggressiveness—that served their purpose in the moment but became more problematic over time. With appropriate care and attention, they might have been overcome.”
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ACEs Champion: The reintroduction of Michael Hayes — from ACEs awakening to ACEs community service
It wasn’t until his fifth prison term in a North Carolina county jail — his fourth conviction for driving under the influence — that Michael Hayes volunteered to take an ACE survey that changed his life. The 48-year-old father of six sons and one daughter had spent a number of years in and out of prison. During his last term, to get some time out of the cell where he spent 16 hours a day, he volunteered to attend a class offered by RHA Health Services, a nonprofit that incorporates the...
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A Grant Proposal for PHC6534: Building Resilience and Providing Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Services to Southeast Asian Refugee and Immigrant Families
Hello everyone, as part of my graduate coursework, I've written a grant proposal that proposes a trauma-informed public health intervention for providing culturally appropriate mental health services for the Southeast Asian American community in Long Beach, California. Below, I give an overview of my grant and discuss applicable trauma-informed principles, levels of the social-ecological model, and public health framework. Overview Southeast Asian American (SEAA) communities in the United...
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PHC 6534: Youth Arrest Prevention: A Trauma-Informed Approach
Summary: This proposal utilizes trauma-informed principles to design an inter-professional pilot program that seeks to improve outcomes for children who have experienced at least one ACE (adverse childhood experience and have experienced a youth arrest). The social ecological levels that this proposal targets are the individual, interpersonal, organizational, and community levels and the determinants on these levels that contribute to youth arrests. Abstract: The proposed program is a...
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2021 Kids Count Data Book [aecf.org]
From The Annie E. Casey Foundation, June 21, 2021 SUMMARY The 32nd edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT ® Data Book describes how children across the United States were faring before — and during — the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s publication continues to deliver the Foundation’s annual state rankings and the latest available data on child well-being. It identifies multiyear trends — comparing statistics from 2010 to 2019. In addition, the report shares data on how...
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Tribute to Dr. Felitti
By, Felicia Nelson, Christina Velez, and Mark Egan 7/19/21 A pioneer in the field of internal medicine, Dr. Vincent J. Felitti has over 50 years of experience with extensive knowledge in the areas of childhood trauma, the genetic disease Hemochromatosis, and obesity. Here at The Relationship Foundation, Dr. Vincent Felitti is our mentor and an inspiration to us all. He has spent a greater part of his life, serving as a co-principal for the ACEs Study. ACE stands for “Adverse Childhood...
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Digging Deep: Cultivating Resilience for Mental Health
Mental health is a serious problem among the inmates in our country. According to the Vera Institute of Justice, a premier criminal justice research and advocacy non-profit, mental illness is one of the most significant problems facing women in prison today (Subramanian, 2016). In 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice found that 31% of incarcerated women have a serious mental illness, while only 15% of men report the same (James, 2006).
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RISE Creative Lab: Building Resilience through the Arts in NYC
One of the most critical public health issues to date is the mental health crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated amongst people of color in the United States. Through our trauma-informed facility, RISE Creative Lab, our mission is to tend to the mental health needs of people of color in the vibrant NYC community. RISE Creative Lab stands for resilience-based, integrated social arts education. It is a trauma-informed educational arts lab that aims to bridge boundaries between...
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Parenting to Prevent & Heal ACEs Handout
This handout is based on the work of Donna Jackson Nakazawa , who worked with us and generously allowed us to paraphrase content from her book, Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology & How You Can Heal . Donna's book specifically addresses those of us parenting with ACEs (which she also does brilliantly in the powerful documentary, Wrestling Ghosts , which is about parenting and healing from ACEs). This handout can be downloaded, distributed, and used freely. It is...
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Register now for "Building the Movement with Coalitions", presented by the Campaign for Trauma-informed Policy and Practice, PACEs Connection, and the National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives
Please register now at this link to reserve your spot. You’re invited to participate in Building the Movement with Coalitions, the first of eight remarkable workshops featured in the series, “ Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience ”. The first half-day workshop will occur virtually on January 7th from 1-5pm ET/10am-2pm PT. It focuses on the history and future of the movement and building community-owned, trauma-informed, prevention-focused, and healing-centered...
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PHC 6534: Trauma-informed Approach in Nutrition Through a Healthy Exchange Program
Summary A trauma-informed project in Palm Beach County, Florida, is proposed as a solution to the public health issue of healthy eating, specifically the consumption of the proper amounts of fruits and vegetables and adverse childhood experiences, which can lead to unhealthy food choices and morbidity issues. This nutritional program will take a proactive approach to assist the target group who have experienced childhood trauma and are at risk of engaging in behaviors that lead to poor food...
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PHC6534: Targeting Mental Illness Through a Trauma-Informed Approach
The dose-response relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mental illness is a public health concern. Findings from literature have illustrated the importance of early interventions in order to alleviate the effects of ACEs and improve children’s development (Felitti et al., 1998). The proposed grant seeks to explore ACEs in children aged 12-17 years old in Leon County, Florida. The provision of mental and physical resources at various levels of the social ecological...
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PHC6534 - Building the Active-Duty Spouse Community to Prevent Adverse Childhood Events in Active-Duty Military Dependent Children
An ever-increasing number of studies show a correlation between the number of ACEs and devastating health and behavioral events later in life. To prevent these outcomes, we must prevent the occurrence of ACEs, which means directing prevention efforts at the parental level. An often-overlooked population is the military spouse community and the children of active-duty military members. With spouses who are often not co-located with their family and the transient life of forced moves every...
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Register now! Dr. Bruce Perry to discuss historical trauma and help launch new "Connecting Communities One Book at a Time" book study with his best-seller, "What Happened to You?"
Please join us on June 28 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation with best-selling author Bruce Perry. Ingrid Cockhren , CEO of PACEs Connection; Mathew Portell , PACEs Connections’ director of communities, and Perry, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, will engage in a conversation concerning historical trauma and Perry’s best-selling book " What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing, " which he co-authored with Oprah Winfrey. Please share this blog...
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How to Help Survivors of Extreme Climate Events (psychologytoday.com)
By Elaine Miller-Karas MSW, LCSW Building Resiliency to Trauma Psychology Today, September 30, 2022 Mental health can suffer after extreme climate events. KEY POINTS Mental health conditions exacerbated by natural disasters include post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. After a disaster, the number of people needing assistance from the mental health systems strains or exceeds community capacity. There are simple strategies helpers can use to help survivors restore...
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The 2023 Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program is now Open For Registration
PACEs Connection is excited to kick off our 2023 Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) Annual Accelerator Program.
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The 2023 Creating Resilient Communities Summer Curriculum is Now Open for Registration
PACEs Connection is excited to roll out our summer 2023 *CRC* curriculum dates. Members who complete the CRC will qualify for a fall 2023 fellowship program.
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Review of “First 60 Days” booklet: Leveraging author’s work and movement could spark revolution to prevent and heal trauma, one precious baby, child, and caregiver at a time.
(This is a review of what I believe is an important new resource for the PACEs [for positive and adverse childhood experiences] science movement. Opinions expressed are my own, and are shared as a parent, advocate, author, and longtime student of trauma, healing, and prevention. Thoughts are also shared through my lens as someone who believes, deeply, in the incredible importance of and value in building healthier, more compassionate communities to support and nurture pregnant and new...
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Suwannee County Resilient Mommy, Healthy Baby Program
In the United States in 2021, 1 in 6 infants were born to a woman receiving late or no prenatal care (March of Dimes Foundation, 2022). The March of Dimes Foundation also found that on average from 2019 to 2021 9.2% of Black women received late or no prenatal care compared to 4.6% for white women. Infants born to mothers that did not receive prenatal care are three times more likely to have a low birth weight (Novoa, 2020). Low birth weight in infancy contributes to various health-related...
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Resilience Building with Furry Friends
Children in the juvenile justice system have greater chances of experiencing various and multiple forms of childhood trauma, and oftentimes experiences increase their risks for criminal involvement (Dierkhising et al., 2013). 90% of youth in the juvenile justice system have had exposure to traumatic events (Dierkhising et al., 2013). Children of color are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system and are more likely to be detained and committed than their non-Hispanic white counterparts...
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Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health Are NOT Synonyms
Successful health equity strategies must be inclusive, and focus on all marginalized and minoritized persons and their communities. Any lesser view will continue to yield a faulty health equity equation.
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Building Resilience is a Team Effort that Starts Early
“YES!” was the response of Gaile Osborne, executive director of Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina (FFANC), when asked for input on a new program to help foster and kinship care families learn how to support the brain development of young children. “I love these Brain Insights materials. How soon can we start?” said Osborne upon receiving the "The First 60 Days ” booklet on myths about newborns and their caregivers and the eight “ Neuro-Nurturing ” ringed books. The materials delivered...
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Re: PHC6534: Breaking the Cycle: A Grant Proposal Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to Improve Mental Health Outcomes among Black Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System in Orange County, Florida
References OJJDP. 2020. OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, OJP, OJJDP. https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb...1501.asp?qaDate=2019 SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration . (n.d.). SAMHSA - the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. https://www.samhsa.gov/ Voisin, D. R., Kim, D., Takahashi, L. M., Morotta, P., & Bocanegra, K. (2016). Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System for African American Adolescents:...