Tagged With "West Virginia"
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71 ACEs Initiatives Join ACEs Connection in 2019
We are proud to celebrate the 71 community initiatives that joined the ACEs Connection network in 2019. They are listed below, and can be found along with all existing ACEs Connection communities via the ACEs Connection map. Communities in the United States: Midwest ACEs Indiana Coalition Ardmore (OK) Behavioral Health Collaborative: Chisago County (MN) ACEs Initiative Franciscan Health ACEs Connection FH–Jasper & Newton Counties (IN ) FH–LaPorte County (IN) FH–Lake County (IN)...
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Advice for New Principals: Be 'Emotionally Vulnerable With Your Staff' (edweek.org)
In our second installment of advice for new principals, Education Week talked to Melissa Hensley, who just finished her seventh year as principal of Central High School in Woodstock, Va. Hensley was the Virginia state principal of the year in 2016 and a finalist for the 2017 National Principal of the Year, an award given by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. EW: What words of wisdom do you have for a first-year principal? HENSLEY : One thing that really comes to...
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First ever Federal Hearing on Identifying, Preventing, and Treating Childhood Trauma
Congratulations to US House of Representative member Mrs. Carol Miller from West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District for her great insight and leadership in addressing Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) in West Virginia. Representative Miller expressed the need for developing, a proactive,e intervention program needed to combat the opioid epidemic in the State of West Virginia Representative Miller encouraged a need for a Nationwide parenting program to help children of substance abuse.
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Florida will require mental health education for students in sixth grade and above (CNN)
By Lauren M. Johnson , CNN July 18, 2019 Florida will become the third state in the US to require students to learn more about mental health, behind Virginia and New York. The Florida State Board of Education voted on Wednesday to require public schools to provide students in grades six and above a minimum of five hours of mental health education annually. The announcement comes as studies reveal more about how screen time and social media impacts teenagers mentally. According to the...
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Health Starts at Home Initiative
Hello - I am excited to tell my fellow West Virginians about the Health Starts at Home initiative FamilyCare Health Centers has undertaken. We are now screening pre-natal and pediatric patients at three of our health centers and will be adding two school-based health clinics to that number in November. Patients or caregivers who score a four or higher are offered a referral to our community resource specialist who provides additional education about toxic stress and protective factors and...
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Keep Our Eyes On Kids During Pandemic [register-herald.com]
By Simon F. Haeder and Kelli Caseman** guest columnist; Mar 31, 2020 The coronavirus has changed the world as we know it. In the span of just a few weeks, we’re seeing and doing things much differently. Rightfully so, because for the most vulnerable among us, their lives depend upon it. Yet in the middle of this chaos, there has only been a limited focus on perhaps the most vulnerable group among us: children. From a medical perspective, the effect of the pandemic appears mixed. We know that...
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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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Resilience Week: Hampton Roads Trauma-Informed Community Network
The Hampton Roads Trauma-Informed Community Network (HRTICN) is one of over 20+ community networks championing resilience in their community during this time. These networks raise awareness, conduct trainings, create and implement trauma-informed practices across an array of sectors, including schools, faith communities, courts, community services, and more. Audravette Jackson serves as the Hampton Roads Trauma-Informed Community Network coordinator, and the Children’s Hospital of King’s...
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Welcome West Virginia ACES Coalition Members
Hello members of the ACEs Coalition of West Virginia! We are very excited about this new online community as part of ACEs Connection. We are just getting started and will be editing things and moving them around a bit, but we are super glad that you are here. Please leave a comment if there's something you'd like to see added to this page and feel free to post your own blog post or questions. As we are getting started, please check out the following link to visit...
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West Virginia Lawmakers Discuss ACEs During June Interim Meetings
We are very pleased that the Joint Committee on Health heard from representatives of WV Department of Health & Human Resources about the prevalence of ACEs in West Virginia and their impact on our communities and families. Thank you very much to Director of the Office of Maternal Child and Family Health, Christina Mullins and Deputy Secretary Jeremiah Samples for highlighting not just the negative consequences of ACEs but the importance of safe, stable, nurturing relationships and...
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WV promotes the Importance of Social and Emotional Learning
We tend to idealize childhood as a carefree time, but youth alone offers no shield against the emotional hurts and traumas many children face. Students can be asked to deal with problems ranging from adapting to a new classroom to bullying by classmates or even abuse at home. Add to that the uncertainties that are part of growing up, and childhood can be anything but carefree. The ability to thrive despite these challenges arises from the skills of resilience. Secondary teachers must play a...
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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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Greater Richmond Trauma Informed Community Network, first to join ACEs Cooperative of Communities, shows what it means to ROCK!
In 2012, Greater Richmond SCAN and five other community partners hatched a one-year plan to educate the Richmond, Virginia, community about ACEs science and to embed trauma-informed practices. Eight years later, the original group has evolved into the Greater Richmond Trauma-Informed Community Network (GRTICN) with 495 people and 170 organizations. And they're just scratching the surface.
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Trauma-informed policing: Learn how three highly experienced community leaders strengthen ties between police and community
ACEs initiative participants in communities where there is tension between the community and law enforcement will want to join Becky Haas in a compelling conversation on law enforcement, ACEs science, COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement and protests. Haas is a nationally recognized adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) science initiative builder and trainer. She and colleagues Renee Wilson-Simmons, the head of the ACE Awareness Foundation of Memphis, Tennessee, and Maggi Duncan,...
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ACEs Parent Handouts & ACEs One Pagers & Link to GRC (UPDATED 4/28/21)
We have so many wonderfu https://www.acesconnection.com/fileSendAction/fcType/0/fcOid/508261416693856202/filePointer/508261416693856263/fodoid/507698389112989542/Coping%20With%20Stress%20During%20the%20COVID-19%20Pandemic%20One-Pager_Accesible_English.pdf l resources shared by members. However, a few of you have asked me for help in retrieving them. Here's several of the most commonly shared ACEs handouts, info graphics and one pagers, with links to download. PLEASE share yours! I'm working...
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2011-2021—A decade of steady growth in ACEs and TI laws and resolutions in the states
In 2019 and 2020, dozens of states enacted nearly 60 laws and resolutions that reference adverse childhood experiences or trauma. In this post, there's an interactive map that shows them all.
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Join us for the PACES Connection Race, Equity and Inclusion webinar September 16!
Race Equity and Inclusion Opportunity Thursday, September 16, 2021 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT Did you know the WV ACES Coalition is part of a national network of people and organizations championing the understanding of positive and adverse childhood experiences? This is all thanks to PACEs Connection. Did you also know the WV ACES Coalition values race, equity and inclusion? In fact, this year’s work plan includes examining how race, equity and inclusion may impact ACES. This is where YOU come...
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November 17th CTIPP CAN Call and Campaign Office Hour Announcement
We are thrilled to have two presentations about how health care systems can implement trauma-informed practices into their work to improve outcomes by addressing social determinants of health featured on next Wednesday's CTIPP CAN call, and are also looking forward to the Campaign Office Hour call that comes afterward! Links and more information are below (please be aware of time zones!): CTIPP CAN Call - Trauma-Informed Health Care - November 17th, 2-3:30pm ET/11am-12:30pm PT - Join Zoom...
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The ACEs Coalition of WV Releases Five-Part COVID-19 & Kids Issue Brief Series
W. Va .- As we approach the two-year mark of COVID-19’s inception, many are beginning to ask themselves how living through a global pandemic might be affecting us long term. More importantly, how is it affecting our children? The A dverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Coalition of West Virginia (WV) h opes to answer this imperative question and provide the necessary data, resources, and strategies to overcome and prevent adverse effects the COVID-19 pandemic has on children. The Coalition...
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Remarkable Photos Show What Harm Reduction Actually Looks Like (motherjones.com)
Save A Life Day was organized by SOAR across all 55 counties in West Virginia. Corbin Parker takes boxes of Naloxone and Fentanyl test strips. Stacy Kranitz To read more of Taylor Sisk and photography by Stacy Kranitz article, please click here. The numbers are now frighteningly familiar: Last year more than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses, bringing the total death toll to more than 1 million since the invention of OxyContin in 1996. By 2030 another million people are projected to die.
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This amazing teen activist won’t stop fighting for equal rights for students (lgbtqnation.com)
Keely Meadows speaking at the November 8 Roanoke County School Board meeting. Photo: Screenshot To read more of John Russell's article, please click here. In the ongoing battle over anti-LGBTQ+ policies in one Virginia school district, a 15-year-old high school student has emerged as a leading organizer and tireless advocate for LGBTQ+ kids. According to local paper Cardinal News , Keely Meadows has been speaking out against Roanoke County’s anti-trans policies at school board meetings and...
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Beyond the Checklist: Implementing a Trauma-Informed Culture
Defining a trauma-informed approach and figuring out how to put it into action has been a struggle since the inception of the term. At Origins, our answer to this predicament is simple (but not always easy)–a trauma-informed approach is a culture, not a checklist. In other words, this approach is less about what you do and more about how you are doing it. But culture can sometimes feel daunting and nebulous. How can we even get started?